General Jean-Baptiste Kléber (Sketch for "The Battle of the Pyramids") (Q60472183)
Label from: English (en)
artist:
Antoine-Jean Gros (Q216999)
collection:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location of final assembly:
France (Q142)
instance of:
painting (Q3305213)
catalog URL: https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.17.1
information from the Cleveland Museum of Art catalog
description: In 1810, Gros exhibited a massive painting of Napoleon at the 1798 Battle of the Pyramids, one of the rare French triumphs in the failed campaign to conquer Egypt (1789-1801). After Napoleon first fell from power in 1814, the painting went into storage, until the new king Louis-Philippe chose to resurrect it for a history museum in Paris. However, perhaps to diminish Napoleon's significance, the government asked Gros to amplify the original with an addition at each end. This painting incorporates General Kléber, a famously successful military leader who had been excluded from the original painting.
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