FIGURE 23 François Gérard, The Battle of Austerlitz, 1810

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TitleThe Battle of Austerlitz

Creator nameGérard, François, Baron

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1810

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions200.75 x 377.25 in. (510 x 958 cm.)

LocationChâteau de Versailles, France

http://collections.chateauversailles.fr/#5388ec88-9b79-4a7a-a39a-bc42ae645ee6

Accession numberMV 2765

SubjectsHistory painting, FrenchCavalryBattles in artNapoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

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1. Visual Participation by Proxy in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Katie Hornstein

Picturing War in France, 1792–1856

~An extraordinary engraving entitled The Triumph of the French Armies, published in 1797, represents four French army generals in the process of reconfiguring a monumental map of Europe (fig. 3). The map’s pieces are seized by four French...

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Katie Hornstein

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.9-49

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00094.004

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-18319&redirecttoanchor=37772

Chapter subject tags:Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799History painting, French--19th centuryFrance--History, Military--19th centuryBattles in art--France--19th centuryPrints, French--19th centuryPrints, French--18th centuryDavid, Jacques Louis, 1748-1825Gros, Antoine-Jean, baron, 1771-1835

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The Battle of Marengo

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 24

Creator nameLejeune, Louis Francois

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1801

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions70 3/4 x 98 3/8 in. (180 x 250 cm.)

LocationChâteau de Versailles, France

http://collections.chateauversailles.fr/#03e84118-15bb-4e24-92dd-06a320fe2f47

Accession numberMV 6857

The Battle of Marengo

Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 24

Creator nameGros, Antoine-Jean

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1808

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions205 1/8 x 308 5/8 in. (521 x 784 cm.)

LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010066486

Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau

The Battle of Aboukir

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 24

Creator nameGros, Antoine-Jean

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1806

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions227.5 x 388.25 in. (578 x 986 cm.)

LocationChâteau de Versailles, France

http://collections.chateauversailles.fr/#7460c466-b78c-40ed-a8b4-6f52b19bcc40

Accession numberMV 2276

The Battle of Aboukir

The Battle of Aboukir, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 24

Creator nameLejeune, Louis Francois

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1804

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions72.75 x 100.375 in. (185 x 255 cm.)

LocationChâteau de Versailles, France

http://collections.chateauversailles.fr/#541e0a72-19a5-43fa-8ea7-b65f6c99da0f

Accession numberMV 6856

The Battle of Aboukir, detail

The Battle of Aboukir

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 24

Creator nameLejeune, Louis Francois

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1804

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions72.75 x 100.375 in. (185 x 255 cm.)

LocationChâteau de Versailles, France

http://collections.chateauversailles.fr/#d596e8d8-fe26-4d40-9d7c-fb39a199c2e7

Accession numberMV 6856

The Battle of Aboukir

The Battle of the Pyramids

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 24

Creator nameLejeune, Louis Francois

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1806

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions70.75 x 101.5 in. (180 x 258 cm.)

LocationChâteau de Versailles, France

http://collections.chateauversailles.fr/?permid=permobj_e4208eef-38df-4067-a354-a1bc464ff359#ac67be52-a033-4024-a8a9-b3fbf4f90bbe

Accession numberMV 6854

The Battle of the Pyramids

The Battle of Somosierra

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 24

Creator nameVernet, Horace

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1816

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions31.875 x 39 in. (81 x 99 cm.)

LocationNational Museum, Warsaw

The Battle of Somosierra

The Battle of Jemappes

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 24

Creator nameVernet, Horace

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1821

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions69.75 x 113.375 in. (177 x 288 cm.)

LocationNational Gallery, London

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/emile-jean-horace-vernet-the-battle-of-jemappes

Accession numberNG2963

The Battle of Jemappes

The Clichy Gate: The Defense of Paris, March 30, 1814

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 24

Creator nameVernet, Horace

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1820

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions38.375 x 51.375 in. (97.5 x 130.5 cm.)

LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

The Clichy Gate: The Defense of Paris,...

The Clichy Gate: The Defense of Paris, March 30, 1814

The Battle of Montmirail, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 24

Creator nameVernet, Horace

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1822

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationNational Gallery, London

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/emile-jean-horace-vernet-the-battle-of-montmirail

The Battle of Montmirail, detail

The Battle of Montmirail

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 24

Creator nameVernet, Horace

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1822

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions70.125 x 114.25 in. (178 x 290 cm.)

LocationNational Gallery, London

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/emile-jean-horace-vernet-the-battle-of-montmirail

Accession numberNG2965

The Battle of Montmirail

The Battle of Aboukir, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 24

Creator nameLejeune, Louis Francois

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1804

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions72.75 x 100.375 in. (185 x 255 cm.)

LocationChâteau de Versailles, France

http://collections.chateauversailles.fr/#a1ae1349-e161-42ba-94d2-1d2a87073d59

Accession numberMV 6856

The Battle of Aboukir, detail

Battle of the Pyramids, July 21, 1798

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 24

Creator nameHennequin, Philippe Auguste

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1806

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions120.75 × 189.75 in. (307 × 482 cm.)

