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A Closer Look: A closer look at the Consecration of Napoleon
<strong>Jacques-Louis DAVID - Paris, 1748 - Bruxelles, 1825<br></strong><span class=txtLegende>The Coronation of the Emperor Napoleon I and the Crowning of the Empress Joséphine in Notre-Dame Cathedral on December 2, 1804<br></span>1806 - 1807<br>INV. 3699<br>Paintings<br>
Jacques-Louis DAVID - Paris, 1748 - Bruxelles, 1825
The Coronation of the Emperor Napoleon I and the Crowning of the Empress Joséphine in Notre-Dame Cathedral on December 2, 1804
1806 - 1807
© Musée du Louvre/E. Lessing
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The full title of this enormous painting is "The Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon and the Coronation of Empress Joséphine on December 2, 1804". On display in the Louvre's red galleries, it depicts a turning point in the history of France. Learn more about it in this multimedia exhibit.
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