1798
paint
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Le Général Buonaparte (Napoleon as General of the Italian Army) is a 1798 paint by Pierre-Michel Alix, a Romanticism work, depicting Napoleon, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a portrait of a young Napoleon in a red military coat. His right hand rests on his hip. The background fades to a light wash. This was painted in 1798, when Napoleon wasn’t yet emperor. It shows him as a rising star, not the later ruler known for power. Check out the brushwork at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Pierre-Michel Alix (1762 – 27 December 1817) was a French engraver. He studied under Jacques-Philippe Le Bas and was best known for his portraits of notable figures during the French Revolution and First French Empire.…
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