Archive for posts tagged with ‘Gros’


May 13 2011

Bonaparte at the Bridge of Arcole

French / Paintings (Reproductions) / Romanticism - 1 year ago - troycapc

Bonaparte at the Bridge of Arcole

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.

Reproduction for sale on Zazzle

 


May 8 2011

Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau

French / Inspirational prints / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau

This is a reproduction of “Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau” by Antoine-Jean Gros of 1808.  Gros was a disciple of the Neoclassicist David, but departed from those norms in this epochal painting.  Napoleon’s compassion towards the dead and wounded is depicted with focus in the foreground of huge corpses.  Gros was thirty-seven when he produced this masterpiece and he was at the height of his career.  His later life was focused on an increasing failure to stem the tide of Romanticism.  He died at his own hand on June 25, 1835.  The original of this masterpiece is in the Louvre and is 784 cm wide and 521cm high.

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