Napoleon Crossing the Alps

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Neoclassical artwork equestrian portrait painting

"Napoleon Crossing the Alps" is a famous neoclassical equestrian portrait that dramatically idealizes Napoleon Bonaparte’s leadership and heroism during his campaign through the Alps.

Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Napoleon Crossing the Alps (Belvedere, Vienna version) 1
Napoleon Crossing the Alps (Charlottenburg Palace version) 1
Napoleon Crossing the Alps (Château de Malmaison version) 1
Napoleon Crossing the Alps (Versailles version) 1
Napoleon on a rearing horse 1
Napoleon’s 1800 crossing 1
Napoleon’s crossing of the Alps 1
The Coronation of Napoleon 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Neoclassical artwork ⓘ
equestrian portrait ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artisticStyle dramatic ⓘ
heroic ⓘ
idealized ⓘ
colorPalette contrasting light and dark ⓘ
vivid ⓘ
commissionedBy Charles IV of Spain ⓘ
commissionedFor Royal Palace of Madrid ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
creator Jacques-Louis David ⓘ
depicts Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
mountainous landscape ⓘ
soldiers in the background ⓘ
stormy sky ⓘ
depictsEvent Napoleon’s 1800 crossing of the Great St. Bernard Pass ⓘ
depictsTime May 1800 ⓘ
genre history painting ⓘ
portrait ⓘ
hasVersion Napoleon Crossing the Alps self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Napoleon Crossing the Alps (Belvedere, Vienna version)

Napoleon Crossing the Alps self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Napoleon Crossing the Alps (Charlottenburg Palace version)

Napoleon Crossing the Alps self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Napoleon Crossing the Alps (Château de Malmaison version)

Napoleon Crossing the Alps self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Napoleon Crossing the Alps (Versailles version)
historicalAccuracy highly idealized ⓘ
not a literal record of the crossing ⓘ
iconography Napoleon Crossing the Alps self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Napoleon on a rearing horse

rock inscribed with names of Hannibal and Karolus Magnus ⓘ
wind-swept cloak ⓘ
inception 1801 ⓘ
inCollection multiple institutions due to several versions ⓘ
influenced 19th-century heroic portraiture ⓘ
later Napoleonic imagery ⓘ
influencedBy Roman imperial iconography ⓘ
classical heroic imagery ⓘ
inscription Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
surface form: BONAPARTE

Hannibal (Carthaginian general) ⓘ
surface form: HANNIBAL

Charlemagne ⓘ
surface form: KAROLUS MAGNUS
languageOfWork none ⓘ
mainSubject Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Napoleon Crossing the Alps self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Napoleon’s crossing of the Alps
medium oil on canvas ⓘ
movement Neoclassicism ⓘ
notableWorkOf Jacques-Louis David ⓘ
portrays Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
surface form: Napoleon as calm and controlled

Napoleon as heroic leader ⓘ
Napoleon as larger-than-life figure ⓘ
purpose glorification of Napoleon’s leadership ⓘ
political propaganda ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Napoleon Crossing the Alps → hasVersion → Napoleon Crossing the Alps self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Napoleon Crossing the Alps (Château de Malmaison version)
Napoleon Crossing the Alps → hasVersion → Napoleon Crossing the Alps self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Napoleon Crossing the Alps (Charlottenburg Palace version)
Napoleon Crossing the Alps → hasVersion → Napoleon Crossing the Alps self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Napoleon Crossing the Alps (Belvedere, Vienna version)
Napoleon Crossing the Alps → hasVersion → Napoleon Crossing the Alps self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Napoleon Crossing the Alps (Versailles version)
Napoleon Crossing the Alps → iconography → Napoleon Crossing the Alps self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Napoleon on a rearing horse
Great St Bernard Pass → knownFor → Napoleon Crossing the Alps ⓘ
this entity surface form: Napoleon’s 1800 crossing
Napoleon Crossing the Alps → mainSubject → Napoleon Crossing the Alps self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Napoleon’s crossing of the Alps
Jacques-Louis David → notableWork → Napoleon Crossing the Alps ⓘ
Jacques-Louis David → notableWork → Napoleon Crossing the Alps ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Coronation of Napoleon