Sujet
General Jean-Baptiste Kléber (Sketch for "The Battle of the Pyramids"), c. 1835. Creator: Antoine-Jean Gros (French, 1771-1835).
Légende
General Jean-Baptiste Kléber (Sketch for "The Battle of the Pyramids"), c. 1835. 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.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F84_065
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
26,8Mo (3,1Mo) / 13,4cm x 50,0cm / 1586 x 5908 (300dpi)