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Napoleon Crossing the Alps (Wikipedia)

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A Wikipedia article on Jacques-Louis David's 1801-1805 painting series Napoleon Crossing the Alps, describing the five painted versions and their locations at the Chateau de Malmaison, Charlottenburg Palace, the Palace of Versailles and the Osterreichische Galerie Belvedere, and the composition showing Napoleon on a rearing horse with the names Bonaparte, Hannibal and Karolus Magnus inscribed on the rocks below.

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Wikipedia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_Crossing_the_Alps
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encyclopedia
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3
A crowd-edited tertiary reference, used for uncontroversial art-historical facts about the painting's five versions and their locations, corroborated by a second, independently written Wikipedia article on the artist.
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This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sacred Art & Iconography, 5 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
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