Sacre de l'empereur Napoléon 1er et couronnement de l'impératrice Joséphine dans la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, le 2 décembre 1804 (The Coronation of Napoleon and Josephine)

Sacre de l'empereur Napoléon 1er et couronnement de l'impératrice Joséphine dans la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, le 2 décembre 1804 (The Coronation of Napoleon and Josephine)

people; crowd; cathedral; standing; sitting; kneeling; crown; gold; red; blue; brown; black; white

People dressed in all manner of finery fill a large cathedral, watching as a person kneels before someone holding up a crown.

Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825)

Born: August 30, 1748 (Paris, Kingdom of France, now France)
Died: December 29, 1825 (Brussels, United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now Belgium)

11595, 11570, Visual Resources Library, EL

1806-1807

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The Louvre (French)

Art Form: Painting
Material: oil on canvas
Measurements: 20 2/5 x 32 1/10 ft.

19th century