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1806 art exhibition in Paris
Napoleon I on His Imperial Throne by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

The Salon of 1806 was an art exhibition held at the Louvre in Paris. During the Napoleonic era the Salon was held biannually and featured paintings, sculptures and engravings. Military conquest was the theme of the exhibition, featuring numerous references to the campaigns of Napoleon. Amongst these were a bust of Napoleon by Lorenzo Bartolini and the battle paintings The Battle of Aboukir by Antoine-Jean Gros, The Battle of the Pyramids by Louis-François Lejeune and Napoleon Honours Unfortunate Courage by Jean Baptiste Debret in which the Emperor is shown saluting the bravery of his wounded Austrian enemies. Jean Broc's The Death of General Desaix portrays the death of Louis Desaix at the Battle of Marengo.

The Emperor was also represented in portraiture by Napoleon I on His Imperial Throne by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres as was his sister Pauline Bonaparte who had sat for Robert Lefèvre. Ingres also submitted a noted Self-portrait of himself. Also on display were neoclassical paintings such as Scene from a Deluge by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson and Theseus and Pirithous by Angélique Mongez.

Critics were limited in what they could say by increasingly firm censorship by the Napoleonic authorities. It was followed by the Salon of 1808 which continued its theme of celebrating the Napoleonic regime and its military triumphs.

Gallery

References

  1. Porterfield & Siegfried p.96-97
  2. Porterfield & Siegfried p.97
  3. Germani p.173
  4. Porterfield & Siegfried p.98-100
  5. Rifkin p.99
  6. Porterfield & Siegfried p.97
  7. Porterfield & Siegfried p.98

Bibliography

  • Germani, Ian. Dying for France: Experiencing and Representing the Soldier’s Death, 1500–2000. McGill-Queen's Press, 2023.
  • Porterfield, Todd & Siegfried, Susan L. Staging Empire: Napoleon, Ingres, and David. Pennsylvania State University, 2006.
  • Rifkin, Adrian. Ingres Then, and Now. Routledge, 2005.
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