Napoleon Crossing the Alps (also known as Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass or Bonaparte Crossing the Alps; listed as Le Premier Consul franchissant les Alpes au col du Grand Saint-Bernard) is a series of five oil on canvas equestrian portraits of Napoleon Bonaparte painted by the French artist Jacques-Louis David between 1801 and 1805.

The painting depicts the emperor Napoleon I at his coronation on 2 December 1804. He is standing before a blue-cushioned gilt throne, wearing a white robe embroidered with gold thread, a long red coronation cloak trimmed with ermine, and white coronation gloves [fr].

This magnificent Egyptian-style cloak was worn by Napoleon the night before the Battle of Waterloo. This magnificent cloak with hood, made of red felt, lined with golden silk brocade and embroidered with silver thread and tassels, may have been made in France but was copied from a North African Berber burnous.

The design is inspired by the North African burnous, traditionally worn by Berbers, although this cloak was probably made in France. It was seized from Napoleon's baggage train at the field of...

A red felt cloak or burnous with a hood; embroidered and appliqued with silver thread and braid borders of trefoils, elaborate scrolls and arabesques around the hood and breast and with tinsel tassels attached.

Napoleon is depicted in a magnificent ermine cloak and with a laurel wreath on his head. This propagandistic portrayal of the emperor illustrates the height of his megalomaniacal hunger for power.

Jun 19, 2021 · Contemporary biographies, and other works, including Tolstoy's War and Peace, describe Napoleon wearing a cloak of this nature during his campaigns in Egypt in the late 1790s. The design is inspired by the North African burnous, traditionally worn by Berbers, although this cloak was probably made in France.

Contemporary biographies, and other works, including Tolstoy's 'War and Peace', describe Napoleon wearing a cloak of this nature during his campaigns in Egypt in the late 1790s.

For his coronation, Napol on wore a purple velvet cloak, lined with ermine and embroidered with bees. His crown was gold laurel leaves, intended to recall the glory of the Roman Republic.

Aug 16, 2020 · The hooded cloak is believed to have been made sometime between 1798-1805, possibly while Napoleon was in Egypt (in Tolstoy's War and Peace, Napoleon is described to have worn a cloak of this nature while in Egypt).