Bonaparte at the Pont d'Arcole
Antoine-Jean Gros · 1796
The story
Bonaparte at the Pont d’Arcole (French: Bonaparte au Pont d’Arcole) is an oil-on-canvas painting executed in 1796 by the French artist Antoine-Jean Gros. It depicts an episode during the Battle of Arcole in November 1796, with General Napoleon Bonaparte leading his troops to storm the bridge.
- Artist
- Antoine-Jean Gros
- Date
- 1796
- Collection
- Louvre, Paris, France
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 134 × 104 cm
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