File:Paul Delaroche - Napoleon Crossing the Alps - Google Art Project 2.jpg

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    Paul Delaroche: Bonaparte Crossing the Alps  wikidata:Q1224572 reasonator:Q1224572
    Artist
    Paul Delaroche  (1797–1856)  wikidata:Q322582
     
    Paul Delaroche
    Alternative names
    Hippolyte Delaroche
    Description French painter, photographer, illustrator and sculptor
    Date of birth/death 17 July 1797 Edit this at Wikidata 4 November 1856 Edit this at Wikidata
    Location of birth/death Paris Paris
    Work period 1812 Edit this at Wikidata–1856 Edit this at Wikidata
    Work location
    Paris Edit this at Wikidata
    Authority file
    artist QS:P170,Q322582
    image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
    Title
    Napoleon Crossing the Alps Edit this at Wikidata
    label QS:Lpt,""
    label QS:Lit,"Napoleone al Gran San Bernardo"
    label QS:Lmk,"Наполеон ги преминува Алпите"
    Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
    Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
    Description
    English: In May 1800 Napoleon crossed the Alps, and in June was his victory at Marengo, Italy, over Austria. He is shown on a mule with a peasant leading him over the Great St Bernard Pass. The painting opposes the propagandist painting by Napoleon's artist.
    Depicted people Napoleon Edit this at Wikidata
    Date 1850
    date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
    Medium oil on canvas
    medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
    Dimensions height: 279.4 cm (110 in); width: 214.5 cm (84.4 in)
    dimensions QS:P2048,279.4U174728
    dimensions QS:P2049,214.5U174728
    institution QS:P195,Q1536471
    Current location

    Department of Paintings of the Louvre

    La Galerie du temps
    Accession number
    WAG 2990
    Place of creation France Edit this at Wikidata
    Object history commissioned by Arthur George, 3rd Earl of Onslow
    1893: acquired by Henry Yates Thompson from Arthur George, 3rd Earl of Onslow.
    1893: given to the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, by Henry Yates Thompson
    Inscriptions

    Paul Delaroche 1848 Edit this at Wikidata

    Notes
    English: both versions were commissioned by British collectors
    References National Museums Liverpool
    Walker Art Gallery
    Authority file
    Source/Photographer cwF8_mSi8tlbXw — Google Arts & Culture
    Other versions Louvre

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    Bonaparte Crossing the Alps (1850). Oil on canvas, 289 × 222 cm (114 × 87 in). Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

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