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) From: Emerging Infectious Diseases | Date: October 1, 2003| Author: Potter, Polyxeni | COPYRIGHT 2003 U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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 ...