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The Coronation of Napoleon
Painting by
Jacques-Louis David
and
Georges Rouget
The Coronation of Napoleon
, a painting by
Jacques-Louis David
depicting
Napoleon Bonaparte
's
self-coronation
as Emperor of France on December 2, 1804. The act took place in
Notre-Dame de Paris
, during which Napoleon, eschewing tradition, took the
crown
and placed it on his own head. The nearly 10 by 6 m (32.8 by 19.7 ft) work was commissioned before the coronation and completed in 1807.
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