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Antoine-Jean Gros — General Jean-Baptiste Kléber (Sketch for "The Battle of the Pyramids")
Antoine-Jean Gros

General Jean-Baptiste Kléber (Sketch for "The Battle of the Pyramids")

1835

Created as a preparatory work for Gros's monumental history painting, this sketch demonstrates the artist's mastery of military portraiture and his role in documenting Napoleon's campaigns.

Medium
oil on linen

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Antoine-Jean Gros, General Jean-Baptiste Kléber (Sketch for "The Battle of the Pyramids"), 1835

Created as a preparatory work for Gros's monumental history painting, this sketch demonstrates the artist's mastery of military portraiture and his role in documenting Napoleon's campaigns.

Medium
oil on linen
Year
1835
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Dramatic, French, Heroic, Military, Historical, Oil On Linen, Portrait, Neoclassical, Figurative

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