● On view now — 201 French Neoclassical Painting & Sculpture
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · verified August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
In 1810, Gros exhibited a massive painting of Napoleon at the 1798 Battle of the Pyramids, one of the rare French triumphs in the failed campaign to conquer Egypt (1789-1801). After Napoleon first fell from power in 1814, the painting went into storage, until the new king Louis-Philippe chose to resurrect it for a history museum in Paris. However, perhaps to diminish Napoleon's significance, the government asked Gros to amplify the original with an addition at each end. This painting incorporates General Kléber, a famously successful military leader who had been excluded from the original painting.
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Dr. Vignardonne
Portrait of Count Jean-Antoine Chaptal
Egyptian Family (Sketch for "The Battle of the Pyramids")
General Jean-Baptiste Kléber and Egyptian Family (Sketches f
A Mameluke Chief on Horseback Signaling for Help
Arab of the Desert
Edwin Henry Landseer (British, 1802–1873) — Study of Horses
Eugène Delacroix — Goetz van Berlichingen's Horse
Francesco Giuseppe Casanova — Hoofd van een paard
Edgar Degas — Head of a Horse
Odilon Redon — The Charger
Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910) — White Mare
Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps — Staand lastpaardje met zijmanden
Anton Mauve — Paard
Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593–1678) — The Conversion of Saul