Portrait of Napoleon I

baron François Gérard, designed 1805, woven 1808–11

Artist

baron François Gérard (French, Rome 1770–1837 Paris)

Date

designed 1805, woven 1808–11

Medium

Wool, silk, silver-gilt thread (26-28 warps per inch, 10-12 per cm.); gilded pine frame

Size

87 1/2 × 57 1/2 in. (222.3 × 146.1 cm) Framed: 8 ft. 9 3/4 in. × 75 3/4 in. (268.6 × 192.4 cm)

Type

Textiles-Tapestries

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed