The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
1812 — Samuel H. Kress Collection; Samuel H. Kress Foundation; Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton; Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery · Washington, D.C.The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries (French: Napoléon dans son cabinet de travail aux Tuileries) is an 1812 painting by Jacques-Louis David. It shows Napoleon I, Emperor of the French in uniform in his study at the Tuileries Palace. Despite the detail, it is unlikely that Napoleon posed for the portrait. It was a private commission from the Scottish nobleman and admirer of Napoleon, Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton in 1811 and completed in 1812. Originally shown at Hamilton Palace, it was sold to Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery in 1882, from whom it was bought by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation in 1954, which deposited it in Washington D.C.'s National Gallery of Art, where it now hangs.
Subject
clock, 1795–1820 in Western fashion, secretary desk, candle, fauteuil, lampshade, study, standing, military uniform, hand-in-waistcoat, Tuileries Palace, Order of the Iron Crown (Kingdom of Italy), carpet, Legion of Honour, Civil Code of the French, sword, Napoleon