Painter of battle scenes and portraits of imperial dignitaries, he was one of the figures linking the eighteenth century and Romanticism.
General Bonaparte at the Bridge of Arcola.Executed in Milan in 1796. Exhibited at the 1801 Salon. First Consul Collection. Napoléon III Collection. Empress Eugénie Collection. Gift to the French State in 1879.
Prepartory sketch also in the Louvre (inv. RF 361). Reproduced in engravings.
Generals Bonaparte and Augereau took the bridge at Arcola, a town in Italy, on 15 November 1796 and defeated the Austrian army two days later.
Versailles, Musée National du Château et des Trianons (inv. MV 6314, RF 271).
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