books0977:The Public Viewing David’s “Coronation” at the Louvre (1810). Louis Léopold Boilly (French
books0977:The Public Viewing David’s “Coronation” at the Louvre (1810). Louis Léopold Boilly (French, 1761-1845). Oil on canvas. Met.Here the public views David’s enormous painting of Napoleon crowning Empress Josephine, which was exhibited in the Louvre on three separate occasions in 1808–10. A man in military garb reads the description to enable viewers to identify the various figures in David’s picture, while Boilly scattered further portraits including his own, at far right, among the spectators. -- source link