Bonaparte, Calm on a Fiery Steed, Crossing the Alps
by DAVID, Jacques-Louis, Oil on canvas, 260 x 221 cm
Full of enthusiasm for the new ruler of France, David painted Bonaparte, Calm on a Fiery Steed, Crossing the Alps. The title shows what could be expected of the general: he would be capable of ruling supremely well over an unruly Europe.
David and his studio executed four versions of this painting,