Showing posts with label François Bouchot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label François Bouchot. Show all posts

Monday, June 30, 2014

General Bonaparte at the Council of 500 (1840)

François Bouchot: General Bonaparte at the Council of 500 in Saint-Cloud, November 10, 1799

This scene is part of the Coup of 18 Brumaire, which brought Napoleon to power as First Consul of France, and, in the view of most historians, ended the French Revolution.

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

The Battle of Zurich (1837)

François Bouchot: The Battle of Zurich, 25 September 1799 (central panel)

The Battle of Zurich in 1799 was a decisive victory for French Revolutionary forces over a combined Russian and Austrian army.