General Jean-Baptiste Kléber (Sketch for "The Battle of the Pyramids") by Antoine-Jean Gros, c. 1835. oil on linen. Cleveland Museum of Art.
General Jean-Baptiste Kléber (Sketch for "The Battle of the Pyramids") · Antoine-Jean Gros · c. 1835 · Cleveland Museum of Art

General Jean-Baptiste Kléber (Sketch for "The Battle of the Pyramids")

Antoine-Jean Gros

Year
c. 1835
Medium
oil on linen
Collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
License
Public Domain

Gros sketched General Jean-Baptiste Kléber for his painting “The Battle of the Pyramids”. The sketch dates to around 1835, the year of Gros’s death. Oil on linen.

The painting measures 53.2 x 38.2 cm. It is classified under French 19th century art at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Gros studied under Jacques-Louis David. He gained Napoleon’s patronage in the 1790s after portraying him at the Battle of Arcole.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.17.1

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