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Napoleon Crossing the Alps
Napoleon Crossing the Alps (also known as Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass or Bonaparte Crossing the Alps; listed as Le Premier Consul franchissant les Alpes au col du Grand Saint-Bernard) is the title given to the five versions of an oil on canvas equestrian portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte painted by the French artist Jacques-Louis David between 1801 and 1805. Initially commissioned by the King of Spain, the composition shows a strongly idealized view of the real crossing that Napoleon and his army made across
Alps is the Great St Bernard Pass, used as far back as the Bronze Age and showing traces of a Roman road. Napoleon crossed the Alps here in May 1800, depicted in an idealised view by Jacques-Louis David in "Napoleon Crossing the Alps" and, less idealised, by Hyppolyte Delaroche in "Bonaparte Crossing the Alps".
Notable examples.
- Alpine Pass Route
- Garibaldi Provincial Park
- Mount Torment
- Tatoosh Range
- Valhalla Provincial Park
- Vratsata Gorge