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|caption='''''[[The Coronation of Napoleon]]''''', a painting by [[Jacques-Louis David]] depicting [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon Bonaparte]]'s [[Coronation of Napoleon I|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 of Napoleon|crown]] and placed it on his own head. The nearly {{convert|10|by|6|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} work was commissioned before the coronation and completed in 1807. |
|caption='''''[[The Coronation of Napoleon]]''''', a painting by [[Jacques-Louis David]] depicting [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon Bonaparte]]'s [[Coronation of Napoleon I|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 of Napoleon|crown]] and placed it on his own head. The nearly {{convert|10|by|6|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} work was commissioned before the coronation and completed in 1807. |
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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.Painting by Jacques-Louis David and Georges Rouget
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