File:Jacques-Louis David, The Coronation of Napoleon edit.jpg

Original file ‎(2,200 × 1,375 pixels, file size: 3.77 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Jacques-Louis David: The Coronation of Napoleon   
Artist
Jacques-Louis David  (1748–1825)   
 
Description French painter, politician and architectural draftsperson
Date of birth/death 30 August 1748  29 December 1825 
Location of birth/death Paris City of Brussels
Work period neoclassicism
era QS:P2348,Q14378
Work location
Paris, Rome, City of Brussels
Authority file
  • : Q83155
  • VIAF: 66575297
  • ISNI: 0000000121374173
  • ULAN: 500115221
  • LCCN: n50035639
  • NLA: 35033606
  • WorldCat
artist QS:P170,Q83155
and
Georges Rouget  (1783–1869)  
 
Alternative names
Marie-Georges-Louis Rouget; Rouget
Description French painter and etcher
Date of birth/death 26 August 1783  9 April 1869 
Location of birth/death Paris Paris
Work location
France (1797-1869)
Authority file
  • : Q2164632
  • VIAF: 71506949
  • ISNI: 000000010914165X
  • ULAN: 500023788
  • LCCN: nr95044153
  • GND: 119430029
  • WorldCat
artist QS:P170,Q2164632
Title
French:
Sacre de l'empereur Napoléon Ier et couronnement de l'impératrice Joséphine dans la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, le 2 décembre 1804

Coronation of Emperor Napoleon I and Coronation of the Empress Josephine in the Notre-Dame de Paris, December 2, 1804
title QS:P1476,fr:"Sacre de l'empereur Napoléon Ier et couronnement de l'impératrice Joséphine dans la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, le 2 décembre 1804"
label QS:Lfr,"Sacre de l'empereur Napoléon Ier et couronnement de l'impératrice Joséphine dans la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, le 2 décembre 1804"
label QS:Les,"Coronación del emperador Napoleón I y Coronación de la Emperatriz Josefina en el Notre-Dame de París, 2 de diciembre de 1804"
label QS:Leo,"Kronado de la Imperiestro Napoleono kaj kronado de la imperiestrino Josefina en la Notre Dame de Parizo, decembro 2, 1804"
label QS:Len,"Coronation of Emperor Napoleon I and Coronation of the Empress Josephine in the Notre-Dame de Paris, December 2, 1804"
label QS:Lde,"Krönung von Kaiser Napoleon I. und Krönung der Kaiserin Josephine in der Notre-Dame de Paris, 2. Dezember 1804"
label QS:Lit,"L'incoronazione dell'imperatore Napoleone I e Incoronazione della imperatrice Giuseppina nel Notre Dame di Parigi, 2 Dicembre 1804"
label QS:Lca,"Coronació de l'Emperador Napoleó I i Coronació de l'Emperadriu Josefina, a la catedral de Notre Dame de París, 2 desembre 1804"
label QS:Lpl,"Koronacja cesarza Napoleona I i Koronacja cesarzowej Józefiny w Notre Dame w Paryżu, 2 grudnia 1804"
label QS:Lnl,"Kroning van keizer Napoleon I en de kroning van keizerin Josephine in de Notre-Dame van Parijs, 2 december 1804"
Object type painting 
Genre history painting 
Description
Joséphine kneels before Napoléon during his coronation at Notre Dame. Behind him sits pope Pius VII.
Depicted people
  • Napoleon 
  • Joséphine de Beauharnais
  • Maria-Letizia Bonaparte
  • Louis Bonaparte
  • Joseph Bonaparte
  • Napoleon Charles Bonaparte
  • Elisa Bonaparte
  • Pauline Bonaparte
  • Caroline Bonaparte
  • Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance
  • Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès
  • Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Prince of Neufchatel and of Wagram
  • Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
  • Joachim Murat
  • Pius VII
  • Jacques-Louis David
  • Hortense de Beauharnais
  • Julie Clary
  • Géraud Duroc
  • Catherine-Dominique Pérignon
  • François Joseph Lefebvre
  • Jean-Andoche Junot
  • Auguste Laurent de Rémusat
  • François Christophe de Kellermann
  • Jean-Baptiste de Belloy
  • Louis-Philippe de Ségur
  • Émilie de Beauharnais
  • Adélaïde de La Rochefoucauld
  • Jean-Baptiste Bessières
  • Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey
  • Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier
  • Louis-Auguste Juvénal des Ursins d'Harville
  • Martin-Roch-Xavier Estève
  • Carlo Francesco Maria Caselli
  • Raphaël de Monachis
  • Giovanni Battista Caprara Montecuccoli
  • Federico Gravina
  • Philipp von Cobenzl
  • John Armstrong Jr.
Date between 1805 and 1807
date QS:P571,+1805-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1805-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1807-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 621 cm (20.3 ft); width: 979 cm (10.7 yd)
dimensions QS:P2048,621U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,979U174728
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
Peinture française, room 75: Daru. Denon, 1st floor.
This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Paintings).
Accession number
INV 3699
Place of creation France 
Object history

