The painting by Jacques-Louis David was finished in 1807.
Yes, with a regal coronation.
He crowned himself.
no historians can trace the painter
Jacques-Louis David
For a relatively small man, he was larger then life. He had a feel for pomp and tradition as seen in his coronation attire.
Jacques-Louis David
At the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
His coronation was held on 2 December 1804.
Napoleon crowned himself Emperor on 2 December 1804 at Notre Dame.
Yes, with a regal coronation.
He crowned himself.
Mona Lisa Coronation of Napoleon
no historians can trace the painter
The coronation of Napoleon as Emperor in 1804 signaled the end of modernism.
jacques-Louis David
By snatching the crown away from the Pope and placing it on his head himself.
Jacques Louis david