Antique & Vintage Postcards

Wind-whipped cloak, rearing white stallion, and the word "BONAPARTE" carved into the foreground rock — Jacques-Louis David's iconic Bonaparte Franchissant le Grand-Saint-Bernard (1800–1801) electrifies this sepia-toned Lévy et Neurdein Réunis museum postcard (no. 342 LL), one of the most reproduced images in French art history and an enduring symbol of Napoleonic ambition. David painted five versions of this propaganda masterpiece; the Versailles example reproduced here shows the First Consul at his most mythologised, crossing the Alps to deliver the crushing blow at Marengo. The unused card, printed on cream stock with the familiar LL back layout, remains in fine condition and is among the most consistently sought-after subjects in the Musée de Versailles postcard series, appealing equally to Napoleonica specialists, art history enthusiasts, and vintage French postcard collectors worldwide.