Jean-Pierre Franque: Allegory of the State of France before the Return from Egypt
A piece of Napoleonic propaganda showing "France" yearning for Napoleon to return from foreign shores and fix things at home. It's true that things got a bit chaotic in France while Napoleon was touring the Pyramids. Still, the fact that this was painted over a decade after the fact implies that it was done in response to the political climate of 1810, not 1798.
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