France invites the Genius of Painting to transmit to future generations the story of French conquests and the victories of her armies, c.1800byP. A. Lesueur
allegory of the victorious army of the French Revoltion and of Napoleon Bonaparte; celebration of conquest in Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Italy, Egypt, Spain, Germany and the Vendee; list of victories at Jemmapes (1792); Fleurus (1794); Arcole (1796); Lodi (1796); Marengo (1800); Hohenlinden (1800); la France invite le genie de la peinture; laurel wreath symbol of victory; oak branch symbol of wisdom;