“Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte, The First Council,” was painted by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres in 1804. This painting was created on commission for the Emperor himself Napoleon Bonaparte, which was promised to the citizens of Liege, Belgium as a sign of appreciation, after the struggles of the Austrian Bombardment. In this painting, Ingres had to base Napoleons pose off of a painting done by Jean – Antoine Gros, because he could not get him to sit for his own portrait. In the painting he is depicted as an officer doing his duty for the people in order to rebuild their city.
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