Tag: Battle of Arcole

Bonaparte au pont d’Arcole (1796-1797)

Gros, Antoine-Jean (1771-1835) Bonaparte au pont d’Arcole (Bonaparte on the Bridge at Arcole) late 1796-early 1797 Oil on canvas, 134 x 104 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg This painting, combining a battle scene with a formal portrait, was based on the artist’s personal…

Arcole (Italia)

Arcole in Art: Gros, Antoine-Jean (1771-1835) Bonaparte au pont d’Arcole late 1796-early 1797 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg     See also: • Cities | Italia

Antoine-Jean Gros

(1771–1835) Baron  Antoine-Jean Gros The artist’s works: Autoportrait c.1790 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Bonaparte au pont d’Arcole late 1796-early 1797 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Bonaparte, Premier Consul, après la bataille de Marengo 1803 Musée du Louvre, Paris Bonaparte visitant les pestiférés de Jaffa…

Joséphine de Beauharnais

(1763–1814) Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie dite Joséphine de Beauharnais Empress consort of the French (1804–1810) First Lady of the Italian Republic (1802–1805) Works commissioned by her: Gros, Antoine-Jean (1771-1835) Bonaparte au pont d’Arcole late 1796-early 1797 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg  …

Napoléon I (France)

(1769–1821) First Consul of the French Republic (1799–1804) Emperor of the French (1804–1815) President of the Italian Republic (1802–1805) King of Italy (1805–1814) Napoléon in Literature: • Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950): The Man of Destiny (1898) Napoléon in Art: Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Busto di Napoleone c.1802…