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The Coronation of Napoleon (French: Le Sacre de Napoléon) is a painting completed in 1807 by Jacques-Louis David, the official painter of Napoleon, depicting the coronation of Napoleon at Notre-Dame de Paris.
The Coronation of Napoleon, monumental oil painting (20.37 × 32.12 feet [6.21 × 9.79 meters]) by French artist Jacques-Louis David completed in 1806/07. The work depicts the moment during Napoleon I’s coronation as emperor of France when he crowns his wife, Joséphine, as empress.
Early Life. On August 15, 1769, soon after the French occupied Corsica, he was born to parents Carlo Maria di Buonaparte and Maria Letizia Ramolino. Napoleon’s father enrolled him in French College d’Autun. He briefly attended Autun, then spent five years at the military college of Brienne and one year at the military academy in Paris.
After the coronation the Emperor presented the imperial standards to each of his regiments. According to government tallies, the entire cost was over 8.5 million francs. In addition to Jacques-Louis David's paintings, including the famous The Coronation of Napoleon, a commemorative medal was struck with the reverse design by Antoine-Denis Chaudet.
Jacques-Louis David, The Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon and the Coronation of the Empress Joséphine in Notre-Dame Cathedral on 2 December, 1804 Room 702 (Salle Daru), Denon wing, Level 1. Prestigious history painting.
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Commissioned by Napoleon, with no specific destination, as early as October 1804, "The Coronation of Napoléon" by Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) (Louvre Museum) was supposed to depict the forthcoming ceremony of 2 December at Notre-Dame.
Jacques Louis David’s gigantic painting of Napoleon crowning his wife as Empress Josephine was shown on three occasions at the Musée du Louvre between 1808 and 1810. These public spectacles were highly political, celebratory endorsements of Napoleon’s audacious claim to power in 1804.
