File:Jacques-Louis David 006.jpg

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The Coronation of Napoleon (c. 1807). Joséphine kneels before Napoléon during his coronation at Notre Dame. Behind him sits pope Pius VII.
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Jacques-Louis David: The Coronation of Napoleon  wikidata:Q1231009 reasonator:Q1231009
Artist
Jacques-Louis David  (1748–1825)  wikidata:Q83155 q:it:Jacques-Louis David
 
Jacques-Louis David
Description French painter, politician and architectural draftsperson
Date of birth/death 30 August 1748 Edit this at Wikidata 29 December 1825 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris City of Brussels
Work period neoclassicism
era QS:P2348,Q14378
Work location
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q83155
and
Georges Rouget  (1783–1869)  wikidata:Q2164632
 
Georges Rouget
Alternative names
Marie-Georges-Louis Rouget; Rouget
Description French painter and etcher
Date of birth/death 26 August 1783 Edit this at Wikidata 9 April 1869 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris Paris
Work location
France (1797-1869)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q2164632
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre history painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Joséphine kneels before Napoléon during his coronation at Notre Dame. Behind him sits pope Pius VII.
Depicted people
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
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 621 cm (20.3 ft); width: 979 cm (10.7 yd)
dimensions QS:P2048,621U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,979U174728
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
Peinture française, room 75: Daru. Denon, 1st floor.
This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Paintings).
Accession number
INV 3699
Place of creation France Edit this at Wikidata
Object history

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

1889: transferred to Musée de Louvre, Paris, from Musée Versailles, Versailles
Exhibition history
Inscriptions

Signature bottom right:

L.David F.ebat
[Louis David has made this]

Date bottom left:

1806 et 1807

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References

Joconde database: entry 000PE000839

Musée du Louvre, Atlas database: entry 22500
Authority file
Source/Photographer The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202.
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08:48, 19 May 2005Thumbnail for version as of 08:48, 19 May 20052,048 × 1,260 (303 KB)File Upload Bot (Eloquence) (talk | contribs){{Painting| |Title=<br /> ** ''de:'' Napoleon krönt Kaiserin Joséphine |Technique=<br /> ** ''de:'' Öl auf Leinwand |Dimensions=<br /> ** ''de:'' 610 × 931 cm |Location=<br /> ** ''de:'' Paris |Country=<br /> ** ''de:'' Frankreich |Gallery=<br /> ** '

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