The Battle of Mount Tabor

The Battle of Mount Tabor (French: La Bataille du mont Tabor) is an 1808 history painting by the French artist Louis-François Lejeune.^[1] It depicts a panoramic view of the Battle of Mount Tabor fought on 16 April 1799 during the French invasion of Egypt and Syria.^[2] The battle, fought several miles west of Mount Tabor was a decisive victory for French forces led by General Napoleon Bonaparte over their Ottoman and Mameluke opponents.^[3]

The Battle of Mount Tabor
Artist	Louis-François Lejeune
Year	1808
Type	Oil on canvas, history painting
Dimensions	184 cm × 260 cm (72 in × 100 in)
Location	Palace of Versailles, Versailles

Lejeune exhibited a sketch at the Salon of 1804 and then the full version at the Salon of 1808 at the Louvre in Paris. Today it is part of the collection at the Palace of Versailles, having been acquired in 1861.^[4][5]