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David's grand equestrian portrait shows Napoleon astride a rearing white stallion, cloak billowing, leading his army over the Alps. The reality involved a mule and fair weather, but David delivered pure heroic propaganda. The names of earlier conquerors are carved into the rocks below.
Napoleon Crossing the Alps
- Date1801
- MovementNeoclassicism
- WhereChâteau de Malmaison, Rueil-Malmaison
- RegionFrance