
Gros, David's outstanding pupil, became one of the leading painters of France during Napoleon's reign. He had experienced military life and was prepared to realistically interpret the glorious events of the Consulate and the Empire. With vivid color and movement, Gros depicted the frenzy of battles, the pomp of the military, and the exoticism of Egypt and the Near East. He made only two lithographs, yet his painterly approach to the stone was an early indication of the potential of this new medium.

Portrait of the Maistre Sisters
Antoine-Jean Gros (French, 1771–1835)

Le Combat des Horaces et des Curiaces (Furnishing Fabric)
Designed by Francois Pieters (French, active c. 1820) after engravings by Antoine Alexandre Morel (French, 1740-1822) and others after painting by Jacques-Louis David (French, 1771-1835) and drawing by Jean Jacques Francois Lebarbier (French, 1738-1826) France, Nantes