Napoleon in Aachen, Henri-Paul Motte, Henri-Paul Motte, 1898

Bonaparte at the throne of charlemagne (1804) in aachen. He stood reverently in front of charlemagne's tomb on september 7, 1804, before the coronation celebrated on december 2, 1804 in the notre-dame de paris cathedral. Original title given by the artist for the exhibition at the salon of 1898. Date: 1898.