File:Jacques-Louis David, The Coronation of Napoleon edit.jpg

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Artist



Description	French painter
Date of birth/death	30 August 1748(1748-08-30)	29 December 1825(1825-12-29)
Location of birth/death	Paris	Brussels
Work location	Paris, Rome, Brussels
Authority control	VIAF: 66575297 \| LCCN: n50035639 \| PND: 118523945 \| WorldCat \| WP-Person

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Description	French painter and etcher
Date of birth/death	26 August 1783(1783-08-26)	9 April 1869(1869-04-09)
Location of birth/death	Paris	Paris
Work location	France (1797-1869)

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 the Notre-Dame de Paris, December 2, 1804

Description

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

Date

between 1805 and 1807

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

Height: 621 cm (244.5 in). Width: 979 cm (385.4 in).

Current location

(Inventory)Louvre Museum

	Native name	Musée du Louvre
	Location	Paris
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 37.42″ N, 2° 20′ 15.36″ E
	Established	1793(1793)
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority control	VIAF: 169061820 \| LCCN: n80020283 \| PND: 004038266 \| BNF: cb11865019j \| ULAN: 500125189 \| WorldCat

Peinture française, Room 75: Daru - Denon, 1^st floor
This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Paintings).

Accession number

INV 3699

Object history

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

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

Inscriptions

Signature bottom right: L.David F.ebat [Louis David has made this]

Date bottom left: 1806 et 1807 - According to Joconde. Could not find it. Please check!

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This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: yellow-blue balance adjusted against other photographs of the painting, and cropped a bit tight on right and possibly bottom, with loss of part of the canvas.

References

Joconde database: entry 000PE000839

Musée du Louvre, Atlas database: entry 22500

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Edited version of: File:Jacques-Louis David, The Coronation of Napoleon.jpg

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Details

Detail showing the mother of Napoleon

Detail showing Napoleon

Detail showing Jacques-Louis David, the artist

Painting based on a detail of this artwork, showing Pope Pius VII

Detail

Camera location	48° 51′ 11.60″ N, 2° 20′ 56.50″ E	This and other images at their locations on: Google Maps - Google Earth - OpenStreetMap	(Info)48.853222222222;2.3490277777778

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:45, 15 August 2009		2,200 × 1,375 (4.03 MB)	Adam Cuerden	{{Painting\| \|Title={{en\| The Coronation of Napoleon}} \|Technique={{Oil on canvas}} \|Dimensions={{en\| 610 × 931 cm}} \|Location={{en\| Paris}} \|Country={{en\| France}} \|Gallery={{fr\| Musée du Louvre}} \|Notes= Cropped a bit tight on right and possibly bottom

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- نابليون الأول
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- Википеди:Кун пулăмĕсем:Раштав уйăхĕ
- Шаблон:Кун пулăмĕсем:12-2
Usage on eu.wikipedia.org
- Jacques-Louis David
Usage on fa.wikipedia.org
- ناپلئون بناپارت
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- Le Sacre de Napoléon
- Utilisateur:Aymericus
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- Monarchia
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- ナポレオン・ボナパルト
- 油彩
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- ნაპოლეონის იმპერატორად კურთხევა
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- Википедия:Проект:Кюнде болуула/Декабрь
- Шаблон:Бюгюннгю кюнде болгъанла:12-2
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- 1804
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- Geschiedenis van het christendom
- Kroning van Napoleon
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- Koronacja Napoleona
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- Moda
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- Проект:События дня/Декабрь
- Шаблон:События дня:12-2
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- Napoleon Bonaparte
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- 1804
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