French Revolution and Empire in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Napoleon Bonaparte on the Bridge at Arcole, Antoine-Jean Gros

Napoleon Bonaparte on the Bridge at Arcole, 1796–1797.

Наполеон Бонапарт на Аркольском мосту (museum title)

Antoine-Jean Gros (French), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Napoleon and Troops, 1902.

Édouard Detaille (French), oil on panel

National Gallery of Ireland

The Dragoon, 1896.

Édouard Detaille (French), oil on canvas

Buffalo AKG Art Museum, United States

Heads Up! The Horse Grenadiers at Eylau, 1807, Édouard Detaille

Heads Up! The Horse Grenadiers at Eylau, 1807, 1893.

Les Grenadiers à cheval à Eylau : Haut les têtes (museum title)

Édouard Detaille (French), oil on canvas

Musée Condé, France

Group of Cavalry in the Snow: Moreau and Dessoles before Hohenlinden, Ernest Meissonier

Group of Cavalry in the Snow: Moreau and Dessoles before Hohenlinden, 1875.

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

National Gallery of Ireland

Portrait of the Sisters Zénaïde and Charlotte Bonaparte, Jacques-Louis David

Portrait of the Sisters Zénaïde and Charlotte Bonaparte, 1821.

Portrait of the Sisters Zénaïde and Charlotte Bonaparte… (museum title)

Jacques-Louis David (French), oil on canvas

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

The Battle of Marengo, 14 June 1800, Louis-François Lejeune

The Battle of Marengo, 14 June 1800, 1802.

Bataille de Marengo. 14 juin 1800 (museum title)

Louis-François Lejeune (French), oil on canvas

Palace of Versailles, France

Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau, Antoine-Jean Gros

Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau, 1808.

Napoléon sur le champ de Bataille d'Eylau (9 février 1807) (museum title)

Antoine-Jean Gros (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

Portrait of Jacques Amalric, Antoine-Jean Gros

Portrait of Jacques Amalric, 1804.

Portrait de Jacques Amalric (museum title)

Antoine-Jean Gros (French), oil on canvas

Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, France

The Cuirassiers of 1805, before the Battle, Ernest Meissonier

The Cuirassiers of 1805, before the Battle, 1878.

Les cuirassiers de 1805, avant le combat (museum title)

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on canvas

Musée Condé, France

The Battle of Mount Tabor, 16 April 1799, Louis-François Lejeune

The Battle of Mount Tabor, 16 April 1799, 1808.

Bataille du Mont Thabor. 16 avril 1799 (museum title)

Louis-François Lejeune (French), oil on canvas

Palace of Versailles, France

Count Alcide de La Rivallière, the Artist's Pupil, Antoine-Jean Gros

Count Alcide de La Rivallière, the Artist's Pupil, 1816.

Portrait du comte Alcide de La Rivallière, élève de… (museum title)

Antoine-Jean Gros (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

The Battle of the Pyramids, 21 July 1798, Louis-François Lejeune

The Battle of the Pyramids, 21 July 1798, 1806.

Bataille des Pyramides. 21 juillet 1798 (museum title)

Louis-François Lejeune (French), oil

Palace of Versailles, France

The Battle of the Pyramids, 21 July 1798, Antoine-Jean Gros

The Battle of the Pyramids, 21 July 1798, 1810.

Bataille des Pyramides, 21 juillet 1798 (museum title)

Antoine-Jean Gros (French), oil on canvas

Palace of Versailles, France

Jean Louis Ebenezer, Count Reynier, General of Division (1771-1814), Félix Philippoteaux

Jean Louis Ebenezer, Count Reynier, General of Division (1771-1814), 1836.

Jean Louis Ebenezer, comte Reynier, général de division… (museum title)

Félix Philippoteaux (French), oil

Palace of Versailles, France

Murat Defeating the Turkish Army at Aboukir, Antoine-Jean Gros

Murat Defeating the Turkish Army at Aboukir, c. 1805.

