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Original – The Belvedere version of Napoleon Crossing the Alps; this set of five oil on canvas portraits of the French general (later emperor) Napoleon. It shows a strongly idealized view of the real crossing that Napoleon and his army made across the Alps through the Great St. Bernard Pass in May 1800.
Reason
High quality scan of an important and well-known David portrait. Can't have enough Napoleon!
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Napoleon Crossing the Alps
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Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Jacques-Louis David
  • Napoleon Bonaparte was a megalomaniac whose military conquests caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands, if not millions. It's not surprising that Napoleon's tomb was one of the half-dozen Paris sights adoringly visited by the conquering Hitler in June 1940. (Too bad the latter failed to learn from the former's experience in Russia.) Sca (talk) 15:29, 28 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Napoleon at the Great St. Bernard - Jacques-Louis David - Google Cultural Institute.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:25, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]