Jean-Gaspard Dichat de Toisinge became a general officer in the service of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont during the War of the First Coalition. Born in the Duchy of Savoy into a distinguished famil
Dichat was killed while leading his troops at the Battle of Mondovì on 21 April 1796. This painting shows the fighting at the Brichetto position near Mondovì.