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In picturesFirst Consul’s JacketThis French embroidered red silk velour jacket was offered to Bonaparte by the town of Lyons on his first visit to that town, 28 and 29 June 1800, after Marengo.He wore it notably during the Te Deum celebrated at Notre-dame de Paris on the occasion of the signing of the Concordat (28 Germinal an X […]
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In picturesFirst Consul’s jacket (back)This French embroidered red silk velour jacket was offered to Bonaparte by the town of Lyons on his first visit to that town, 28 and 29 June 1800, after Marengo.He wore it notably during the Te Deum celebrated at Notre-dame de Paris on the occasion of the signing of the Concordat (28 Germinal an X […]
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In picturesUniform worn by Bonaparte at the Battle of MarengoThis uniform appears notably the paintings by Lejeune and David. As with the model set for generals as established on 7 August 1798, it is made of woolen cloth coloured blue the army colour. Only the buttons are reproductions, copied from period pieces. The hat shown here, made by the hatmaker Poupard, was not worn […]
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In picturesKellermann filsFrançois Etienne Kellermann (1770-1835), son of the famous marshal Duc de Valmy, made on his own initiative the crucial charge which brought about the victory at Marengo. Qualified as merely “assez belle” by the First Consul, this charge was never to receive the historical recgnition which it deserved. He was made Division General on 5 […]
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In picturesLe Premier Consul distribuant des sabres d’honneur après la bataillede Marengo
This work is part of the exhibition Marengo. Une victoire politique, which lasts until 28 August 2000 at the Museum of the Château de Malmaison et Bois-Préau.
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In picturesEsquisse pour le monument à Desaix
This work is part of the exhibition Marengo. Une victoire politique, which lasts until 28 August 2000 at the Museum of the Château de Malmaison et Bois-Préau.
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In picturesPortrait du général Moreau
This work is part of the exhibition Marengo. Une victoire politique, which lasts until 28 August 2000 at the Museum of the Château de Malmaison et Bois-Préau.
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In picturesBattle of Hohenlinden / fought 12 Frimaire, An 9 (3 December, 1800)Done after a work by François Louis Couché (1782-1849), this engraving shows Moreau in the foreground surrounded by his staff.
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In picturesThe Battle of Marengo at 5pmAt 5pm, Bonaparte at last caught sight of Desaix and Boudet and he stopped the French retreat. Marmont quickly set up a battery of 18 cannon and hailed the Austrian attack.Desaix attempted a charge but was immediately killed and his division gave way. This was the moment that Kellermann chose to swing round to the […]
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In picturesThe Battle of Marengo (detail)An extract from the catalogue of the Salon of an IX (1801 n°227): “The Premier Consul arrives just at the moment when a bomb explodes close to him (the same bomb killed six men from the 9e brigade légère). He is followed by his aides de camp Duroc, Lauriston, Le Marois, Lacuée; the generals Lasnes […]