FIGURE 22 Antoine-Jean Gros, Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau, 1808

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Description: Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau

TitleNapoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau

Creator nameGros, Antoine-Jean

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1808

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions205 1/8 x 308 5/8 in. (521 x 784 cm.)

LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010066486

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsHistory painting, FrenchCavalryBattles in artNapoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

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Chapter subject tags:Neoclassicism (Art)Painting, French--18th centuryGreuze, Jean-Baptiste, 1725-1805West, Benjamin, 1738-1820Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)Gros, Antoine-Jean, baron, 1771-1835Painting, British--18th centuryPainting, French--19th centuryDelacroix, Eugène, 1798-1863David, Jacques Louis, 1748-1825

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Chapter subject tags:Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799History painting, French--19th centuryFrance--History, Military--19th centuryBattles in art--France--19th centuryPrints, French--19th centuryPrints, French--18th centuryDavid, Jacques Louis, 1748-1825Gros, Antoine-Jean, baron, 1771-1835

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