Napoleon Crossing the Alps, 1800. Bonaparte has an orange cloak, the crispin (cuff) of his gauntlet is embroidered, the horse is piebald, black and white, and the tack is complete and includes a standing martingale. The girth around the horse’s belly is a dark faded red. The officer holding a sabre in the background is obscured by the horse’s tail. Napoleon’s face appears youthful. Oil on canvas painted by Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825), French painter and politician. Collection: Musée national de Malmaison et Bois-Préau. Public Domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Forside 1799 Napoleon Crossing the Alps, 1800. Bonaparte has an orange cloak, the crispin (cuff) of his gauntlet is embroidered, the horse is piebald, black and white, and the tack is complete and includes a standing martingale. The girth around the horse's belly is a dark faded red. The officer holding a sabre in the background is obscured by the horse's tail. Napoleon's face appears youthful. Oil on canvas painted by Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825), French painter and politician. Collection: Musée national de Malmaison et Bois-Préau. Public Domain.
Napoleon Crossing the Alps, 1800. Bonaparte has an orange cloak, the crispin (cuff) of his gauntlet is embroidered, the horse is piebald, black and white, and the tack is complete and includes a standing martingale. The girth around the horse’s belly is a dark faded red. The officer holding a sabre in the background is obscured by the horse’s tail. Napoleon’s face appears youthful. Oil on canvas painted by Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825), French painter and politician. Collection: Musée national de Malmaison et Bois-Préau. Public Domain.
