Bonaparte Visiting the Plague-Stricken in Jaffa

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Bonaparte Visiting the Plague-Stricken in Jaffa is a famous 1804 Neoclassical-Romantic history painting depicting Napoleon compassionately visiting his ailing soldiers during the Syrian campaign.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Neoclassical painting
Romantic painting
history painting
painting
artHistoricalPeriod early 19th century
artist Antoine-Jean Gros
artworkType oil on canvas
city Paris
collection Louvre Museum
commissionedBy Government of France
surface form: French government

Napoleon Bonaparte
completionDate 1804
countryOfOrigin France
creator Antoine-Jean Gros
depicts French soldiers
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon visiting the sick
French campaign in Syria
surface form: Syrian campaign

Jaffa
surface form: city of Jaffa

plague victims
depictsEvent Napoleon's Egyptian campaign
surface form: French campaign in Egypt and Syria

Napoleon’s Syrian campaign
plague outbreak in Jaffa
depictsGesture Napoleon touching a plague victim
depictsPerson French officers
Napoleon Bonaparte
surface form: Napoleon I of France
exhibitedAt Salon of 1804
genre history painting
hasPerspective pro-Napoleonic
inception 1804
influencedBy classical composition
contemporary medical imagery
location Louvre Museum
materialUsed oil paint
movement Neoclassicism
Romanticism
notableFor blend of Neoclassical and Romantic elements
heroic portrayal of Napoleon
propagandistic depiction of Napoleon’s compassion
originalLanguageTitle Bonaparte Visiting the Plague-Stricken in Jaffa self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bonaparte visitant les pestiférés de Jaffa
setting lazaretto in Jaffa
subjectMatter Napoleonic Wars
disease and suffering
military campaign
political propaganda
surface canvas
title Bonaparte Visiting the Plague-Stricken in Jaffa self-link
yearOfEventDepicted 1799

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Antoine-Jean Gros notableWork Bonaparte Visiting the Plague-Stricken in Jaffa
Gros notableWork Bonaparte Visiting the Plague-Stricken in Jaffa
subject surface form: Antoine-Jean Gros
Bonaparte Visiting the Plague-Stricken in Jaffa title Bonaparte Visiting the Plague-Stricken in Jaffa self-link
Bonaparte Visiting the Plague-Stricken in Jaffa originalLanguageTitle Bonaparte Visiting the Plague-Stricken in Jaffa self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bonaparte visitant les pestiférés de Jaffa