Painting and Sculpture

Bonaparte, First Consul (Gros)

Bonaparte, First Consul is an oil painting on canvas by French painter Antoine-Jean Gros, from 1802, which is a full-length portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul. The painting was commissioned by Napoleon himself who offered it to Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès, the Second Consul. The original is on display at the Museum of the Legion of Honour, in Paris. Napoleon ordered that replicas of this portrait were made by several painters to be displayed in cities across France and Europe.

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• ▸Campo Santo, Venice
• ▸Barques de pêche–Méditerranée
• ▸Anthony White (artist)

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