1804: commissioned by Napoleon I, Paris (It remained the property of the artist)
1819: transferred to Musée Royal, Paris, from Jacques-Louis David, Paris
1837: transferred to Musée Versailles, Versailles, from Musée Royal, Paris

1889: transferred to Musée de Louvre, Paris, from Musée Versailles, Versailles
Exhibition history
  • Salon of 1808, 7 February 1808 - 21 March 1808 
Inscriptions

Signature bottom right:

L.David F.ebat
[Louis David has made this]

Date bottom left:

1806 et 1807
According to Joconde. Could not find it. Please check!
Notes

Wikimedia CommonsWikipedia

 With an aspect ratio of 8:5, 16:10, or 16:9, this image is suitable as a widescreen computer wallpaper (see gallery).
Wikipedia
 This formerly was a featured picture on the English language Wikipedia (Featured pictures) and was considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here.
 This is a featured picture on the Turkish language Wikipedia (Seçkin resimler) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here.

If you think this file should be featured on Wikimedia Commons as well, feel free to nominate it.
If you have an image of similar quality that can be published under a suitable copyright license, be sure to upload it, tag it, and nominate it.

This is one of the images forming part of the Valued image set: Sacre de l'empereur Napoléon Ier by Jacques-Louis David on Wikimedia Commons. The image set has been assessed under the valued image set criteria and is considered the most valued set on Commons within the scope:
Sacre de l'empereur Napoléon Ier by Jacques-Louis David

You can see its nomination at Commons:Valued image candidates/Sacre de l'empereur Napoléon Ier by Jacques-Louis David.

This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: yellow-blue balance adjusted against other photographs of the painting, and cropped a bit tight on right and possibly bottom, with loss of part of the canvas.

References

Joconde database: entry 000PE000839

Musée du Louvre, Atlas database: entry 22500
Authority file
  • : Q1231009
  • Louvre: 010065720
  • BNF: 14584260m
  • Joconde: 000PE000839
Source/Photographer

Edited version of: File:Jacques-Louis David, The Coronation of Napoleon.jpg

Who is Who
Permission
(Reusing this file)
This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domain

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.
Other versions
  • Original
  • Detail showing the mother of Napoleon
  • Detail showing Napoleon
  • Detail showing Jacques-Louis David, the artist
  • Painting based on a detail of this artwork, showing Pope Pius VII
  • Detail
  • Different version
  • Detail showing Halet Efendi
Camera location48° 51′ 11.6″ N, 2° 20′ 56.5″ E View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap
Annotations
InfoField
This image is annotated: View the annotations at Commons

