The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries painting by : Jacques-Louis David. ( year 1812 / Neoclassicism ) Private commission from the Scottish nobleman and admirer of Napoleon, Alexander Hamilton.
David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created in marble between 1501 and 1504 by the Italian artist Michelangelo. David is 5.17 m (17 feet) marble statue of the biblical hero David , a favored subject in the art of the Florence. (Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence, Italy)