Napoleon and Josephine Visiting the Studio of David, January 4, 1808
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Image: 11 3/8 × 14 7/16 in. (28.9 × 36.7 cm) Sheet: 15 7/16 × 19 1/2 in. (39.2 × 49.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Madeleine Fidell-Beaufort, in memory of Jeanne Welcher Kleinfield, 2015
Accession Number
2015.493.2
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the grandeur of Napoleonic France with this captivating lithograph, *Napoleon and Josephine Visiting the of David, January , 1808*. Created around 1820–30 by Jean Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine and lithographer Charles Motte, vividly recreates a historic moment when Emperor Napoleon I and Empress Joséphine paid a surprise visit to the studio of master painter Jacques-Louis David. Rendered in delicate black ink on a large sheet (image 11⅜ × 14⁷⁄₁₆ in.), the print captures the imperial couple amid David's works, highlighting the intersection of power and art. David, the preeminent Neo...
About the Artist
Charles Motte|Jean Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine (French|French|French) · 1803 |1785 |1785 –1860 |1836 |1836
French, Paris 1803–1860 Fontainebleau|French, 1785–1836|French, 1785–1836