# The Coronation of Charles X [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GÉRARD, François]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 514 x 972 cm ## Commentary This is a case where a comparison will give a good idea of how differently the same subject was handled by Jacques-Louis David and one of his numerous pupils. The pupil was François Gérard who was also commissioned to paint a coronation, that of Charles X in 1827. The heavy draperies of the baldachin \(brocade canopy\), the costumes and the sweeping gestures look back to the Baroque, as might be expected at the Restauration. It is significant that the centre of the painting is not occupied by the act of coronation but by the bishop, who is standing with his back to the king, his eyes raised in suppliance to heaven. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 11 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/19\_cent/mussorgsky\_godunov\_coronation.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Coronation Scene</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [Belisarius]() - [Caroline Bonaparte, Queen of Naples, and Her Children]() - [Corinne at Cape Miseno \(detail\)]() - [Corinne at Cape Miseno]() - [Corinne at Cape Miseno]() - [Cupid and Psyche]() - [Jean-Baptist Isabey, Miniaturist, with his Daughter]() - [Madame Récamier]() - [Ossian Awakening the Spirits on the Banks of the Lora with the Sound of his Harp]() - [Portrait of Catherine Worlée, Princesse de Talleyrand-Périgord]() - [Portrait of Josephine]() - [Portrait of Madame Mère]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()