Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825). Coronation of Empress Josephine by Napoleon I at Notre Dame de Paris, 2 December 1804 (1806-1887).(About The Cover)

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Detail of Napoleon and Josephine Oil on canvas, 6.1 m x 9.31 m. Photo: Peter Willi Reunion des Musees Nationaux/Art Resource, NY. Chateaux de Versailles el de Trianon Versailles, France

"I was always hiding behind the instructor's chair, drawing for the duration of the class," admitted Jacques-Louis David, acknowledging his early artistic bent (1). The orphaned son of a wealthy Paris family, David went on to study art, first under distant relative Francois Boucher, then under gifted teacher and rococo painter Joseph-Marie Vien. Later, in Italy for 5 years, David ...

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