This painting's patron ordered one figure to be depicted in a smaller chair to emphasize a power discrepancy.
This painting's patron ordered one figure to be depicted in a smaller chair to emphasize a power discrepancy. A large gallery of observers watch the title event from behind teal curtains in its background, and a massive candelabra on the right side of this painting stands behind four of the title figure's officials. Although she was not at the event, this figure's mother was painted in. Figures in the background of this painting hold various objects of power, including a globe and an eagle-topped (*) sceptre. Although he probably did nothing at the event depicted in this painting, Pope Pius VII is shown bestowing a blessing upon its title figure. For 10 points, name this painting by Jacques-Louis David in which a Frenchman crowns his wife, Empress Josephine.
This painting's patron ordered one figure to be depicted in a smaller chair to emphasize a power discrepancy.
The Coronation of Napoleon (or The Consecration of Napoleon and the Coronation of Empress Josephine; or Le sacre de Napoleon)