The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries — Jacques-Louis David

Jacques-Louis David

The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries

1812

Dating
Exact year
Held at
National Gallery of Art
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 203.9 × 125.1 cm (80 1/4 × 49 1/4 in.) framed: 243.9 x 165.1 x 15.2 cm (96 x 65 x 6 in.) framed weight: 63.957 kg (141 lb.)
Collection no.
1961.9.15
Attribution
By the artist
Image rights
NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details

Jacques-Louis David. The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: National Gallery of Art

About this artwork

Official collection metadata; attribution follows named catalogue, not an independent authenticity determination. Holdings are not ownership or current display. Museum accessioned painting; no museum-highlight designation or current-display claim. Source Wikidata creator identity matched exactly. Dataset textual dates checked against numeric search dates. Full provenance, inscriptions, terms and catalogue text preserved in the separate research staging record. Attribution: primary Collection credit: Samuel H. Kress Collection.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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