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Battlefield with Soldier on Horseback (Napoleon?)

ca.1810
Not on view
Gros was among the most prolific of Napoleon’s propagandist painters. His lifelong passion for drawing horses in action suited him to the task of producing large-scale military subjects. Here, a mounted figure—possibly Napoleon—on a rearing horse leads a summarily indicated troop across a battlefield, suggested by the fallen soldier in the lower right foreground. The calligraphic curves and quick zigzag hatching are characteristic of Gros’s use of pen and ink.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Battlefield with Soldier on Horseback (Napoleon?)
  • Artist: baron Antoine Jean Gros (French, Paris 1771–1835 Meudon)
  • Date: ca.1810
  • Medium: Pen and black ink on beige antique laid paper
  • Dimensions: sheet: 7 3/8 x 13 1/2 in. (18.7 x 34.3 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Renée Sacks Bequest, 2008
  • Object Number: 2008.473
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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