The Coronation of Napoleon

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The Coronation of Napoleon is a monumental neoclassical painting by Jacques-Louis David depicting Napoleon Bonaparte’s self-coronation as Emperor in Notre-Dame Cathedral in 1804.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf history painting
neoclassical painting
painting
appliesToPart canvas
artworkStyle Neoclassical
collection Louvre Museum
surface form: Musée du Louvre
colorPalette rich reds and golds
commissionedBy Napoleon Bonaparte
surface form: Napoleon I of France
completionDate 1807
country France
creator Jacques-Louis David
depicts Empress Joséphine’s coronation
French Empire court ceremony
French clergy
French nobility
Joséphine de Beauharnais
Napoleon Bonaparte
surface form: Napoleon I of France

Notre-Dame Cathedral
surface form: Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris

Pope Pius VII
The Coronation of Napoleon self-linksurface differs
surface form: coronation of Napoleon I

members of the imperial family
depictsEvent Napoleon crowning Joséphine as Empress
depictsEventDate 2 December 1804
exhibitionHistory Salon of 1808
genre history painting
political propaganda art
hasCreator Jacques-Louis David
hasPart figure of Joséphine kneeling
figure of Napoleon holding the crown
figure of Pope Pius VII seated
imperial regalia
spectators in the gallery
height 621 cm
imageSubject The Coronation of Napoleon self-linksurface differs
surface form: self-coronation of Napoleon as Emperor
inception 1805
inventoryNumber INV 3690
languageOfWorkOrName French
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Paris
location Louvre Museum
materialUsed oil paint
movement Neoclassicism
originalLanguageTitle The Coronation of Napoleon self-linksurface differs
surface form: Le Sacre de Napoléon
partOf French national heritage system
surface form: French national collections
significantEvent First French Empire establishment
significantPlace Notre-Dame Cathedral
surface form: Notre-Dame de Paris
subjectHeading The Coronation of Napoleon self-linksurface differs
surface form: Napoleon I—Coronation—Art
usesPerspective central linear perspective
width 979 cm

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Pope Pius VII coronationEvent The Coronation of Napoleon
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The Coronation of Napoleon depicts The Coronation of Napoleon self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form: coronation of Napoleon I
this entity surface form: Coronation of Napoleon I
Denon Wing housesArtwork The Coronation of Napoleon
The Coronation of Napoleon imageSubject The Coronation of Napoleon self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: self-coronation of Napoleon as Emperor
Pope Pius VII knownFor The Coronation of Napoleon
this entity surface form: coronation of Napoleon as Emperor of the French
French Empire notableEvent The Coronation of Napoleon
this entity surface form: Coronation of Napoleon I as Emperor in 1804
Louvre Museum notableWork The Coronation of Napoleon
The Coronation of Napoleon originalLanguageTitle The Coronation of Napoleon self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Le Sacre de Napoléon
The Distribution of the Eagle Standards partOf The Coronation of Napoleon
this entity surface form: Napoleonic cycle of paintings by Jacques-Louis David
this entity surface form: Coronation of Napoleon I in Notre-Dame de Paris
First French Empire significantEvent The Coronation of Napoleon
this entity surface form: Coronation of Napoleon I
The Coronation of Napoleon subjectHeading The Coronation of Napoleon self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Napoleon I—Coronation—Art