Andrea Appiani General Desaix 1800-01 Musée National du Château, Versailles Crucial in securing Napoleon’s success in Italy had been the ‘lion of Marengo’, General Desaix, who had turned the battle by a surprise attack on the Austrians during which he lost his life. Napoleon commissioned the Lombard painter Andrea Appiani — who like many liberals […]

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