LocationChâteau de Versailles, France

http://collections.chateauversailles.fr/?permid=permobj_d12b3752-b5ef-41ed-b081-a9c63bc54c77#0f0295cf-72c1-4f4f-aabb-18bdd35c0d63

Accession numberMV 1684

Battle of the Pyramids, July 21, 1798

The Battle of Aboukir

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 24

Creator nameDenon, Vivant

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1802

Object typePrint

MaterialsEtching

Dimensions6.25 x 19.5 in. (16 x 49.5 cm.)

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

The Battle of Aboukir

The Peninsula of Aboukir

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 24

Creator nameDenon, Vivant

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1802

Object typePrint

MaterialsEtching

Dimensions15.875 x 21.25 in. (40.5 x 54 cm.)

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

The Peninsula of Aboukir

The Battle of Aboukir, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 24

Creator nameLejeune, Louis Francois

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1804

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions72.75 x 100.375 in. (185 x 255 cm.)

LocationChâteau de Versailles, France

http://collections.chateauversailles.fr/#a1ae1349-e161-42ba-94d2-1d2a87073d59

Accession numberMV 6856

The Battle of Aboukir, detail

Description: Wounded French Soldiers Entering Paris after the Battle of Montmirail, 17 February...

Wounded French Soldiers Entering Paris after the Battle of Montmirail, 17 February 1814

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 24

Creator nameDelécluze, Etienne-Jean

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Dimensions13.75 x 40.875 in. (35 x 104 cm.)

LocationChâteau de Versailles, France

http://collections.chateauversailles.fr/?permid=permobj_d12b3752-b5ef-41ed-b081-a9c63bc54c77#52dc3733-5914-446a-a29d-e547f8775cb0

Accession numberINV.DESS 917

Wounded French Soldiers Entering Paris...

Wounded French Soldiers Entering Paris after the Battle of Montmirail, 17 February 1814

Bonaparte on the Bridge of Arcole

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 24

Creator nameLonghi, Giuseppe

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1798

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions16 7/8 x × 12 5/8 in. (43 × 32 cm.)

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Bonaparte on the Bridge of Arcole

Napoleon Crossing the Alps

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 24

Creator nameDavid, Jacques-Louis

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1801

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions40.25 × 34.25 in. (102 × 87 cm.)

LocationChateaux de Malmaison et Bois-Preau, Reuil-Malmaison

Accession numberMV 1567

Napoleon Crossing the Alps

First View of the Battle of Jemappes

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 24

Creator nameDuplessi-Bertaux, Jean

Creator name (description)After Antoine-Honoré Boizot, Marie-Alexandre Duparc, and Gerbel

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1792–97

Object typePrint

MaterialsEtching and engraving

Dimensions9 3/8 × 20 1/2 in. (24 × 52 cm.)

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

First View of the Battle of Jemappes

The Panorama of the Battle of Eylau

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 24

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1850

Object typePrint

MaterialsAlbumen paper prints made from daguerreotypes (now lost)

The Panorama of the Battle of Eylau

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 24

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1850

Object typePrint

MaterialsAlbumen paper prints made from daguerreotypes (now lost)

The Panorama of the Battle of Eylau

Passage of the Po at Plaisance

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 24

Creator nameBaclère d'Albe, Louis Albert Guislain

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Dimensions26 × 17 in. (66 × 43.2 cm.)

LocationService Historique de la Défense/Centre Historique des Archives, Vincennes, France

Passage of the Po at Plaisance

Battle of Nazareth

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 24

Creator nameGros, Antoine-Jean

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1801

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions53 x 76.75 in. (135 x 195 cm.)

LocationMusée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, France

Battle of Nazareth

Description: Bonaparte Haranguing the Army before the Battle of the Pyramids, July 21, 1798,...

Bonaparte Haranguing the Army before the Battle of the Pyramids, July 21, 1798, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

May 17

Creator nameGros, Antoine-Jean

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1810

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions389 × 505 cm

LocationChâteau de Versailles, France

http://collections.chateauversailles.fr/#a2268b0c-8c43-4ded-94cd-9926e6122665

Accession numberMV 1496

Bonaparte Haranguing the Army before the...

Harangue du général Bonaparte avant la bataille des Pyramides, 21 juillet 1798, detail

Battle of Aboukir

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 03

Creator nameLejeune, Louis Francois

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1804

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationChâteau de Versailles, France

http://collections.chateauversailles.fr/#eb88e55f-60c9-4114-9463-fbac800f56cb

Accession numberMV 2514

Battle of Aboukir

The Battle of the Pyramids, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 03

Creator nameLejeune, Louis Francois

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1806

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationChâteau de Versailles, France

http://collections.chateauversailles.fr/?permid=permobj_d12b3752-b5ef-41ed-b081-a9c63bc54c77#097d9dbd-9044-47da-bd1c-61cbe95cdd21

Accession numberMV 6854

The Battle of the Pyramids, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 03

Creator nameLejeune, Louis Francois

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1806

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationChâteau de Versailles, France

http://collections.chateauversailles.fr/?permid=permobj_d12b3752-b5ef-41ed-b081-a9c63bc54c77#097d9dbd-9044-47da-bd1c-61cbe95cdd21

Accession numberMV 6854

The Battle of the Pyramids, detail

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