Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Coronation of Napoléon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French

Coronation of Napoléon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French edit

One of the most famous Imperial coronation ceremonies was that of Napoleon, crowning himself Emperor in the presence of Pope Pius VII (who had blessed the regalia), at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.

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Reason: One of the difinitive pictures in any History Textbook: the Coronation of Napoléon Bonaparte as Emperor of the French Empire. This is easily one of the most reconginzed paintings of the French Revolution, and captures the rise of one of history's most influential people.
Articles this image appears in: Jacques-Louis David, Emperor, Crown of Napoleon, Sign of contradiction
Creator: Jacques-Louis David

Support as nominator — TomStar81 (Talk) 07:13, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
oppose another nice painting badly encoded. Lots of jpeg artifacts in the shadows. E.g. in the curtains. Debivort 09:07, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I've uploaded another version; it looks a little better to me, not fabulous. It's darker, though. Chick Bowen 14:03, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I don't like the encoding either. Also, although the painting relates to the coronation ceremony of Napoleon, the actual action depicted in the painting is the crowning of Joséphine de Beauharnais, not of Napoleon himself (that is to say, the caption is incorrect). Spikebrennan 14:35, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 02:48, 22 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]