The Coronation of Napoleon (detail), by Jacques-Louis David

The Coronation of Napoleon, by Jacques-Louis David, oil on canvas. It depicts the coronation of Napoleon and Josephine at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on 2 December 1804, presided over by Pope Pius VII. David's student Georges Rouget helped with some finishing touches to the painting in January 1808. David also painted a full size replica, from memory, which he completed in 1822. Copy from the original preserved at the Louvre Museum. Neoclassicism. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. Versailles. National Museum of Versailles

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