Portrait of Napoleon I
Object type: Tapestry
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French, Paris
Artist: baron François Gérard|Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins|Michel Henri Cozette|Harland the Elder|Abel Nicolas Sollier|Charles Duruy|Napoléon Bonaparte
Artist bio: French, Rome 1770–1837 Paris|French, established 1662|French, 1754–1822 Paris|French, active 1790–ca. 1826|French, active 1790–1815|French, active ca. 1805–50|French, Ajaccio 1769–1821 St. Helena
Artist role: Artist|Manufactory|Workshop director|Maker|Maker|Maker|Patron
Artist nationality: French|French|French|French|French|French|French
Date: designed 1805, woven 1808–11
Medium: Wool, silk, silver-gilt thread (26-28 warps per inch, 10-12 per cm.); gilded pine frame
Dimensions: 87 1/2 × 57 1/2 in. (222.3 × 146.1 cm)
Framed: 8 ft. 9 3/4 in. × 75 3/4 in. (268.6 × 192.4 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
Credit line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1943
Accession year: 1943
Tags: Napoleon I|Portraits|Men