Napoleon Crossing the Alps
Jacques-Louis David, 1801
For now, just to look at
The photograph we have of this work is not sharp enough to print at the quality we want, so we are not selling it for now. We are looking for a better one.
About the work
- Artist
- Jacques-Louis David
- Date
- 1801
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 260 x 221 cm
- Collection
- Musée national des châteaux de Malmaison et de Bois-Préau, Rueil-Malmaison, France
- Reference
- XDV-2354
What the museum label doesn't tell you
On the actual crossing, Napoleon traversed the pass mounted on a mule led by a guide, not on a rearing steed as the painting shows; moreover, according to tradition, when Bonaparte refused to pose, David's son had to serve as the model for the figure's stance.
