# The Battle of Abukir [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GROS, Antoine-Jean]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 578 x 968 cm ## Commentary Gros was the forerunner of the later Romantic school, but he forced himself to sustain David's heritage and counter the Romantics, although he had himself inspired them. The comparison of works depicting a large number of figures by David \(e.g. The Intervention of the Sabine Women\), by Delacroix \(e.g. The Massacre of Chios\) and by Gros' The Battle of Abukir demonstrates that Gros led the Romantic movement. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 12 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/17\_cent/biber\_battle.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: The Battle, suite</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [Bonaparte on the Bridge at Arcole]() - [Bonaparte on the Bridge at Arcole]() - [Christine Boyer]() - [Madame Pasteur]() - [Napoleon Bonaparte on the Battlefield of Eylau, 1807]() - [Napoleon Bonaparte Visiting the Plague-stricken at Jaffa]() - [Portrait of Françoise Simonnier and her Daughter]() - [Portrait of Madame Récamier]() - [Portrait of the Second Lieutenant Charles Legrand]() - [Sappho at Leucate]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()