1/internal/media/dispatcher/159892/fullNapoleon at the Great St. Bernard Pass1801[Jacques Louis David]Jacques Louis DavidOil on canvas In this aggrandizing propaganda image, Jacques Louis David depicts Napoleon as a mighty warrior leading the French troops across the Great St. Bernhard Pass in May 1800. The campaign aimed to reconquer Piedmont and Lombardy, a goal achieved when the French army was victorious at the Battle of Marengo. There are four versions of this work; this particular painting was intended for Milan. As part of the heroic presentation of the general, the artist replaced Napoleon’s mount—a mule—with a rearing horse. Marching onward beneath the steed’s hooves are Napoleon’s soldiers. Names carved into the rocks show the French ruler as following in the footsteps of Hannibal and Charlemagne. Paintinghttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/7889/rdf