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Maria Letizia Ramolino (1750–1836), mother of Napoleon, was placed in the stands by the painter. She occupies a place more important than the pope. Actually, she did not attend the ceremony to protest the friction of Napoleon with his brothers Lucien and Joseph. Maria Letizia asked the painter to give Lucien a place of honour. In 1808, when ...
The painting documents an historical event, when Napoleon, after the fall of Paris, on March 31, 1814, was forced to abdicate on April 4, to his young son, Napoleon II, and finally, and without conditions, on April 6.
He wanted his painting to show the contrasting world views of Napoleon and Pius, particularly the latter's moral dilemma in dealing with the perceived evil of the domineering French emperor. [ 5 ] It was exhibited at the Royal Academy 's 1836 Summer Exhibition at Somerset House . [ 6 ]
Napoleon I at Fontainebleau on March 31, 1814; Napoleon I on His Imperial Throne; Napoleon in Imperial Costume; Napoleon in the Wilderness; Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps; Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau; Napoleon on the Bellerophon; Napoleon Receiving the Queen of Prussia at Tilsit; Napoleon's Return from Elba (painting) Napoleon ...
The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries: 1812 oil on canvas 204 × 125 National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. The Three Women of Gand: 1812 oil on canvas 132 × 105 Louvre Museum, Paris Portrait of Madame David: 1813 oil on canvas 73 × 60 National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
David did manage to get a private sitting with the Empress Joséphine and Napoleon's sister, Caroline Murat, through the intervention of erstwhile art patron Marshal Joachim Murat, the Emperor's brother-in-law. For his background, David had the choir of Notre Dame act as his fill-in characters.
Napoleon placed the crown on his head himself, spurning the pope's intent to do so. The painting by Jacques-Louise David titled The Coronation of Napoleon depicts the seated pope at the ceremony as Napoleon crowns his wife. Although the pope and the papacy were promised rich gifts and donations, Pius initially refused most of these offers.
Napoleon's Tomb' (French title: L'Apothéose de Napoléon) is an 1821 oil painting by the French artist Horace Vernet. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] An allegory , it depicts the apotheosis of the former emperor of France Napoleon following his death in exile on the island of Saint Helena .