Napoleon Crossing the Alps (Q19801071)

Label from: English (en)

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genre: equestrian portrait (Q3399515) history painting (Q742333)
artist: Jacques-Louis David (Q83155)
collection: Musée national de Malmaison et Bois-Préau (Q15731380)
location: Château de Malmaison (Q684846) Royal Palace of Madrid (Q171517) Bordentown (Q1089251) Embassy of France, Holy See (Q2841796)
owned by: Joseph Bonaparte (Q7726) Eugenie Bonaparte (Q5408230) France (Q142) Charles IV of Spain (Q183226) Zénaïde Bonaparte (Q247564)
part of the series: Napoleon Crossing the Alps (Q59201)
material used: oil paint (Q296955) canvas (Q12321255)
commissioned by: Charles IV of Spain (Q183226)
depicts: Napoleon (Q517) Great St Bernard Pass (Q623424) military (Q8473) gray (Q1145422) Alps (Q1286) cannon (Q81103) horse (Q726) general (Q83460) man (Q8441) snow (Q7561) pinto horse (Q1820330)
instance of: painting (Q3305213) prime version (Q17152495)
Joconde ID: 00000095069
RKDimages ID: 221478
Panorama de l'art ID: le-premier-consul-franchissant-les-alpes

catalog URL: http://www.napoleon.org/en/essential_napoleon/key_painting/files/482581.asp

information from the Château de Malmaison catalog

description: The relationship between Napoleon Bonaparte and Jacques-Louis David was tumultuous, but we tend to think rather of the images the latter made of the former, which helped the  cause of the general, First Consul then Emperor during fifteen years of power. David started this portrait following the failure of a first monumental portrait which was […]

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