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May 13 2011
Bonaparte at the Bridge of Arcole
French / Paintings (Reproductions) / Romanticism - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Bonaparte at the Bridge of Arcole” by Antoine-Jean Gros of 1801. It depicts the masterful victory of Napoleon against the Austrians during their third attempt to raise the siege of Mantua in 1796. The painting, along with several others, depicts a crucial moment on the first day of the battle in which Napoleon seized the Tri-color and exposed himself to withering Austrian fire in an effort to inspire his men. Bonaparte eventually won the battle and campaign. The painting is 59 cm wide and 73 cm high. The masterpiece is currently in Louvre, Paris.
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Feb 5 2011
Le Pont de la Tournelle by Stanislas Lepine, 1862
French / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Stanislas Lepine’s “Le Pont de la Tournelle” of 1862. This is a lovely landscape of the Tournelle Bridge in Paris as it appeared in 1862. The artist was twenty-eight when he painted this having been a student of Corot for three years. His favorite subject was the river Seine which he repeated represented. He participated in the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874 and he won the first prize at the Exhibition of 1889. He died in Paris in 1892. This is a fine example of his work and it is in The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
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