To celebrate the 220th anniversary of the “Sacre”, the local history museum in Rueil-Malmaison (92) will be presenting works exclusively from the collection of the Fondation Napoléon, from 19 October 2024 to 25 January 2025.

Works on loan from the Fondation Napoléon :

– Allegorical drawing to the glory of H.M. the Emperor
– The coronation of Napoleon I
– Napoleon I in coronation robes
– Portrait of the Empress Josephine
– Portrait of Napoleon in coronation costume
– Book of the Coronation
– Leaving the Tuileries Palace
– The Anointings; The Offerings; The Oath
– Distribution of Eagles on the Champ-de-Mars
– View of the main façade of the church of Notre-Dame and the Portico that decorated it on the day of the Sacre
– Rotunda decorated with tapestries, reception of guests on their arrival at Notre-Dame
– Episode of Napoleon’s coronation ceremony
– Napoleon in his “petit” coronation costume
– Vase with portrait of the Emperor in coronation costume
– Medal bearing the effigy of Napoleon and Josephine commemorating the coronation ceremony at the town hall
– Histoire du couronnement [History of the Coronation] Paris: P. L. Dubray, 1805
– Statuette of Napoleon in coronation costume
– The Emperor’s coronation

To mark the occasion, the Fondation Napoléon has placed on long-term loan the sculpture of Napoleon as Législateur to the Musée d’Histoire Locale de Rueil-Malmaison for a renewable period of 5 years.

 

November 2024