Jacques-Louis DavidFrench, 1748–1825Napoleon am St. Bernhard
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Napoleon am St. Bernhard” now? Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Unknown.
Vienna, Austria
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
Museum text in German
Beschriftung: Signatur: Bez. auf dem Pferdegurt: J. L. DAVID. F. ANNO X. REI. C (= 1801/02)
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Details
In the catalog
Sources
- Kunsthistorisches Museum
- Image: Kunsthistorisches Museum — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
In the life of Jacques-Louis David
The whole life1800
“The Sabine Women” shown with a mirror and a pamphlet
The painting was shown at the Palais du Luxembourg and then at the Salon in the Louvre; David had a large mirror hung before it so that visitors saw themselves against the battle, and each visitor was handed a pamphlet explaining his intention. The showing became a political event.
7 February 1800
Declines the post of “painter of the government”
Bonaparte named David “painter of the government” by special decree, but the artist, defending his independence, declined the post.
1804
Becomes the Emperor’s first painter
After the proclamation of the Empire in 1804 he became the official court painter of the regime — first painter to the Emperor Napoleon.
