David's Napoleon Crossing the Alps
1801 · Work
Bonaparte on a rearing horse in a billowing cloak on the Great St Bernard Pass — though he actually crossed on a mule; David painted five versions.
On these timelines: Painting & Sculpture, Master, Arts and Thoughts, France, Napoleonic Wars
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