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Old 07-11-2005, 06:49 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Ant Carlos
David even painted a 9 meters large picture for Napoleon.

This is the painting Ant referred to:
Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon I and Coronation of the Empress
Josephine in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris on 2 Dec 1804
1806 and 1807
Oil on canvas
6,21 x 9,79 m or about 20 x 32 feet.
Musee du Louvre, Paris

I knew it, but I never thought of its dimensions, I wonder where he found such huge fabric to prime. Maybe Napoleon ordered the fabric.
That's not a painting... that's a monster.
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