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Jacques-Louis David: The Coronation of Napoleon
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q83155 and
artist QS:P170,Q2164632 |
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Title |
title QS:P1476,fr:"Sacre de l'empereur Napoléon Ier et couronnement de l'impératrice Joséphine dans la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, le 2 décembre 1804"
label QS:Lfr,"Sacre de l'empereur Napoléon Ier et couronnement de l'impératrice Joséphine dans la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, le 2 décembre 1804"
label QS:Len,"Coronation of Emperor Napoleon I and Coronation of the Empress Josephine in Notre-Dame de Paris, December 2, 1804"
label QS:Lde,"Krönung von Kaiser Napoleon I. und Krönung der Kaiserin Josephine in der Notre-Dame de Paris, 2. Dezember 1804"
label QS:Les,"Coronación del emperador Napoleón I y Coronación de la Emperatriz Josefina en Notre-Dama de París, 2 de diciembre de 1804"
label QS:Lnl,"Kroning van keizer Napoleon I en de kroning van keizerin Josephine in de Notre-Dame van Parijs, 2 december 1804" |
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painting ![]() |
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Genre |
history painting ![]() |
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Description |
Joséphine kneels before Napoléon during his coronation at Notre Dame. Behind him sits pope Pius VII. |
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Date |
between 1805 and 1807 date QS:P571,+1805-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1805-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1807-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
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Dimensions |
height: 621 cm (20.3 ft); width: 979 cm (10.7 yd) dimensions QS:P2048,621U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,979U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q19675 |
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Current location |
room 75 (Denon Wing, 1st floor) |
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Place of creation |
France ![]() |
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Object history |
1804: commissioned by Napoleon I, Paris (It remained the property of the artist) |
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Inscriptions |
1806 et 1807
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Source/Photographer |
Web Gallery of Art: ![]() ![]() reference_wga QS:P973,"http://www.wga.hu/html/d/david_j/4/405david.html" |
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JPEG file comment | DAVID, Jacques-Louis
(b. 1748, Paris, d. 1825, Bruxelles) Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon I and Coronation of the Empress Josephine 1805-07 Oil on canvas, 629 x 979 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The exact title of the painting is: Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon I and Coronation of the Empress Josephine in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris on 2 Dec 1804. David was commissioned by Napoleon to paint a large composition commemorating his consecration, which had taken place in Notre Dame in Paris, on 2 December 1804. The picture was exhibited in the Salon Carré in the Louvre in 1808, then in the Salon of that year; it was next placed in the Tuileries, in the Salle des Gardes. Under Louis Philippe it was installed at Versailles in a room decorated in imitation of the Empire style, together with David's Distribution of the Eagles and Gros' Battle of Aboukir; in 1889 it was transferred to the Louvre, and its place at Versailles was taken by Roll's Marseillaise. In 1947 this latter picture was replaced by a replica of David's Consecration of Napoleon, begun by the painter in 1808 and not finished till 1822, in Brussels; this replica was bought by the Musées de France in England, in 1946. David seems to have derived his general composition from Rubens' Coronation of Queen Marie de Medici. In accordance with David's usual method, numerous studies, both painted and drawn, preceded the actual execution of the work. The best-known of these is the portrait of Pius VII, now in the Louvre. The painter then made a model, where he arranged dolls in costume. David had originally intended to portray the event faithfully, showing Napoleon crowning himself. The Emperor, remembering the quarrels between the Pope and the Holy Roman Empire, placed the crown on his own head to avoid giving a pledge of obedience of the temporal power to the Pontiff. But he evidently felt that it would not be desirable to perpetuate this somewhat disrespectful action in paint; so David painted the coronation of Josephine by Napoleon, with the Pope blessing the Empress. Grouped round the altar, near Napoleon, are the chief dignitaries — Cambécères, the Lord Chancellor, Marshal Berthier, Grand Veneur, Talleyrand, the Lord Chamberlain, and Lebrun, the Chief Treasurer. Madame de la Rochefoucauld carries the Empress's train; behind her are the Emperor's sisters, and his brothers Louis and Joseph. In front of the central stand are some of the marshals, and in it is Marie Laetitia, Madame Mère (the Emperor's mother), who was in fact not present at the ceremony. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 11 minutes):<BR><A HREF="#" onClick="w=window.open ('/music1/19_cent/mussorgsky_godunov_coronation.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350');w.opener=this;w.focus();return true"><B>Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Coronation Scene</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE>
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