Battle of the Pyramids, July 21, 1798, François André Vincent, ca. 1800

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Battle of the Pyramids, July 21, 1798, ca. 1800, Pen and black ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white on beige washed paper. Squared in graphite., 15 3/4 x 29 1/2 in. ( x cm), Drawings, François André Vincent (French, Paris 1746–1816 Paris), This large study is one of several Vincent executed depicting the Battle of the Pyramids, which took place on July 21, 1798 as part of Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. The project was part of a larger commission, issued in 1800 by Lucien Bonaparte, minister of the interior, for six large canvases, each by a different artist, depicting a series of battles

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