Artist(s):

after DAVID, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825)

del. BOURDET

 FAUCHERY, Jean Claude Auguste (1798-1843)

 LAFOND

Composed Title English:

The Coronation.

Inscription:

Bourdet, del. // Fauchery, dir. // Lafond, Sculp.

Description:

Napoleon is about to place a crown on Josephine's head, as the Pope Pius VII seated to the right and other members of the court look on. In a single action David has represented the coronation of both Josephine and Napoleon, while the pope is relegated tothe background. Detail adapted from David's Coronation of Napoleon I. Here the Pope looks older, weaker, more sidelined, while Lebrun has been brought to the other side, holding the sceptre, thus placing the eagle very close to the cross.

Original Work:

Sacre de l'Empereur Napoléon Ier et couronnement de l'Impératrice Joséphine dans la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, 2 décembre 1804.

by

David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825)

1806-1807

. Oil on canvas; 621 x 979 cm; Paris, Musée du Louvre.

Subject Heading(s):

Joséphine de Beauharnais, Empress of the French (1763-1814)

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French (1769-1821)

Coronation (2 December 1804)

Medium:

engraving

Dimensions:

199 x 147 mm (not including mount paper)

Condition:

fine; mount is torn

Copy Specific:

mounted ; recto, bottom right, on mount: "2-"

McGill Notes:

Pennington Catalogue p. 0933

Related Works:

DAVID, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825); 'Sacre de l'Empereur Napoléon Ier et couronnement de l'Impératrice Joséphine dans la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, 2 décembre 1804.'

LocNo:

8° N III 102