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Napoleon Crossing the Alps.

  • ARTIST: Jacques-Louis David

  • PUBLISHER: Unknown.

  • MEDIUM: Engraving,

    DATE: Undated, 19th century.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 15 1/2 x 12 3/4" (39.3 x 32.4 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: This image depicts Napoleon "in the path of Hannibal." Crossing the Alps at Grand-Saint Bernard to do battle in northern Italy, against the First Coalition, in 1799. Napoleon commissioned many large-scale portraits of himself to help create a legendary persona.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Very good condition, minor surface staining, no tearing, or matte lines.

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