8
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
H Beard Print Collection is an 8 by Antoine-Jean Gros, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows Napoleon on a snowy battlefield. He stands near two generals in blue coats. One kneels to hand him a flag. Gros painted this scene two years after the battle at Eylau. Over twenty thousand soldiers died there. The print copies Gros’s oil painting, which is still in Versailles. If you like this dramatic style, check out Gros, Antoine-Jean.
The artwork depicts Napoleon visiting his generals on the morning following the Battle of Eylau, which took place on February 8, 1807. The scene shows the emperor surveying the battlefield, which had been secured the previous day.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Antoine-Jean Gros (French pronunciation: ; 16 March 1771 – 25 June 1835) was a French painter of historical subjects.
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