"Which painter produced the works ""The Death of Marat"" and ""Napoleon Crossing the Alps""?"
Napoleon Crossing the Alps Napoleon Crossing the Alps 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 the title given to the five versions of an oil on canvas equestrian portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte painted by the French artist Jacques-Louis David between 1801 and 1805. Initially commissioned by the King of Spain, the composition shows a strongly idealized view of the real crossing that Napoleon and his army made across the Alps through the Great St. Bernard Pass in May 1800. Having
Napoleon Crossing the Alps the same time orders his soldiers to follow. The bare rather than gloved hand may indicate Napoleon desiring to appear as a peacemaker rather than a conqueror. David uses inscriptions to reinforce the symbolism in eight of his known works: " Bélisaire asking for Alms", "Andromache Mourning Hector", "The Death of Marat", "The Furrier of Saint-Fargeau" (lost), "Napoleon Crossing the Alps", "Sappho and Phaon", "Napoleon in his Study", and "Leonidas at Thermopylae". In "The Death of Marat", the dying revolutionary holds a page with the name of his assassin, Charlotte Corday. "Léonidas in Thermopyles" shows a Spartan engraving details of