Famous work · not an exact-location map point
Bonaparte Crossing the Alps
Real-world connection
No single real-world viewpoint
An equestrian propaganda portrait, not a view of the pass.
- Date
- 1848-01-01
- Real-world link
- Real-world connection
Where the original is now
Department of Paintings of the Louvre
On view — Salle 701, Aile Aile Denon, Niveau 1
Verified from a live museum source on 2026-09-05
Sources
- Musée du Louvre, Paris — collection record for Paul Delaroche, ‘Bonaparte franchissant les Alpes’, Département des Peintures; the 1848 canvas exhibited at the Louvre, the earliest of the autograph versions. A version dated ‘Nice 1850’ is in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (accession WAG 2669) (collections.louvre.fr; artuk.org)
- Stephen Bann, ‘Paul Delaroche: History Painted’ (Reaktion Books / Princeton University Press, 1997)
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