Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1850) – Paul Delaroche

Product Details:

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• High quality Giclée print
• Production: 1-3 days
• Shipping: 3-10 days (worldwide)

Choose between high-quality paper prints or professionally stretched canvas:

1. Fine Art Print (Paper)

• Printed using Giclée fine art technology on Enhanced Matte Art Paper, 200gsm (80lb).
• This museum-quality paper is perfect for high-resolution color graphics and illustrations.
• The matte finish highlights tones and subtle details, giving a rich, elegant look.
• Water-based inks, plastic-free, printed on sustainably sourced paper.
• Shipped in robust, protective packaging to ensure safe delivery.
• Can be hung with double-sided tape, tacks, or framed.
• Frame not included.

2. Stretched Canvas (Canvas Wrap)

Two Depth Options:

Slim - Frame depth: 19mm (0.75")
Thick - Frame depth: 38mm (1.5")

• Printed using 12-colour Giclée (Latex inkjet) process on premium canvas.
• Hand-stretched over a custom wooden frame made from European knotless pine (up to 3 meters wide).
• Each canvas is hand-finished by expert framers, with smooth, tight corners.
• The curved frame profile prevents contact with the canvas face - avoiding impression marks and surface cracks.
• Finger-jointed frame design ensures strong corner tension and resists warping.
• Wooden wedges are added on larger sizes to keep the canvas taut and allow for future re-stretching.
• Water-based inks, sustainably sourced materials, and vegan-friendly.
• Comes ready to hang.

Kindly understand, colors may vary depending on your monitor settings.

Artwork Description

Paul Delaroche’s monumental 1850 masterpiece dramatically depicts Napoleon Bonaparte during his legendary crossing of the Saint-Bernard Pass in May 1800, a pivotal moment of the Napoleonic Wars that opened the path to the victory at Marengo. Unlike Jacques-Louis David’s heroic and idealized versions, Delaroche presents a more realistic and human Napoleon: calm yet weary, wrapped in a heavy grey greatcoat, astride a rearing mule guided by a local peasant through a ferocious Alpine storm. The cold, muted palette and stark lighting emphasize the brutal reality of the campaign and subtly question the romantic myth of the invincible conqueror.

Perfect for a masculine study, executive office, or history-lover’s library; an impressive and intellectually stimulating gift for admirers of Napoleonic history, military strategy, or 19th-century French painting.