Jacques-Louis David, Napoleon Crossing the Alps, 1801. Oil on canvas. Collection Château de Malmaison. Courtesy RMN-GP.
Kehinde Wiley, Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps, 2005. Oil on canvas. Brooklyn Museum, partial gift of Suzi and Andrew Booke Cohen. © Kehinde Wiley. Photo: Brooklyn Museum
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09 October, 2019 - 06 February, 2020
Kehinde Wiley meets Jacques-Louis David
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The pairing of Jacques-Louis David’s Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1801) and Kehinde Wiley’s Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps (2005) reveals how race, masculinity, power, and representation layer onto portraiture.