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Napoleon I at Fontainebleau on March 31, 1814; Napoleon I on His Imperial Throne; Napoleon in Imperial Costume; Napoleon in the Wilderness; Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps; Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau; Napoleon on the Bellerophon; Napoleon Receiving the Queen of Prussia at Tilsit; Napoleon's Return from Elba (painting) Napoleon ...
It was one of a number of paintings Vernet exhibited at the Salon of 1824, having boycotted the previous Salon in 1822 when two of his works were rejected. [3] It was the third in a series of four epic battles scenes painted by Vernet between 1821 and 1826, each depicting major events from the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Meissonier worked in the painting for fourteen years, from 1861 to 1875. He started by painting the sky and made separate studies for each horse and man, using, among others, wax models. The one used to paint the hussar visible in the front, on the left side of the painting, has survived.
The Battle of Alexandria (painting) The Battle of Aspern-Essling; Battle of Austerlitz, 2 December 1805 (Gérard) The Battle of Friedland (painting) The Battle of Hanau; The Battle of Jemappes; The Battle of Jena; The Battle of Montmirail; The Battle of Smolensk; Battle of the Pyramids, July 21, 1798 (study) The Battle of the Pyramids (painting)
[2]: 211 The painting captures the hard and gloomy moments of Napoleon’s retreat during the French Campaign of 1814, when the forces of the Sixth Coalition advanced into France. Napoleon appears tired and thoughtful, his posture slightly slouched, and his clothing rumpled, reflecting the hardships of the campaign.
Napoleon's Return from Elba (French: Retour de Napoleon d' Isle d'Elbe) is an 1818 history painting by the German-born French artist Charles de Steuben. [1] [2] It depicts the scene at Laffrey near Grenoble on 7 March 1815 when Napoleon, having escaped from Elba, is acclaimed by the men of the 7th Regiment of the Line.
The Battle of Jena is an 1836 history painting by the French artist Horace Vernet. [1] It depicts the Battle of Jena fought on 14 October 1806. It portrays the French Emperor Napoleon on the field at Jena, one of his greatest victories during the Napoleonic Wars where he routed a Prussian force .
The Distribution of the Eagle Standards (1810) by Jacques-Louis David A study by David for the painting. The Distribution of the Eagle Standards is an 1810 oil painting by Jacques-Louis David depicting a military ceremony in 1804 that was arranged by Napoleon after his assumption of power as Emperor of the French.