An image of ‘Napoleon Crossing the Alps’ by Jacques-Louis David, also known as romantic propaganda. Photo by Getty Images. Robert Zaretsky April 30, 2025.

Napoleon Bonaparte favored a northern route through the Col du Mont Cenis. Edward Gibbon, author of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , was said to be a fan of the Col du Montgenèvre.

Crossing the Alps: Napoleon’s Boldest Military Move. Posted: March 13, 2025 | Last updated: March 13, 2025. With enemy forces closing in, Napoleon made a bold choice—marching his army through ...

In February 2025 social media posts, U.S. President Donald Trump shared this quote usually attributed to French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte: "He who saves his Country does not violate any Law." ...

On Feb. 16, 2025, Trump shared on Truth Social a screen shot of an X post dated Feb. 10, 2025, of the quote set on an equestrian portrait of Napoleon by painter Jacques-Louis David. The portrait is ...

Jacques-Louis David’s Napoleon Crossing the Alps, showing Napoleon balanced on his snow-white stallion, Marengo, will be among the paintings featured in the exhibition.

The cloak upon his shoulders changes from painting to painting, as does the color of the horse, but the glorification of the emperor as he crosses the Alps remains consistent. Napoleon Crossing ...

Jacques-Louis David's painting ‘Napoleon Crossing the Alps’ is one that captures the triumphant spirit of war. It shows Napoleon Bonaparte's military prowess during the Italian campaign and ...

The figure of Napoleon has long been an object of fascination, but the new Ridley Scott biopic makes one wonder why. The film, perhaps inadvertently, partakes of the spirit of the times. The so-cal… ...

Whatever criticism of Napoleon you might have, no-one could call him dull. Yet that's exactly how he's portrayed in a new film by Ridley Scott with Joaquin Phoenix, as a sacrifice to woke politics.