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Napoleon was elected Emperor of the French in 1804, making Joséphine empress. The coronation ceremony, officiated by Pope Pius VII, took place at Notre-Dame de Paris, on 2 December. Napoleon first crowned himself, then put the crown on Joséphine's head, proclaiming her empress. This showed his rejection of the clergy as the power of Europe.
Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ pɔl pʁydɔ̃], 4 April 1758 – 16 February 16, 1823) was a French Romantic painter and draughtsman best known for his allegorical paintings and portraits such as Madame Georges Anthony and Her Two Sons (1796). He painted a portrait of each of Napoleon's two wives.
Portrait of the Duchess of Angoulême is an 1816 portrait painting by the French artist Antoine-Jean Gros depicting Marie Thérèse of France. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The only surviving child of the guillotined Louis XVI she returned to France following the defeat of Napoleon .
The Wedding of Napoleon and Marie Louise (French: Mariage de Napoléon Ier et de Marie-Louise) is an 1810 history painting by the French artist Georges Rouget. It depicts the wedding ceremony between Napoleon , Emperor of France and Marie Louise the daughter of the Austrian Emperor Francis I .
Elisa was the only woman Napoleon entrusted with a real political responsibility. He normally disliked politically active women, and while he did appoint his second wife regent during his absence, that post was nominal only. Elisa was thus an exceptional case for Napoleon in this issue. He was later to say about her
The sisters of Napoleon. In the replica, the dress of Napoleon's favorite sister is pink. This is the only change in the replica, despite it having been painted from memory. Charles-Francois Lebrun (1739–1824), the third consul alongside Napoleon and Cambacérès. Under the First Empire, he took the place of prince-architrésorier.
Portrait of Caroline Murat, Queen of Naples is an 1814 oil on canvas painting by the French Neoclassical artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Caroline Murat , née Bonaparte, was the sister of Napoleon , and married Joachim Murat , a Marshal of France and Admiral of France , and later King of Naples .
Bonaparte, First Consul is an oil painting on canvas by French painter Antoine-Jean Gros, from 1802, which is a full-length portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul. . The painting was commissioned by Napoleon himself who offered it to Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès, the Second Cons