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Bonaparte Crossing the Grand Saint-Bernard Pass
Jacques-Louis David19th century
Palace of Versailles
Versailles, France
There are five copies in existence of this portrait, regarded as more or less all by the same hand, and curiously the first was acquired by the king of Spain Charles IV, then one of the rare allies of France (now in the Musée de Malmaison). Bonaparte commissioned other copies, this one first, for the Hôtel des Invalides. This extremely celebrated image has appealed to the popular imagination for over two centuries.
Photo © EPV/ Jean-Marc Manaï
Full title : Bonaparte Crossing the Grand Saint-Bernard Pass, 20 May 1800
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- Title: Bonaparte Crossing the Grand Saint-Bernard Pass
- Creator: Jacques Louis David
- Creator lifespan: 1748 - 1825
- Creator's place of death: Brussels, Belgium
- Creator's place of birth: Paris, France
- Date created: 19th century
- Physical Dimensions: w2320 x h2710 mm
- Type: Painting
- External Link: http://collections.chateauversailles.fr/#1a0933e1-3174-4889-bdb2-f0f0de0e9447
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Style: French painting, 19th century
- Provenance: Commissioned for the library of the Hôtel des Invalides. Entered Versailles in the reign of Louis-Philippe, 19th century.
- Original Title: Bonaparte franchissant le Grand Saint-Bernard, 20 mai 1800
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