Napoleon In The Plague House At Jaffa

The painter antoine jean gros depicts the courage of general bonaparte visiting plague stricken soldiers in jaffa syria in 1799.

The scene shows napoleon during a striking scene which occurred in jaffa on 11 march 1799 when then general bonaparte made a daring and spectacular visit to his sick. Baron antoine jean gros napoleon bonaparte visiting the pest house in jaffa 1804 oil on canvas 209 280 musée du louvre paris. Gros was a student of the neo classical painter david however this painting sometimes also titled napoleon visiting the pest house in jaffa is a proto romantic painting that points to the later style of gericault and delacroix. Bonaparte visits the plague stricken in jaffa french.

Painted and exhibited in 1804 coinciding exactly with the creation of. In his canvas napoleon at the pesthouse of jaffa 1804 antoine jean gros depicts the great napoleon bonaparte visiting french soldiers who are sickened by a sudden outbreak of the bubonic plague in a jaffa mosque that was transformed into a hospital for plague sufferers napoleon appears to stand just to the right of the center of the image glowing with light. On march 21 1799 29 year old napoleon bonaparte 1769 1821 felt it incumbent to visit his troops who had contracted bubonic plague when they took the fortress at jaffa palestine modern day tel aviv israel by storm. Napoleon in the plague house at jaffa.

Gros was a student of the neo classical painter david however this painting sometimes also titled napoleon visiting the pest house in jaffa is a proto romantic painting that points to the later style of gericault and delacroix. This huge canvas hugely acclaimed at the 1804 salon was the first masterpiece of napoleonic painting. Bonaparte visiting the plague victims of jaffa 11 march 1799 paris musée du louvre this masterpiece a precursor of romanticism was commissioned by napoléon in an attempt to quash rumours that he had poisoned french troops suffering from the plague during the syrian campaign. Baron antoine jean gros napoleon bonaparte visiting the pest house in jaffa 1804 oil on canvas 209 280 musée du louvre paris.

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His goal was to dispel fear about a disease that had caused panic among his. Napoleon is touching one of the plague victims as christ did a leper. The scene shows napoleon during a striking scene which is supposed to have occurred in jaffa on 11 march 1799 depicting then general bonaparte making a visit to his. Bonaparte visits the plague stricken in jaffa french.

Gros was a student of the neo classical painter david however this painting sometimes also titled napoleon visiting the pest house in jaffa is a proto romantic painting that points to the later style of gericault and delacroix.