Napoleon was instrumental to Jacques-Louis David. David was instrumental to Napoleon. Napoleon went about making history so that David would have what to paint. David painted Napoleon and put him in art history books.
This is what their sessions looked like.
One version of the famous painting Napoleon Crossing the Alps.
Intense socializing.
Napoleon and Josephine in an art gallery.
Napoleon was most interested in a naval battle scene on a painting. It all ended with Trafalgar.
Napoleon after the battle of Trafalgar.
The exit.
Bonus picture: Countess Marie Walewska
