 |
|
 Napoleon I
|
|
 Artist : GIRODET (after)
Technique : oil on canvas
Place : Dépôt du Louvre at the Musée national de la Maison Bonaparte, Ajaccio
Subjects : Coronation, Napoleon (Emperor of the French)
Key words : portrait, crown, necklace, Légion d'honneur
Credits : Fondation Napoléon
Notes : This painting shows two of the "honneurs de l'Empereur" worn during the coronation but today destroyed: the necklace of the Légion d'honneur (melted down to be replaced by another version) and the coronation crown, melted down during the Restoration.
|
|
|
