Artist(s):
after Gros, Antoine-Jean, baron (1771-1835)
Composed Title English:
The battle of the Pyramids.
Inscription:
[on opp. p. Photo-Etching. - From the Painting by Gros.]
Description:
Napoleon in the centre of the composition on horseback, pointing towards the pyramids, motivates his troops : "Soldats, du haut de ces pyramides quarante siècles vous contemplent"
Original Work:
Bonaparte haranguant l'armée avant la bataille des Pyramides, 21 juillet 1798.
byGros, Antoine-Jean, baron (1771-1835)
. Oil on canvas; 389 x 311 cm; Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon.Subject Heading(s):
Pyramids, Battle of the (21 July 1798)
Related Works:
Gros, Antoine-Jean, baron (1771-1835); 'Bonaparte haranguant l'armée avant la bataille des Pyramides, 21 juillet 1798.'
LocNo:
Added Location:
vol. 2, p. 234