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Explanation of Le Sacre
-- A Who's Who
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The painter Jacques-Louis David took some liberties in
immortalizing the
event of the Coronation of Napoleon. It is said that a bribe
would get you
a good spot in the painting and Napoleon's mother was not even
present at
the Coronation -- Napoleon desired that she be painted in.
- 1. Napoleon. Behind Napoleon
and seated
- 2. Pope Pius VII. To the
Pope's right
- 3. Cardinal Caprara. To
Caprara's right
- 4. Cardinal Brasche. To
Brasche's right
- 5. L'Abbe Raphael de Monachis. Directly
behind Caprara and above
- 6. Admiral Gravina (Ambassador
to Spain). Next to Gravina
- 7. General Armstrong (Ambassador
to the U.S.). Next to Armstrong
- 8. M. de Marescalchi (Minister
of Foreign Affairs of Italy). Next to Marescalchi (in
turban)
- 9. Mohamed Sayd-Halet Effendi. Next
to Effendi
- 10. Comte de Cobenzel (Ambassador
to Austria). Figure in the foreground to the Pope's
left (wearing blue cape)
- 11. Marshal Brun. To Marshal
Brun's right
- 12. Cambaceres. To Cambacere's
right
- 13. Berthier. To Berthier's
right
- 14. Talleyrand. To
Talleyrand's right (son of Josephine)
- 15. Eugene Beauharnais. To
Eugene's right
- 16. General Caulaincourt. To
Caulaincourt's right
- 17. Marshal Bernadotte. In
front of Bernadotte
- 18. Cardinal Fesch. In
center of painting (kneeling)
- 19. Josephine. Cardinal in
background between Napoleon and Josephine
- 20. Cardinal Caselli. Next
to Cardinal Caselli
- 21. ? Next to ?
- 22. Comte Esteve. Next to
Comte Esteve
- 23. General d'Harville. Next
to d'Harville (holding pillow)
- 24. Marshal Murat. Next to
Murat
- 25. Marshal Serurier. Next
to Serurier
- 26. Marshal Moncey. Next to
Moncey
- 27. Marshal Bessieres. Next
to Bessieres
- 28. Marshal Soult. Next to
Soult
- 29. M. de Segur. Holding
Josephine's train, (in foreground)
- 30. Mme. de la Rochefoucauld. Next
to her
- 31. Mme. de la Valette. Behind
the two women and below
- 32. Cardinal Belloy. The
little boy (son of Louis Bonaparte)
- 33. Napoleon- Charles. Row
of women directly behind the boy, (wife of Joseph
Bonaparte)
- 34. Julie Clary. Next to her,
(daughter of Josephing and wife of Louis Bonaparte)
- 35. Hortense. Next to her (Napoleon's
sister)
- 36. Elisa Bacciochi. Next to
her (Napoleon's sister)
- 37. Pauline Bonaparte. Next
to her (Napoleon's sister and wife of Murat)
- 38. Caroline. Next to her (Napoleon's
brother and Hortense's husband)
- 39. Louis Bonaparte. Next to
him (Napoleon's brother)
- 40. Joseph Bonaparte. Behind
Cardinal Belloy
- 41. ? Next to ?
- 42. General Junot. Above
Junot, slightly to the right
- 43. M. de Remusat. To the
right and above Remusat, (with white feathers in hat)
- 44. Marshal Duroc. Also
amongst this group
- 45. Marshal Kellerman.
- 46. Marshal Lefebvre.
- 47 Marshal Perignon. In
balcony at center of the painting (Napoleon's mother)
- 48. Madame Mere. To her
right
- 49. Mme. de Fontages. Behind
Mme. de Fontages and to her right
- 50. M. de Cosse Brissac. Next
to M. de Cosse-Brissac
- 51. M. de La Ville. To the
left of Madame Mere
- 52. Mme. Soult. Behind Mme.
Soult and to her right
- 53. General Beaumont. Directly
above Madame Mere in the next tier
- 54. Vien. To his left in
first row
- 55. Le Brun. Next to Le Brun
- 56. Gretry. And finally --
in the second row, above and to the right of Vien, the
man second from last (in black jacket and white collar)
- 57. Jacques-Louis David -- the
artist who painted this.
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