Antoine-Jean Gros (French), oil on canvas mounted on panel

Detroit Institute of Arts, United States

The French Campaign, 1814, Ernest Meissonier

The French Campaign, 1814, 1864.

Campagne de France, 1814 (museum title)

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

Musée d'Orsay, France

The Battle of Lodi, 10 May 1796, Louis-François Lejeune

The Battle of Lodi, 10 May 1796, c. 1804.

Bataille de Lodi. 10 mai 1796 (museum title)

Louis-François Lejeune (French), oil on canvas

Palace of Versailles, France

Portrait of Second Lieutenant Charles Legrand, Antoine-Jean Gros

Portrait of Second Lieutenant Charles Legrand, c. 1810.

Antoine-Jean Gros (French), oil on canvas

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

Bonaparte Visiting the Plague Victims of Jaffa, Antoine-Jean Gros

Bonaparte Visiting the Plague Victims of Jaffa, 1804.

Bonaparte visitant les pestiférés de Jaffa (11 mars 1799) (museum title)

Antoine-Jean Gros (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

Christine Boyer, c. 1800.

Christine Boyer (1776-1800) (museum title)

Antoine-Jean Gros (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

The Battle of Waterloo: The British Squares Receiving the Charge of the French Cuirassiers, Félix Philippoteaux

The Battle of Waterloo: The British Squares Receiving the Charge of the French Cuirassiers, 1874.

Félix Philippoteaux (French), oil on canvas

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Episode of the Siege of Saragossa: the Assault on the Monastery of Santa Engracia, 8 February 1809, Louis-François Lejeune

Episode of the Siege of Saragossa: the Assault on the Monastery of Santa Engracia, 8 February 1809, 1827.

Episode du siège de Saragosse : assaut de San Engracia. 8… (museum title)

Louis-François Lejeune (French), oil on canvas

Palace of Versailles, France

The French Army Crossing the Rhine at Düsseldorf, 6 September 1795, Louis-François Lejeune

The French Army Crossing the Rhine at Düsseldorf, 6 September 1795, 1824.

Passage du Rhin par l'armée française à Dusseldorf. 6… (museum title)

Louis-François Lejeune (French), oil on canvas

Palace of Versailles, France

The Battle of Chiclana, 5 March 1811, Louis-François Lejeune

The Battle of Chiclana, 5 March 1811, c. 1812.

Bataille de Chiclana. 5 mars 1811 (museum title)

Louis-François Lejeune (French), oil

Palace of Versailles, France

A Standing Grenadier of the Municipal Guard, Édouard Detaille

A Standing Grenadier of the Municipal Guard, 1891.

Édouard Detaille (French), watercolor and graphite on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Battle of Mount Tabor, 16 April 1799 (with Léon Cogniet), Félix Philippoteaux

The Battle of Mount Tabor, 16 April 1799 (with Léon Cogniet), 1837.

Bataille du mont Thabor, 16 avril 1799 (museum title)

Félix Philippoteaux (French), oil on canvas

Palace of Versailles, France

General Count François Fournier-Sarlovèze, Antoine-Jean Gros

General Count François Fournier-Sarlovèze, 1810–1812.

Portrait du général comte François Fournier-Sarlovèze… (museum title)

Antoine-Jean Gros (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

Grenadiers at Rest (Advanced Outpost), Ernest Meissonier

Grenadiers at Rest (Advanced Outpost), 1869.

Halte de grenadiers (museum title)

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

Bonaparte, First Consul, Distributing Swords of Honour to the Grenadiers of his Guard after the Battle of Marengo, Antoine-Jean Gros

Bonaparte, First Consul, Distributing Swords of Honour to the Grenadiers of his Guard after the Battle of Marengo, 1803.

Bonaparte, Premier Consul, distribue des sabres d'honneur… (museum title)

Antoine-Jean Gros (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

1814, 1862.

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

Walters Art Museum, United States

1806, Jena, 1890.

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on canvas

Frick Art & Historical Center, United States

Equestrian Portrait of Joachim Murat, King of Naples, Antoine-Jean Gros

Equestrian Portrait of Joachim Murat, King of Naples, 1808–1812.

