Napoleon in Egypt (Napoleão no Egipto)

Napoleon and the armed forces under his commanded were in Egypt and the Near East in 1798 and following years. At that time there were major battles. The troops suffered an epidemic of plague.


Napoleão e as forças armadas que comandava estiveram no Egipto e Próximo Oriente nos anos 1798 e seguintes. Nesse período de tempo ocorreram batalhas importantes. As tropas sofreram uma epidemia de peste.

Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904)-'Napoleon before the Sphinx'- oil on canvas-1862

Antoine-Jean Gros (1771-1835)-'Pyramids battle (July 25, 1798)'-oil on canvas-1810

Antoine-Jean Gros (1771-1835)-'Aboukir battle (July 25, 1799)'-oil on canvas

Louis François Lejeune (1775-1848)-'Kleber in the battle of Mount Thabor (1799) oil on canvas'

Pierre-Narcisse Guérin (1774-1833)-'Emperor pardoning to rebels. Cairo'-oil on canvas Versailles-Musée du Château et des Trianons