Artist(s):
after DAVID, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825)
Composed Title English:
The army's oath to the Emperor after the Distribution of the Eagles at the Champ-de-Mars.
Inscribed Title:
Serment de l'armée fait à l'Empereur après la Distribution des Aigles au Champ de Mars.
Inscription:
David pinxt // Normand fils sc. // Salon de 1810. Tom. I // Pl. 19.20.21.22
Description:
Three days after the Coronation, ceremony where army swears allegiance to their newly crowned emperor. Based on the painting by David.
Original Work:
byDavid, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825)
. Oil on canvas; 610 x 931 cm; Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon.Subject Heading(s):
Serment des Drapeaux, Champ-de-Mars (5 December 1804)
Oath-taking, Champ de Mars (5 December 1804)
Medium:
engraving
Dimensions:
250 x 361; not including mount
Condition:
fold marks, foxed
Copy Specific:
on same sheet as 4o N III 40 // recto, top right: "200" ; recto, bottom : "Serment de l'armée faite à l'Empereur après la Distribution des Aigles au Champ de Mars."
McGill Notes:
Pennington Catalogue p. 0945
LocNo:
4° N III 039