Portrait équestre de Joachim Murat (1767-1815), roi de… (museum title)

Antoine-Jean Gros (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

The Battle of the Moskva, 7 September 1812, Louis-François Lejeune

The Battle of the Moskva, 7 September 1812, 1822.

Bataille de la Moskowa. 7 septembre 1812 (museum title)

Louis-François Lejeune (French), oil

Palace of Versailles, France

The Battle of Somosierra, 30 November 1808, Louis-François Lejeune

The Battle of Somosierra, 30 November 1808, 1810.

Bataille de Somo Sierra. 30 novembre 1808 (museum title)

Louis-François Lejeune (French), oil

Palace of Versailles, France

Napoleon's Bivouac on the Eve of Austerlitz, 1 December 1805, Louis-François Lejeune

Napoleon's Bivouac on the Eve of Austerlitz, 1 December 1805, 1808.

Bivouac de Napoléon à la veille d'Austerlitz. 1er décembre… (museum title)

Louis-François Lejeune (French)

Palace of Versailles, France

A Cavalry Officer, 1887.

Édouard Detaille (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

A General and His Aide-de-camp, Ernest Meissonier

A General and His Aide-de-camp, 1869.

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Equestrian Portrait of Prince Boris Yusupov, Antoine-Jean Gros

Equestrian Portrait of Prince Boris Yusupov, 1809.

Конный портрет князя Б. Н. Юсупова (museum title)

Antoine-Jean Gros (French), oil on canvas

Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Russia

The Picket, 1875.

Édouard Detaille (French), oil on canvas

Walters Art Museum, United States

1807, Friedland, c. 1861–1875.

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Return from Elba, 28 February 1815, Ambroise Louis Garneray

The Return from Elba, 28 February 1815, c. 1852.

Retour de l'île d'Elbe. 28 février 1815 (museum title)

Ambroise Louis Garneray (French), oil

Palace of Versailles, France

The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries, Jacques-Louis David

The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries, 1812.

Jacques-Louis David (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Battle of Rivoli, 14 January 1797, Félix Philippoteaux

The Battle of Rivoli, 14 January 1797, 1844.

Bataille de Rivoli, 14 janvier 1797 (museum title)

Félix Philippoteaux (French), oil on canvas

Palace of Versailles, France

Vive l'Empereur! Charge of the 4th Hussars at the Battle of Friedland, 14 June 1807, Édouard Detaille

Vive l'Empereur! Charge of the 4th Hussars at the Battle of Friedland, 14 June 1807, 1891.

Vive l'Empereur! (museum title)

Édouard Detaille (French), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

The Battle of Stockach, 3 May 1800, Félix Philippoteaux

The Battle of Stockach, 3 May 1800, 1838.

Combat de Stockach, 3 mai 1800 (museum title)

Félix Philippoteaux (French), oil on canvas

Palace of Versailles, France

The Battle of Aboukir, 25 July 1799, Louis-François Lejeune

The Battle of Aboukir, 25 July 1799, 1805.

Bataille d'Aboukir. 25 juillet 1799 (museum title)

Louis-François Lejeune (French), oil on canvas

Palace of Versailles, France

The Attack on the Great Convoy near Salinas, Biscay, 25 May 1812, Louis-François Lejeune

The Attack on the Great Convoy near Salinas, Biscay, 25 May 1812, 19th century.

Attaque du grand convoi, près de Salinas, en Biscaye. 25… (museum title)

Louis-François Lejeune (French), oil

Palace of Versailles, France

Information (General Desaix and the Peasant), Ernest Meissonier

Information (General Desaix and the Peasant), 1867.

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

Dallas Museum of Art, United States

Egyptian Family (Sketch for The Battle of the Pyramids), Antoine-Jean Gros

Egyptian Family (Sketch for The Battle of the Pyramids), c. 1835.

Egyptian Family (Sketch for "The Battle of the Pyramids") (museum title)

Antoine-Jean Gros (French), oil on linen canvas

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States