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

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Summary

Jacques-Louis David: Napoleon Crossing the Alps

Artist



Description	French painter, politician and architectural drafter
Date of birth/death	30 August 1748	29 December 1825
Location of birth/death	Paris	Brussels
Work period	Neoclassicism era QS:P2348,Q14378
Work location	Paris, Rome, Brussels
Authority file	: Q83155 VIAF: 66575297 ISNI: 0000000121374173 ULAN: 500115221 LCCN: n50035639 NLA: 35033606 WorldCat

Title

French:

Bonaparte franchissant les Alpes au Grand-Saint-Bernard

Napoleon Crossing the Alps

Series title

Napoleon Crossing the Alps

Object type

painting / prime version

Genre

equestrian portrait

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

Date

1800

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 259 cm (101.9 in)

; width: 221 cm (87 in)

Collection

Musée national de Malmaison et Bois-Préau
Native name	MUSEE DES CHATEAUX DE MALMAISON ET DE BOIS-PREAU
Location	Rueil-Malmaison , France
Coordinates	48° 52′ 24″ N, 2° 10′ 08.04″ E
Authority file	: Q15731380 VIAF: 130988316 ISNI: 0000000121583266 LCCN: n87145500 SUDOC: 028113799 BNF: 120012963 WorldCat

Accession number

M.M.49.7.1

Object location

48° 52′ 14″ N, 2° 10′ 01″ E

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Object history

Charles IV of Spain

Bonaparte Joseph

Bonaparte Eugénie

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

Exhibition history

Jacques-Louis David, Louvre Museum, 15 October 2025 - 26 January 2026

Inscriptions

bottom left, center:

Bonaparte, Annibal, Karolus Magnus

References

Authority file

: Q19801071
Joconde: 00000095069

Source/Photographer

histoire image: info pic

Other versions

image with frame
part of the series: Napoleon Crossing the Alps

Licensing

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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	03:48, 26 October 2022	1,169 × 1,371 (251 KB)	Oursana	Reverted to version as of 13:59, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
	16:04, 20 July 2020	1,169 × 1,371 (695 KB)	Pav.Polish	Reverted to version as of 13:15, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
	09:33, 19 July 2020	3,392 × 4,133 (3.49 MB)	Pav.Polish	better quality
	13:15, 27 April 2020	1,169 × 1,371 (695 KB)	Kirtap	improvment colour
	13:59, 8 January 2012	1,169 × 1,371 (251 KB)	Jan Arkesteijn	Reverted to version as of 17:18, 4 April 2006, the version when it became a featured image
	17:05, 26 October 2010	1,169 × 1,371 (771 KB)	DIREKTOR	General repairs
	17:05, 26 October 2010	1,169 × 1,371 (771 KB)	DIREKTOR	General repairs
	17:18, 4 April 2006	1,169 × 1,371 (251 KB)	Wagaf-d
	20:48, 20 August 2005	640 × 800 (158 KB)	ArtMechanic
	18:00, 20 August 2005	640 × 800 (152 KB)	Garoutcha	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.