Artiste(s):

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

 LEFEVRE

Titre anglais composé:

Bonaparte at Jaffa.

Titre inscrit:

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.

Travail Original:

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.

Sujet(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

Technique:

engraving

Dimensions:

143 x 226 mm (sheet).

Condition:

foxed

Note spécifique à l'exemplaire:

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

Provenance:

"O/N" collector

Notes de McGill:

Pennington Catalogue p. 0307

Reproductions:

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

Œuvres associées:

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

Cote:

8° N I 050 (second copy)