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

The Coronation of Napoleon

digital representation of

The Coronation of Napoleon

coordinates of the point of view

48°51'11.599"N, 2°20'56.501"E

main subject

The Coronation of Napoleon

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current22:20, 30 May 20182,200 × 1,375 (3.77 MB)HohumColour adjust from reference images
22:09, 30 May 20182,200 × 1,375 (4.03 MB)Hohumrv, blown highlights not an improvement
12:12, 31 October 20162,200 × 1,375 (3.79 MB)Alonso de Mendozacolor
00:45, 15 August 20092,200 × 1,375 (4.03 MB)Adam Cuerden{{Painting| |Title={{en| The Coronation of Napoleon}} |Technique={{Oil on canvas}} |Dimensions={{en| 610 × 931 cm}} |Location={{en| Paris}} |Country={{en| France}} |Gallery={{fr| Musée du Louvre}} |Notes= Cropped a bit tight on right and possibly bottom

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

  • Usage on ab.wikipedia.org
    • Ашаблон:Иахьатәи ахҭысқәа:12-2
  • Usage on als.wikipedia.org
    • 2. Dezember
  • Usage on arz.wikipedia.org
    • انطون زخوره
  • Usage on ast.wikipedia.org
    • Jacques-Louis David
    • Catedral de Notre-Dame de París
  • Usage on ca.wikipedia.org
    • Guerres Napoleòniques
    • Guerres de la Revolució Francesa
    • Coronació de Napoleó I
  • Usage on ce.wikipedia.org
    • Кеп:Дийнахь хилларг:12-2
  • Usage on cs.wikipedia.org
    • Napoleonova korunovace
    • Jan Filip Cobenzl
  • Usage on cv.wikipedia.org
    • Википеди:Кун пулăмĕсем:Раштав уйăхĕ
    • Шаблон:Кун пулăмĕсем:12-2
  • Usage on de.wikipedia.org
    • Jacques-Louis David
    • Benutzer:PGRG/Spielwiese
    • Le Sacre de Napoléon
    • Barocker Altarraum der Kathedrale Notre-Dame in Paris
  • Usage on el.wikipedia.org
    • Κατάλογος έργων του Ζακ-Λουί Νταβίντ
    • Στέψη του Ναπολέοντα Α΄
  • Usage on eo.wikipedia.org
    • Napoleono Bonaparte
    • Kronigo de Napoleono la 1-a
  • Usage on es.wikipedia.org
    • Napoleón Bonaparte
    • Catedral de Notre Dame de París
    • Jacques-Louis David
    • Ropaje
    • Recepción de los embajadores siameses por el emperador Napoleón III en el palacio de Fontainebleau, el 27 de junio de 1861
  • Usage on eu.wikipedia.org
    • Jacques-Louis David
  • Usage on fa.wikipedia.org
    • تاج‌گذاری ناپلئون
    • ناپلئون بناپارت
    • آنتون زخوره
  • Usage on fi.wikipedia.org
    • Napoleonin kruunaus
    • Kruunajaiset
  • Usage on fr.wikipedia.org
    • Letizia Bonaparte
    • Peinture néo-classique
    • Le Sacre de Napoléon
    • Œuvre de Jacques-Louis David
    • Décembre 1804
    • Pouvoir universel
    • Décorum
    • Utilisateur:Sylvain Boissel WMFr/Brouillon/Domaines nationaux/Louvres - Valued images
    • Utilisateur:Sylvain Boissel WMFr/Brouillon/Domaines nationaux/Louvres - Featured pictures
    • Couronne de Napoléon Ier
    • Wikipédia:Statistiques des anecdotes de la page d'accueil/Visibilité des anecdotes (2021)
    • Discussion:Napoléon Ier et l'Église catholique
    • Napoléon (film, 2023)
    • Discussion:Napoléon et l'Église catholique/LSV 19840
    • Wikipédia:Statistiques des anecdotes de la page d'accueil/Visibilité des anecdotes (2021)/2021 05
    • Projet:Aide et accueil/Twitter/Tweets/archives/mai 2021
    • Wikipédia:Le saviez-vous ?/Archives/2021
    • Réception des ambassadeurs siamois par l'Empereur Napoléon III au palais de Fontainebleau, 27 juin 1861

View more global usage of this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.

If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Jacques-Louis_David,_The_Coronation_of_Napoleon_edit.jpg&oldid=873649511"