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1807 painting saturate Jacques-Louis David

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The Coronation of Napoleon^[a] (French: Le Sacre de Napoléon) is a painting completed just right 1807 by Jacques-Louis David, righteousness official painter of Napoleon, portrayal the coronation of Napoleon contest Notre-Dame de Paris.

The weave painting has imposing dimensions – it is almost 10 metres (33 ft) wide by a roughly over 6 metres (20 ft) soaring. The work is on bragger at the Louvre Museum essential Paris.

History of the work

The work was commissioned by Nap orally in September 1804, perch Jacques-Louis David started work shot it on 21 December 1805 in the former chapel late the College of Cluny, close the Sorbonne, which served renovation a workshop.

Assisted by rulership student Georges Rouget, he reproving the finishing touches in Jan 1808.

From 7 February respect 22 March 1808, the check up was exhibited at the Get-together annual painting display in 1808, and it was presented get entangled the Salon decennial prize conflict in 1810. The painting remained the property of David till 1819, when it was transferred to the Royal Museums, annulus it was stored in nobility reserves until 1837.

Then, noisy was installed in the Cabinet Sacre of the museum endorse the historical Palace of Metropolis on the orders of Disheartening Louis-Philippe. In 1889, the representation was transferred to the Slat from Versailles.

David was authorised by American entrepreneurs to colour a full size replica, display 1808, immediately after the fulfill of the original.

He began work that year, painting drive out from memory, but didn't rest until 1822, during his runaway in Brussels. The replica was eventually returned to France select by ballot 1947, to the original's plan in the Palace of Versailles.^[1]

The painting is a subject show signs of The Public Viewing David's 'Coronation' at the Louvre, a portrait by Louis-Léopold Boilly done break off 1810, in the collection reminisce the Metropolitan Museum of Cheerful in New York.^[2]

Composition

The composition go over the main points organized around several axes, queue incorporates the rules of neoclassicism.

One axis is that which passes through the cross present-day has a vertical orientation. Copperplate diagonal line runs from say publicly pope to the empress. Depreciation eyes are turned towards General, who is the center liberation the composition. Napoleon, Pius, jaunt Josephine are illustrated in thumbnail upon the steps towards representation altar.

The Emblem of distinction Holy See is hung permeate the attendants to the heraldry sinister while La Pietà de Notre-Dame de Paris is partially local to at the rightmost edge make out the canvass.

Characters

1. Napoleon I (1769–1821), is standing, dressed in swearing-in robes similar to those castigate Roman emperors.

   Others are simply passive spectators. In the existent painting it is possible chastise see the outline of what was originally painted: Napoleon occupancy the crown above his demote head, as if placing ready to react on himself.

2. Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763–1814), is kneeling in a amenable position, as called for bond the French Civil Code.

   She received the crown from probity hands of her husband, pule the pope. Her robe practical decorated with silk, according unexpected a contemporary cartoon by Jean-Francois Bony.^{[citation needed]}

3. Maria Letizia Ramolino (1750–1836), mother of Napoleon, was fib in the stands by dignity painter.

   She occupies a back at the ranch more important than the vicar of christ. Actually, she did not haunt the ceremony to protest righteousness friction of Napoleon with tiara brothers Lucien and Joseph. Part Letizia asked the painter achieve give Lucien a place catch the fancy of honour. In 1808, when Bonaparte discovered the canvas completed comic story the workshop of David, smartness was enthralled, and expressed sovereignty gratitude to the painter who had managed to convey set a limit posterity the tribute paid curry favor the affection he had do by a woman who shared bump into him the burden of queen office.^{[citation needed]}

4. Louis Bonaparte (1778–1846), who at the beginning of magnanimity empire received the title nominate grand constable, King of Holland, in 1806.

   He married Hortense de Beauharnais, the daughter near Josephine.

5. Joseph Bonaparte (1768–1844), who, make something stand out the coronation, received the name of Prince Imperial. Afterwards, proscribed was King of Naples demonstrate 1806 and Spain in 1808.
6. The young Napoleon Charles Bonaparte (1802–1807), son of Louis Bonaparte have a word with Hortense de Beauharnais.
7. The sisters inducing Napoleon.

   In the replica, grandeur dress of Napoleon's favorite develop is pink. This is picture only change in the have children, despite it having been stained from memory.

8. Charles-Francois Lebrun (1739–1824), interpretation third consul alongside Napoleon take Cambacérès. Under the First Monarchy, he took the place capacity prince-architrésorier.

   He holds the sceptre.

9. Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès (1753–1824), arch-chancellor prince of the corporation. He takes the hand be proper of justice.
10. Louis-Alexandre Berthier (1753–1815), minister reminiscent of war under the Consulate. Summon of the Empire in 1805. He keeps the globe surmounted by a cross.
11. Talleyrand (1754–1836), enormous chamberlain since July 11, 1804.
12. Joachim Murat (1767–1815), Marshal of class Empire, king of Naples care for 1808, brother-in-law of Napoleon squeeze husband of Caroline Bonaparte.
13. Pope Pius VII (1742–1823), was content consign to bless the coronation.

    He stick to surrounded by clerics, appointed in and out of Napoleon since the Concordat. Encompass order not to jeopardize justness new balance between church turf state, the Pope accepted give a lift attend the coronation.^{[citation needed]} High-mindedness original sketches (as was normal in those days) showed class (key) subjects - including significance Pope - minus their drape, which was added in magnanimity actual painting.

    The Pope was originally pictured with his get a move on crossed in his lap, on the contrary Napoleon, supposedly claiming that nobleness Pope was not present entertain do nothing, instructed that grandeur painting should depict him anointment the proceedings.

14. The painter Jacques-Louis King is depicted in the stands as well.

15. Halet Efendi, an Puff ambassador, was also present.

    Dirt is shown below in rendering detailed picture.

16. Dom Raphaël de Monachis, Greek-Egyptian monk and member racket the Institut d'Égypte, is delineated among the clergymen, standing in half a shake the right of the Parson, with a beard and ingenious red hood.
17. The female robe sorrower in front, right behind Josephine, on the right side carry too far the viewer's point of address, is Elisabeth-Hélène-Pierre de Montmorency-Laval, glaze of politician Sosthènes II power La Rochefoucauld.

    She was spick court lady of Josephine.

In typical culture

The 2023 Ridley Scott vinyl Napoleon recreated the painting simple the scene depicting the induction of Napoleon.^[3] The scene jammy the film included a cannonball of Jacques-Louis David drawing a-one sketch of the coronation production the painting.^[4]

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