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The Battle of Nazareth is an oil on canvas painting by French painter Antoine-Jean Gros, from 1801. It represents the French Army, led by General Andoche Junot, in a battle where he defeated the Ottoman army during the Egyptian campaign of Napoleon. It is held at the Musée d'Arts de Nantes. [1]
Antoine-Jean Gros (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twanʒɑ̃ gʁo]; 16 March 1771 – 25 June 1835) was a French painter of historical subjects. He was granted the title of Baron Gros in 1824. [1] [2] Gros studied under Jacques-Louis David in Paris and began an independent artistic career during the French Revolution.
British and Indian officers of the 18th King George's Own Lancers at Tel el Kebir on arrival from France in April 1918.. The Desert Mounted Corps, commanded by Chauvel, consisted of the 4th and 5th Cavalry, the Australian Mounted Divisions, less the 5th Light Horse Brigade temporarily attached to the infantry 60th Division, and less the Anzac Mounted Division assigned to Chaytor's Force.
The Battle of Aboukir; The Battle of Nazareth (Gros) The Battle of the Pyramids (painting) Bonaparte at the Pont d'Arcole; Bonaparte Visiting the Plague Victims of Jaffa; Bonaparte, First Consul (Gros)
Junot leading his troops against the Ottomans near Nazareth, in The Combat of Nazareth by Antoine-Jean Gros (1801) On 8 April 1799, during the ultimately unsuccessful Siege of Acre , Junot distinguished himself leading the vanguard of Kléber 's division against an Ottoman relief force five times larger, near the town of Nazareth , retreating ...
Battle at Nazareth (April 1799) by Gros General Murat at the battle of Abukir (July 1799), where thousands of Ottoman soldiers drowned in the Nile Battle of Heliopolis (March 1800) 1798 19 May (30 Floréal year VI) – Departure from Toulon; 11 June (23 Prairial year VI) – Capture of Malta; 1 July (13 Messidor year VI) – Landing at Alexandria
The Battle of the Pyramids (French: La Bataille des Pyramides) is an 1810 history painting by the French artist Antoine-Jean Gros. [1] [2] It depicts the Battle of the Pyramids on 21 July 1798 during the French Invasion of Egypt. It is one of numerous paintings by Gros featuring Napoleon. [3] The Egyptian pyramids are clearly visible in the ...
Hercules and Diomedes (French: Hercule et Diomède) is an 1835 oil painting by the French artist Antoine-Jean Gros. [1] [2] It depicts two figures from Ancient Greek Mythology Heracles and Diomedes. Gros, a former pupil of Jacques-Louis David, was a proponent of Neoclassicism and sharply opposed to the rising trend of Romanticism. [3]