File:Jacques-Louis David - The Coronation of Napoleon (1805-1807).jpg


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Summary

Jacques-Louis David: The Coronation of Napoleon

Artist



Description	French painter, politician and architectural drafter
Date of birth/death	30 August 1748	29 December 1825
Location of birth/death	Paris	Brussels
Work period	Neoclassicism era QS:P2348,Q14378
Work location	Paris, Rome, Brussels
Authority file	: Q83155 VIAF: 66575297 ISNI: 0000000121374173 ULAN: 500115221 LCCN: n50035639 NLA: 35033606 WorldCat

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Alternative names	Marie-Georges-Louis Rouget; Rouget
Description	French painter and etcher
Date of birth/death	26 August 1783	9 April 1869
Location of birth/death	Paris	Paris
Work location	France (1797-1869)
Authority file	: Q2164632 VIAF: 71506949 ISNI: 000000010914165X ULAN: 500023788 LCCN: nr95044153 GND: 119430029 WorldCat

Title

French:

Sacre de l'empereur Napoléon Ier et couronnement de l'impératrice Joséphine dans la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, le 2 décembre 1804

Coronation of Emperor Napoleon I and Coronation of the Empress Josephine in Notre-Dame de Paris, December 2, 1804

Object type

painting

Genre

history painting

Description

Joséphine kneels before Napoléon during his coronation at Notre Dame. Behind him sits pope Pius VII.

Depicted people

Date

between 1805 and 1807

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 621 cm (20.3 ft); width: 979 cm (10.7 yd)

Collection

Louvre Museum (Inventory)

	Native name	Louvre Museum
	Location	Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois , France
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 40″ N, 2° 20′ 09″ E
	Established	10 August 1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority file	: Q19675 VIAF: 257711507 ISNI: 000000012260177X ULAN: 500125189 LCCN: n80020283 NLA: 35912436 WorldCat

Current location

room 75 (Denon Wing, 1st floor)

Accession number

INV. 3699

Place of creation

France

Object history

1804: commissioned by Napoleon I, Paris (It remained the property of the artist)
1819: transferred to Musée Royal, Paris, from Jacques-Louis David, Paris
1837: transferred to Musée Versailles, Versailles, from Musée Royal, Paris

1889: transferred to Musée de Louvre, Paris, from Musée Versailles, Versailles

Exhibition history

Salon of 1808, 7 February 1808 - 21 March 1808

Inscriptions

bottom right:
L. David.F.ebat
bottom:
1805 et 1807

References

Authority file

Source/Photographer

art database

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