Thursday, August 8, 2013

The Entry of Napoleon and Marie-Louise into the Tuileries Gardens on the Day of their Wedding (1810)

Étienne-Barthélémy Garnier: The Entry of Napoleon and Marie-Louise 
into the Tuileries Gardens on the Day of their Wedding

In January 1810, Napoleon officially divorced Josephine - like Henry VIII, he was dissatisfied at her inability to produce a male heir. He very quickly married again, this time the Austrian princess Marie-Louise. A detailed timeline of Napoleon's second marriage is here.

Garnier (1759-1849) was primarily a painter of historical subjects.

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