Apotheosis of the French Heroes that Died for the Fatherland during the War of Liberation

The Apotheosis of the French Heroes Who Died for the Fatherland during the War of Liberty is a painting by Anne-Louis Girodet in 1801. This work depicts the main generals who died during the revolutionary wars, welcomed by Ossian in the paradise of Odin. The work commissioned by the architects Percier and Fontaine is intended to decorate the large living room of the Château de Malmaison. Due to its original design for the time, which stands out from neo-classicism, this painting represents one of the first testimonies of pictorial Romanticism in France. It is still part of the castle's collections (inventory MM.40.47.6955).