Hand-painted in oil
About this Artwork
The same crossing, catalogued twice
This catalogue holds 2 records whose titles describe Napoleon crossing the Alps. The earlier is dated 1801; this one is dated 1850. Both file the animal under Animal Art > Horse and both carry an Alps heading. What separates them in the record is not subject but treatment: this entry carries Academicism alongside Romanticism. The earlier record is filed under Neoclassicism instead.
What the record holds
The location is the Louvre in Paris, one of 8 records here that name that collection. The dimensions are 289 x 222 cm. French is the recorded nationality and the measured colour family of the image is brown. Mountain, Alps and mythology headings sit alongside the animal tag.
The function of the animal
In both records the horse is a means of transport over difficult ground rather than a ceremonial platform, and the titles say so. That is the whole of what the catalogue supports. Whether any crossing resembled either picture is not a question a record of this kind can answer, and this page does not answer it.
Sources
5 references- Delaroche, Paul Charles — Getty ULAN
French painter, draftsman, and illustrator, 1886-1914
- Paul Delaroche — Wikipedia
Hippolyte-Paul Delaroche (French pronunciation: [ipɔlit pɔl dəlaʁɔʃ]; 17 July 1797 – 4 November 1856) was a French painter known for his depiction of scenes from English and French history. The emotions emphasised in Delaroche's paintings a
- Napoleon Crossing the Alps — Wikidata
description: painting by Paul Delaroche (WAG); inception: 1850-01-01; dimensions: 279.4 × 214.5 cm; collection: Walker Art Gallery
- Napoleon Crossing the Alps — Wikipedia
Napoleon Crossing the Alps (also known as Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass or Bonaparte Crossing the Alps; listed as Le Premier Consul franchissant les Alpes au col du Grand Saint-Bernard) is a series of five oil on canvas equestrian port
- Paul Delaroche - Napoleon Crossing the Alps - Google Art Project 2 — Wikimedia Commons
High-resolution image of the work, hosted on Wikimedia Commons.
