Jacques-Louis David · 1801
Napoleon Crossing the Alps
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David's heroic propaganda — Napoleon on a rearing white stallion gesturing toward the Alpine pass. Château de Malmaison.
Up to 13 × 16 in · portrait
Size
Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.
Format & finish
Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.
Scale next to a 5'10" person
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The story of Napoleon Crossing the Alps
Napoleon Crossing the Alps is a series of five oil on canvas equestrian portraits of Napoleon Bonaparte painted by the French artist Jacques-Louis David between 1801 and 1805. Initially commissioned by the King of Spain, the composition shows a strongly idealized view of the real crossing that Napoleon and his army made along the Alps through the Great St Bernard Pass in May 1800.
Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jacques-Louis David
Jacques-Louis David was a French painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era. In the 1780s, his cerebral brand of history painting marked a change in taste away from Rococo frivolity toward classical austerity, severity, and heightened feeling, which harmonized with the moral climate of the final years of the Ancien Régime.
All Jacques-Louis David prints →Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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