The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
Jacques-Louis David, 1812
Hand in the waistcoat. Clock past four. The desk is a mess of work and the chair waits. Power dressed as a long night.
About this work
Jacques-Louis David painted The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries in 1812 for a private client, the Scottish nobleman Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton, an admirer of Napoleon. Napoleon stands three-quarters life size in the blue uniform of a colonel of the Imperial Guard Foot Grenadiers, his right hand tucked into his waistcoat. Everything around him suggests he has been up all night at work: the candles have burned down, the clock reads 4:13, his cuffs are unbuttoned, his stockings wrinkled and his hair untidy. On the desk lie papers with the word "Code" prominent, a reference to the Napoleonic Code. The image is a civil one, of the lawgiver rather than the general, though a sword still lies on the chair. Despite the detail, Napoleon probably never sat for it. Analysis of the canvas shows David reworked the background several times, replacing two columns with a panel and a clock. The painting hung at Hamilton Palace, was sold to the 5th Earl of Rosebery in 1882 and was bought by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation in 1954. It is now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
Sources: Wikipedia · National Gallery of Art
Print facts
- Native resolution
- 9,759 × 16,000 px
- Sharp at 150 ppi up to
- 65 × 106 in
- Sizes
- Small (12 × 20 in) · $100 · 800 ppi
Medium (15 × 24 in) · $150 · 651 ppi
Large (22 × 36 in) · $300 · 444 ppi - Price includes
- Frame and US shipping · 14–21 days · 30-day returns
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Here. The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries is available as a framed print in three sizes: Small (12 × 20 in) for $100, Medium (15 × 24 in) for $150 and Large (22 × 36 in) for $300. Prices include the frame and US shipping; delivery takes 14–21 days, with 30-day returns.
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The file is 9,759 × 16,000 px, so every size is sharp: even Large (22 × 36 in) prints at 444 ppi. Choose Large (22 × 36 in) for a large wall; Small (12 × 20 in) suits a narrower space.
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