Napoleon and Pope Pius VII at Fontainebleau in 1813

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The Scottish artist David Wilkie (1785-1841) painted this picture after a visit to mainland Europe. It depicts the intense perod of discussions held between the Emperor and Pius VII during the latter’s house arrest at the Chateau de Fontainebleau, after which the Pontif agreed, on 25 January 1813, to sign a Concordat, promulgated as a law of the Empire on 13 February 1813, known as the “Concordat de Fontainebleau, 1813”