Artist(s):

after GROS, Antoine-Jean, baron (1771-1835)

 LEFEVRE

Composed Title English:

Bonaparte at Jaffa.

Inscribed Title:

BONAPARTE A JAFFA.

Inscription:

Gros pinx // Lefevre sc. // [Publié par Furne à Paris]

Description:

Napoleon, with ungloved hand, touches the buboe of a plague victim in the army in Jaffa, Egypt, oblivious to the risks to his own health, Christ-like, suggesting quasi-divine powers. His fearlessness is contrasted by the attitudes of his officers behind him. Desgenettes attempts to stop him. Bessières covers his nose and mouth. This gesture is also reminiscent of the one by the French kings, thus legitimising Napoleon's rule.

Original Work:

Bonaparte visitant les pestiférés de Jaffa, 11 mars 1799.

by

Gros, Antoine-Jean, baron (1771-1835)

1804 Salon

. Oil on canvas; 523 x 715 cm; Paris, Musée du Louvre.

Subject Heading(s):

Campaign in Egypt and Syria (1798-1801)

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French (1769-1821) -- visiting the Pesthouse at Jaffa

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French (1769-1821) -- Portrait -- -- General

Medium:

engraving

Dimensions:

143 x 226 mm (sheet).

Condition:

foxed

Copy Specific:

verso: "AE" ; "O/N 129121" ; "150"

Provenance:

"O/N" collector

McGill Notes:

Pennington Catalogue p. 0307

Duplicates:

8° N I 050; DC203 N89 1844, vol. 1, opp. p. 241 ; DC203.4 A85 1884 folio, vol. 1, opp. p. 99 ; F39442 .N82 .6, vol. 1, opp. p. 355

Related Works:

GROS, Antoine-Jean, baron (1771-1835); 'Bonaparte visitant les pestiférés de Jaffa, 11 mars 1799.'

LocNo:

8° N I 050 (second copy)