La Bataille de Prusse 1809

In the Year 1806

But our Marshal Enterprises house artist, Jacques-Louis David painted one of his truly great works…he began his work in 1806 and it was completed the next year and we will end our discussion of 1806 by a careful meditation of this work below…

An interesting point about this painting regards Napoleon’s mother, Maria Letizia. She refused to attend the coronation because Letizia did not think Josephine should be the Empress. However Napoleon instructed David to include his mother in the painting, even though in reality, Letizia was not present.

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