The Distribution of the Eagle Standards (details). Jacques-Louis David. 1810.

Patroclus  by Jacques-Louis Davis, 1780.

Hector by Jacques-Louis Davis, 1778.

Born Today:

Napoleon I en Costume du Sacre, François Gérard, 1805.

Coronation Mass for Napoleon I, composed by Giovanni Paisiello. Painting by Jacques-Louis David

Domine salvum fac imperatorem nostrum Napoleonem

et exaudi nos in die qua invocaverimus te.Gloria Patri et Filio,

et Spiritui Sancto.

Sicut erat in principio

et nunc et semper et in saecula saeculorum.

Amen.

Fragments of an Empire

Strike a Pose

Odio, Furor, Dispetto!