A Brush with Napoleon: An Encounter with Jacques-Louis David by Laban Carrick Hill

A Brush with Napoleon: An Encounter with Jacques-Louis David

Art Encounters

Laban Carrick Hill

161 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

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Napoleon Crossing the Saint Bernard, one of the most famous paintings in Western art, is a piece of war propaganda-for example, Napoleon didn't ride a rearing stallion to cross the river on his campaign, he rode a donkey. Napoleon relied on the ar...

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