Focus on Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps and analyze the abstract.
Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps is an equestrian portrait of a youthful black male painted by the contemporary artist Kehinde Wiley in 2005. It is based on Jacques-Louis David’s 1801 equestrian portrait, Napoleon Crossing the Alps.  This painting was chosen by a man who Wiley had approached in the streets.  The basic composition of Wiley's painting is the same as the 200-year-old painting it was based on, and has many of the same elements.  The modern painting has a decorative background rather than the battlefield background. It is in the Brooklyn Museum.
Jacques-Louis David equestrian portrait Kehinde Wiley Napoleon Crossing the Alps