Ingres shows the new emperor head-on, like an icon, in his coronation robes: gold laurel wreath, ermine, purple velvet strewn with gold bees, the sceptre of Charlemagne in one hand and the hand of justice in the other. At the Salon of 1806 critics found it strange and compared its style to that of Jan van Eyck.
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An imperial eagle spreads across the carpet at his feet, and in the top right corner a cut-off shield bears the arms of Italian states under the crown of Italy.
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