Jacques Louis David Napoleon Crossing The Alps 1803

In jacques louis david s napoleon bonaparte first consul crossing the alps at great st.

Jacques louis david napoleon crossing the alps 1803. The title napoleon crossing the alps at the st bernard pass was given to the 5 versions of the oil on canvas napoleon bonaparte s equestrian portrait painted by jacques louis david in 1801 05. Napoleon crossing the alps also known as napoleon at the saint bernard pass or bonaparte crossing the alps. Napoleon detail jacques louis david napoleon crossing the alps or bonaparte at the st bernard pass 1800 1 oil on canvas 261 x 221 cm chateau de malmaison rueil malmaison bonaparte s gloveless right hand points up towards the invisible summit more for us to follow one feels than the soldiers in the distance. King mcgaw has an extensive collection of art prints by established and emerging artists which are all framed by hand in the uk.

Napoleon crossing the alps 1803 by jacques louis david. On april 30 1803. Jacques louis david napoleon crossing the alps 1801 oil on canvas napoleon crossing the alps was painted in 1801 by jacques louis david napoleon crossing the alps is often critiqued as a dramatic and lifeless work of art marking the end of david s free artistic career and the beginning of his career as napoleon s official portraitist. In the 1780s his cerebral brand of history painting marked a change in taste away from rococo frivolity toward a classical austerity and severity heightened feeling.

The king of spain was the one who initially commissioned the painting. New york state archives nysa a3045 78 5467 document description. Jacques louis david aug 30 1748 dec 29 1825. However david s portrait of napoleon crossing.

Listed as le premier consul franchissant les alpes au col du grand saint bernard is any of five versions of an oil on canvas equestrian portrait of napoleon bonaparte painted by the french artist jacques louis david between 1801 and 1805. Jacques louis david napoleon crossing the alps or bonaparte at the st bernard pass 1800 01 oil on canvas 102 87 260 221 cm chateau de malmaison rueil malmaison background completed in four months from october 1800 to january 1801 it signals the dawning of a new century. France napoleon crossing the alps by jacques louis david. Napoleon crossing the alps 1802 jacques louis david was a highly influential french painter in the neoclassical style considered to be the preeminent painter of the era.

Bernard pass 20 may 1800 of 1803 a uniformed napoleon sits comfortably astride a wild eyed rearing horse on a snow covered mountainside his bright red cape whipped by the wind.