General Jean-Baptiste Kléber and Egyptian Family (Sketches for "The Battle of the Pyramids")

Antoine-Jean Gros sketched ‘General Jean-Baptiste Kléber and Egyptian Family (Sketches for “The Battle of the Pyramids”)’ around c. 1835. This work was part of his preparations for ‘The Battle of the Pyramids.’

The medium is oil on linen. Gros often used this support for his sketches and preparatory works.

The painting resides in the Cleveland Museum of Art. It is classified as a 19th-century French painting.

Gros gained Napoleon’s patronage after painting ‘Napoleon at the Battle of Arcole’ in 1796. He traveled with Napoleon’s army before returning to Paris.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.17

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