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Paul Delaroche: Bonaparte Crossing the Alps  wikidata:Q1224572 reasonator:Q1224572
Artist
Paul Delaroche  (1797–1856)  wikidata:Q322582
 
Paul Delaroche
Alternative names
Hippolyte Delaroche
Description French painter, photographer, illustrator, sculptor and drawer
Date of birth/death 17 July 1797 Edit this at Wikidata 4 November 1856 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris Edit this at Wikidata Paris Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1812 Edit this at Wikidata–1856 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Paris Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q322582
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Napoleon Crossing the Alps Edit this at Wikidata
label QS:Lmk,"Наполеон ги преминува Алпите"
label QS:Lit,"Napoleone al Gran San Bernardo"
label QS:Lpt,""
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: In May 1800 Napoleon crossed the Alps, and in June was his victory at Marengo, Italy, over Austria. He is shown on a mule with a peasant leading him over the Great St Bernard Pass. The painting opposes the propagandist painting by Napoleon's artist.
Depicted people Napoleon Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1850
date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 279.4 cm (110 in); width: 214.5 cm (84.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,279.4U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,214.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1536471
Current location

Department of Paintings of the Louvre

La Galerie du temps
Accession number
WAG 2990
Place of creation France Edit this at Wikidata
Object history commissioned by Arthur George, 3rd Earl of Onslow
1893: acquired by Henry Yates Thompson from Arthur George, 3rd Earl of Onslow.
1893: given to the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, by Henry Yates Thompson
Inscriptions
  • Paul Delaroche 1848 Edit this at Wikidata
Notes
English: both versions were commissioned by British collectors
References National Museums Liverpool
Walker Art Gallery
Authority file
Source/Photographer cwF8_mSi8tlbXw — Google Arts & Culture
Other versions Louvre

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Bonaparte Crossing the Alps (1850). Oil on canvas, 289 × 222 cm (114 × 87 in). Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

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