A cleaner mops the floor near to the 1803 painting "Napoleon Crossing the Alps" by French artist Jacques-Louis David. Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE / AFP.

He no doubt still resembled the mesmerizing individual who, astride a stallion rearing towards a stormy sky, towers over us in Jacques-Louis David’s colossal canvas “Napoleon Crossing the Alps.” ...

Crossing the Alps: Napoleon’s Boldest Military Move. Posted: March 13, 2025 | Last updated: March 13, 2025. With enemy forces closing in, Napoleon made a bold choice—marching his army through ...

In February 2025 social media posts, U.S. President Donald Trump shared this quote usually attributed to French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte: "He who saves his Country does not violate any Law." ...

On Feb. 16, 2025, Trump shared on Truth Social a screen shot of an X post dated Feb. 10, 2025, of the quote set on an equestrian portrait of Napoleon by painter Jacques-Louis David. The portrait is ...

As for Marengo, portrayed by Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) in his famous painting Bonaparte Franchissant le Grand-Saint-Bernard ("Napoleon Crossing the Alps"), he became almost as famous as his ...

Jacques-Louis David’s Napoleon Crossing the Alps, showing Napoleon balanced on his snow-white stallion, Marengo, will be among the paintings featured in the exhibition.

The cloak upon his shoulders changes from painting to painting, as does the color of the horse, but the glorification of the emperor as he crosses the Alps remains consistent. Napoleon Crossing ...

Jacques-Louis David's painting ‘Napoleon Crossing the Alps’ is one that captures the triumphant spirit of war.

Whatever criticism of Napoleon you might have, no-one could call him dull. Yet that's exactly how he's portrayed in a new film by Ridley Scott with Joaquin Phoenix, as a sacrifice to woke politics.