Porcelain Plaque with Painted Miniature 'Bonaparte Crossing the Saint Bernard Pass'

Porcelain plaque with a painted miniature 'Bonaparte Crossing the Saint Bernard Pass'. Art Studio of L.A. Bystritskaya. Place of origin: Russia, St. Petersburg. Creation date: 2008. Miniature artist: Anna Rzyanina. Dimensions: plaque – 30x40 cm. Material: porcelain, molding, glazing, firing. Technique: polychrome overglaze painting. Frame – 56 x 66 cm, mahogany, bronze, lacquered. On the reverse side of the plaque, the inscription reads: 'Art Studio of Lada Bystritskaya copy after the painting "Bonaparte Crossing the Saint Bernard Pass", 1801, Jacques-Louis David. Painted by Anna Rzyanina, 2008.' This painted miniature on a porcelain plaque (picture) was created in Lada Bystritskaya's Art Studio by porcelain artist Anna Rzyanina, inspired by the world-famous masterpiece by French painter Jacques-Louis David (1748, Paris – 1825, Brussels), created in 1801. In the equestrian portrait 'Bonaparte Crossing the Saint Bernard Pass', the legendary Napoleon Bonaparte is depicted by the artist as a romanticized hero defying the forces of nature. Jacques-Louis David was the first to combine the academic 'smooth' painting manner with romantic content and a theatrical composition in a painting. Napoleonica.