Category:Portrait of Napoleon in his study at the Tuileries (Jacques-Louis David)

**The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries**
	painting by Jacques-Louis David
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Instance of	painting
Depicts	Napoleon; Tuileries Palace; study; fauteuil (wood); sword; secretary desk (Empire style); Napoleonic Code; carpet (green); clock; Legion of Honour; Order of the Iron Crown; Hand-in-waistcoat; 1795–1820 clothing; man; military uniform; standing; candle; lampshade;
Material used	oil paint; canvas (painting surface); stretcher;
Genre	portrait;
Location	National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., District of Columbia
Creator	Jacques-Louis David;
Commissioned by	Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton;
Owned by	Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton (1812–1882); Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1882–1954); Samuel Henry Kress (1954–);
Collection	National Gallery of Art (1961–); Samuel H. Kress Collection;
Inventory number	1961.9.15 (National Gallery of Art);
Inception	1812;
Significant event	order (1811);
Width	125.1 cm;
Height	203.9 cm;
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Portrait of Napoleon in his study at the Tuileries (Jacques-Louis David)

Jacques-Louis David: The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries

Artist



Alternative names	Jacques Louis David; David Jak Lui
Description	French painter and politician
Date of birth/death	30 August 1748	29 December 1825
Location of birth/death	Paris	Brussels metropolitan area
Work period	neoclassicism era QS:P2348,Q14378
Work location	Paris, Rome, Brussels
Authority control	: Q83155 VIAF: 66575297 ISNI: 0000 0001 2137 4173 ULAN: 500115221 LCCN: n50035639 NLA: 35033606 MusicBrainz: 2eb0212f-d9db-4a68-827e-dcf3fd74e97b WGA: DAVID, Jacques-Louis Open Library: OL127935A DBNL: davi049 GND: 118523945 SELIBR: 183464 SUDOC: 034492771 BNF: 125243831 BPN: 85768976 NDL: 00437288 NKC: ola2002113722 Léonore: LH/673/3 SBN: IT\ICCU\CFIV\056143 BNE: XX957053 CiNii: DA02198328 KulturNav: d4fa3e04-e6b2-4ea0-be1d-d67d48ef79e1 RKD: 20163 NLI: 001786499 Koninklijke: 069387591 NLK: KAC201719241 WorldCat

Title

The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Depicted people

Napoleon

Date

1812

Medium

oil paint, canvas, stretcher

Dimensions

Height: 203.9 cm (80.2 in)

; Width: 125.1 cm (49.2 in)

Collection

Samuel H. Kress Collection
Web page	www.kressfoundation.org/collection/catalogue
Authority control	: Q2074027

National Gallery of Art

	Native name	National Gallery of Art
	Location	Washington, D.C., United States of America
	Coordinates	38° 53′ 29″ N, 77° 01′ 12″ W
	Established	1937
	Web page	www.nga.gov
	Authority control	: Q214867 VIAF: 157699250 ISNI: 0000 0001 2375 3994 ULAN: 500115983 LCCN: n79054426 NLA: 36099676 WorldCat

Current location

room 56, West Main Floor

Accession number

1961.9.15 (National Gallery of Art)

Object history

1812: commissioned by Alexander, marquis of Douglas [1767-1852, 10th duke of Hamilton], Hamilton Palace, Scotland.
1852: inherited by William Alexander Anthony Archibald Douglas [1811-1863, 11th duke of Hamilton], Hamilton Palace, Scotland; from Alexander, marquis of Douglas.
1863: inherited by William Alexander Louis Stephen Douglas-Hamilton, [1845-1895, 12th duke of Hamilton], Hamilton Palace, Scotland; from William Alexander Anthony Archibald Douglas.
8 July 1882: purchased by Archibald Philip Primrose [1847-1929, 5th earl of Rosebery] at the sale of the collection of Hamilton Palace at Christie's, Manson & Woods, London, lot no. 1108.
1929: inherited by Albert Edward Harry Mayer Archibald Primrose [1882-1974, 6th earl of Rosebery], London, United Kingdom; from Archibald Philip Primrose.
15 June 1951: purchased by Wildenstein & Co., London & Category:New York; from Albert Edward Harry Mayer Archibald Primrose, London, United Kingdom.
February 1954: purchased by Samuel H. Kress Foundation, Category:New York; from Wildenstein & Co., London & Category:New York.
1961: given to National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States of America; by Samuel H. Kress Foundation, Category:New York.

Exhibition history

1948 and 1949
date QS:P,+1948-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1948-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1949-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
, London & Manchester, United Kingdom: David. Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings. The Arts Council of Great Britain, Tate Gallery, London & City Art Gallery, Manchester. No. 23, repro.
1955, Paris, France: De David à Toulouse-Lautrec. Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris. No. 17, repro.
1974 and 1975
date QS:P,+1974-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1974-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1975-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
, Paris, France & Detroit, Category:New York, United States of America: French Painting 1774-1830: The Age of Revolution. Grand Palais, Paris & Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit & The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Category:New York. No. 36, repro.
1985, Edinburgh, United Kingdom: French Connections: Scotland and the Art of France. Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. No. 49, repro.
1989 and 1990
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1989-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1990-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
, Paris, France: Jacques-Louis David 1748-1825. Musée du Louvre, Paris. No. 206, repro.
2005, Los Angeles & Williamstown, United States of America: Jacques-Louis David: Empire to Exile. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles & Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown. No. 12, repro.
2006 and 2007
date QS:P,+2006-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+2006-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+2007-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
, Paris, France & London, United Kingdom: Citizens and Kings: Portraits in the Age of Revolution, 1760-1830. Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris & Royal Academy of Arts, London. No. 24, repro.