Portrait of Napoleon I, 1808–11, after a painting of 1805 by François Gérard (1770–1837) Woven in the high-warp workshop of Michel Henri Cozette (1744–1822) at the Gobelins manufactory by Harland (probably the Elder, active 1790–ca. 1826), Abel Nicolas Sollier (active 1790–1815), Duruy the Younger (active ca. 1805–1850), and five other weavers French (Paris) Wool, silk and silver-gilt thread; H. 87 1/2 x 57 1/2 in. (222.3 x 146.1 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1943 (43.99)		Napoleon I on His Imperial Throne 1806 Oil on Canvas 102 x 63 3/4 in. Musée de l'Armée, Paris inv. 5420
This tapestry, woven at the order of Napoleon I, is based on a painting of the emperor in his throne room by François Gérard (1770–1837), now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. In Ingres's rendition of the same subject, the emperor is shown seated rather than standing and the hand of justice is partially closed as if in blessing. Also, Ingres replaced the traditional carpet of blue velvet and gold embroidered fleurs-de-lis with one of his own creation. As for the tapestry pictured here, it took eight weavers at the Gobelins factory three years to complete it; Napoleon then presented it to Jean-Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, the arch-chancellor of the Empire. It retains its original gilded frame, which complements the throne in the background. Back

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