Artist(s):
after GROS, Antoine-Jean, baron (1771-1835)
LEFÈVRE, Achille Désiré (1798-1864)
Composed Title English:
The Battle of Aboukir, 25 July 1798.
Inscribed Title:
Bataille d'Aboukir || 25 Juillet 1799.
Inscription:
Peint par Gros // Gravé par A. Lefèvre // Galrie histque de Versailles // Sie VII Son 2 // Diagraphe et Pantograhe-Gavard
Description:
After the painting by Antoine-Jean Gros, showing the chaos of battle: dead and wounded soldiers everywhere. Also study in Neo-Classical nude and beginning of fascination with the Orient, Orientalism of Romanticism.
Original Work:
Bataille d'Aboukir, 25 juillet 1799.
byGros, Antoine-Jean, baron (1771-1835)
. Oil on canvas; 578 x 968 cm; Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon.Subject Heading(s):
Aboukir, Battle of (25 July 1799)
Medium:
engraving
Series:
Galerie historique de Versailles
Publication Place:
Paris
Printer Name:
Gavard
Dimensions:
314 x 461; sheet
Condition:
fine
Copy Specific:
verso: "O/N 129121" ; "ae/600-"
Provenance:
"O/N 129121" dealer; "aex" collector
McGill Notes:
Pennington Catalogue p. 2858
Related Works:
Antoine -Jean Gros, bataille d'Aboukir
LocNo:
4° Q 046