File:David - Napoleon crossing the Alps - Malmaison1.jpg

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Jacques-Louis David: Napoleon Crossing the Alps  wikidata:Q19801071 reasonator:Q19801071
Artist
Jacques-Louis David  (1748–1825) Blue pencil.svg wikidata:Q83155 q:it:Jacques-Louis David
 
Jacques-Louis David
Description French painter, politician and architectural draftsperson
Date of birth/death 30 August 1748 Edit this at Wikidata 29 December 1825 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris City of Brussels
Work period neoclassicism
era QS:P2348,Q14378
Work location
Paris, Rome, City of Brussels
Authority control
creator QS:P170,Q83155
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Title
French:
Bonaparte franchissant les Alpes au Grand-Saint-Bernard Edit this at Wikidata

Napoleon Crossing the Alps
title QS:P1476,fr:"Bonaparte franchissant les Alpes au Grand-Saint-Bernard Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lfr,"Bonaparte franchissant les Alpes au Grand-Saint-Bernard Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lit,"Napoleone attraversa il passo del Gran San Bernardo"
label QS:Len,"Napoleon Crossing the Alps"
label QS:Lde,"Bonaparte beim Überschreiten der Alpen am Großen Sankt Bernhard"
label QS:Lnl,"Napoleon Bonaparte steekt de Alpen over op de Grand Saint Bernard"
Series title Napoleon Crossing the Alps Edit this at Wikidata
Object type painting / prime version Edit this at Wikidata
Genre equestrian portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Bonaparte has an orange cloak, the crispin (cuff) of his gauntlet is embroidered, the horse is piebald, black and white, and the tack is complete and includes a standing martingale. The girth around the horse's belly is a dark faded red. The officer holding a sabre in the background is obscured by the horse's tail. Napoleon's face appears youthful.
Depicted people Napoleon Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1805 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 259 cm (101.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 221 cm (87 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+259U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+221U174728
Accession number
M.M.49.7.1
Object location
48° 52′ 14″ N, 2° 10′ 01″ E Edit this at Structured Data on Commons Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
Object history

Charles IV of Spain

Bonaparte Joseph

Bonaparte Eugénie

1949: acquired by the Musée national du Château de Malmaison, Rueil-Malmaison
Inscriptions

bottom left, center:

Bonaparte, Annibal, Karolus Magnus


The painting is signed in the yoke of the breastplate: L. DAVID YEAR IX.
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Source/Photographer histoire image: info pic
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current03:48, 26 October 2022Thumbnail for version as of 03:48, 26 October 20221,169 × 1,371 (251 KB)Oursana (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 13:59, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
16:04, 20 July 2020Thumbnail for version as of 16:04, 20 July 20201,169 × 1,371 (695 KB)Pav.Polish (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 13:15, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
09:33, 19 July 2020Thumbnail for version as of 09:33, 19 July 20203,392 × 4,133 (3.49 MB)Pav.Polish (talk | contribs)better quality
13:15, 27 April 2020Thumbnail for version as of 13:15, 27 April 20201,169 × 1,371 (695 KB)Kirtap (talk | contribs)improvment colour
13:59, 8 January 2012Thumbnail for version as of 13:59, 8 January 20121,169 × 1,371 (251 KB)Jan Arkesteijn (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 17:18, 4 April 2006, the version when it became a featured image
17:05, 26 October 2010Thumbnail for version as of 17:05, 26 October 20101,169 × 1,371 (771 KB)DIREKTOR (talk | contribs)General repairs
17:05, 26 October 2010Thumbnail for version as of 17:05, 26 October 20101,169 × 1,371 (771 KB)DIREKTOR (talk | contribs)General repairs
17:18, 4 April 2006Thumbnail for version as of 17:18, 4 April 20061,169 × 1,371 (251 KB)Wagaf-d (talk | contribs)
20:48, 20 August 2005Thumbnail for version as of 20:48, 20 August 2005640 × 800 (158 KB)ArtMechanic (talk | contribs)
18:00, 20 August 2005Thumbnail for version as of 18:00, 20 August 2005640 × 800 (152 KB)Garoutcha (talk | contribs)Napoleon Crossing the Alps painted by Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), oil on canvas, 259 x 221 cm (8' 6" x 7' 3"), 1801, Musée national du château de Malmaison - R.M.N.

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