Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau

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"Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau" is a large-scale Romantic history painting depicting Napoleon surveying the aftermath of the bloody 1807 Battle of Eylau, emphasizing both his leadership and the human cost of war.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Romantic painting
history painting
painting
artisticStyle Romantic
artisticTheme compassion
heroism
suffering
war
collection Louvre Museum
commissionedBy France
surface form: French state

Napoleon Bonaparte
surface form: Napoleon I of France
countryOfOrigin France
creator Antoine-Jean Gros
depicts Battle of Eylau
French Army
surface form: French army

Napoleon Bonaparte
surface form: Napoleon I of France

Napoleon on horseback
Imperial Russian Army
surface form: Russian army

aftermath of battle
artillery
dead soldiers
fallen horses
field hospital scene
flags
military staff
snow-covered battlefield
winter landscape
wounded soldiers
depictsConflict War of the Fourth Coalition
depictsDate 8 February 1807
depictsEvent Battle of Eylau
genre history painting
hasPart background troops and town silhouette
central equestrian figure of Napoleon
foreground corpses and wounded
inception 1808
influencedBy Jacques-Louis David
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Paris
locatedInTheCountry France
location Louvre Museum
locationOfCreation Paris
mainSubject Napoleon Bonaparte
surface form: Napoleon I of France

human cost of war
military leadership
movement Romanticism
notableFor dramatic lighting
emphasis on pathos
large scale
originalLanguageTitle Battle of Eylau
surface form: Bataille d’Eylau
partOf Napoleonic propaganda imagery

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Antoine-Jean Gros notableWork Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau
Gros notableWork Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau
subject surface form: Antoine-Jean Gros
painting "Napoleon on the Battlefield of Friedland" by Ernest Meissonier titleInFrench Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau
subject surface form: Napoleon on the Battlefield of Friedland
this entity surface form: Napoléon sur le champ de bataille de Friedland
Battle of Eylau hasDepiction Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau
this entity surface form: Antoine-Jean Gros painting "Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau"