#Coronation of Napoleon

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Scenes of Keri Russell at the Louvre from The Diplomat

The Coronation of Napoleon in the background of the top pic

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TODAY IN HISTORY

10 August 1793

The Louvre opened in Paris, eventually becoming the most visited museum in the world.

Check out the most famous works in the Louvre below! 👇🏼🧵

The Code of Hammurabi — 1750 BC

Venus de Milo — 2nd century BC

Winged Victory of Samothrace — 190 BC

Liberty Leading the People — 1830

The Raft of the Medusa — 1819

The Coronation of Napoleon — 1807

Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss — 1793

(L): The Seated Scribe — 2500 BC

(R): The Great Sphinx of Tanis — 2600 BC

Mona Lisa — between 1503 and 1506

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Details from Le sacre de S. M. l'Empereur Napoléon dans l'église métropolitaine de Paris, le XI frimaire an XIII dimanche 2 décembre 1804.

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Napoleon Planning his Coronation by Jehan Georges Vibert

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Napoleon in Coronation Robes by Francois Gerard, 1805.

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Randomly remembered about Murat's cuteness in The Coronation of Napoleon. It's just me or he's kinda smiling?

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Official portrait of Her Imperial Majesty, Empress Charlotte of the French, on the occasion of the coronation of His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Napoleon V

The photograph was taken in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, by la Maison de l'Empereur. Empress Charlotte wears the ribbon of the Order of the Legion of Honor, and the ruby set of Marie-Louise, wife of Emperor Napoleon I. It was made by Nitot, founder of Chaumet, in the early 19th century.

⚜ Traduction française

Portrait officiel de Sa Majesté Impériale, l'Impératrice Charlotte des Français, à l'occasion du couronnement de Sa Majesté Impériale, l'Empereur Napoléon V.

La photographie a été réalisée dans la galerie des glaces à Versailles, par la Maison de l'Empereur. L'Impératrice porte le ruban de l'ordre de la légion d'honneur, et la parure de rubis de Marie-Louise, l'épouse de l'Empereur Napoléon Ier. Elle est réalisée par Nitot, fondateur de la maison Chaumet, au début du XIXe siècle.

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full haul of napoleonic/frev stuff from my week in paris 😈😈😈😈

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Costume For Joaquin Phoenix As Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon (2023)

Designed By Janty Yates And David Crossman

Art Of Motion Picture Costume Design (2024)

ASU FIDM

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Napoleon I in Coronation Robes

Artist: Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (French, 1767–1824)

Date: ca. 1812

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, United Kingdom

Description

Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military officer and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of successful campaigns across Europe during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815. He was the leader of the French Republic as First Consul from 1799 to 1804, then of the French Empire as Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1814, and briefly again in 1815.

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Napoleon’s coronation oath — 1804

“I swear to maintain the integrity of the territory of the Republic, to respect and enforce respect for the Concordat and freedom of religion, equality of rights, political and civil liberty, the irrevocability of the sale of national lands; not to raise any tax except in virtue of the law; to maintain the institution of Legion of Honour and to govern in the sole interest, happiness and glory of the French people.”

Source: Steven Englund, Napoleon: A Political Life

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A Napoleonic Nightmare.

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Le sacre de S. M. l'Empereur Napoléon dans l'église métropolitaine de Paris, le XI frimaire an XIII dimanche 2 décembre 1804.

Rare depiction of Napoleon kneeling before someone.

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Napoleon and Josephine.

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Napoleon I as Emperor | Napoleon I in his Coronation Robes

by François Gérard