Exhibition labels & didactics - National Gallery of Victoria
Exhibition labels & didactics - National Gallery of Victoria
Exhibition labels & didactics - National Gallery of Victoria
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Joseph BOZE<br />
French 1745–1825<br />
Robert LEFÈVRE<br />
French 1755–1830<br />
Carle VERNET<br />
French 1758–1836<br />
General Bonaparte and his Chief <strong>of</strong> Staff,<br />
General Berthier, at the Battle <strong>of</strong> Marengo<br />
Le général Bonaparte et son chef d’Étatmajor<br />
le général Berthier à la bataille de<br />
Marengo<br />
1801<br />
oil on canvas<br />
Fondation Napoléon, Paris<br />
Acquisition 2002 inv. 1164<br />
Executed not long after the Battle <strong>of</strong> Marengo,<br />
this is the first painted representation<br />
celebrating that victory. It does not seem to<br />
have been <strong>of</strong>ficial propaganda, but rather<br />
a private initiative on the part <strong>of</strong> artists who<br />
wanted to secure the good grace <strong>of</strong> the<br />
victor and new ruler <strong>of</strong> France. The overall<br />
composition and the detail <strong>of</strong> the uniforms<br />
can be attributed to Lefèvre, while the rather<br />
inaccurate portrait heads are by Boze,<br />
and the spirited horses by Vernet.<br />
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