Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres: Portrait of Napoléon Bonaparte as First Consul
Many of the great French painters of the day did portraits of Napoleon in his various roles: general, first consul, emperor. This one is by the great Ingres (1780-1867), one of the most prominent Neoclassic artists of the 19th-century. Of course, he studied with Jacques-Louis David, among many others. During his career (amazingly from our modern perspective) he often faced critical disparagement, but just as often received the approbation which may be considered his proper due.
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