"Sacre de Napoleon I a Notre Dame de Paris par le Pape Pie VII" (see details A | B) Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) Louvre Museum, Paris, France

A monumental canvas intended to illustrate the summit of the power of Napoleon I, who crowned himself and his wife Josephine while placing the Pope of Rome in a helpless position. After the fall of Napoleon, the same Pope offered a refuge to Napoleon's mother in Rome.