typical in those days) showed the (key) subjects - including the Pope - minus their clothing, which was added in the actual painting. The pope was originally pictured with hands crossed on his lap, but Napoleon, supposedly claiming that the Pope was not present to do nothing, instructed that the painting depict him anointing the proceedings. The painter Jacques-Louis David is depicted in the stands as well. Halet Efendi, an Ottoman ambassador, was also present. He is shown below in the detailed picture. Dom Raphaël de Monachis, Greek-Egyptian monk and member of the Institut d'Égypte is depicted among the clergy men, standing to the right of the Bishop, with a beard and a red hood. The lady robe bearer in front, right behind Josephine, on the right side from the picture-viewer's point, is Elisabeth-Hélène-Pierre de Montmorency-Laval, mother of politician Sosthènes II de La Rochefoucauld. She was a court lady of Josephine. References Bibliography Malika Dorbani-Bouabdellah, The largest French paintings in the Louvre Jean Tulard, Le Sacre de l'empereur Napoléon. Histoire et légende, Paris 2004 External links Louvre Museum's interactive closer look at The Coronation of Napoleon 1800s paintings Neoclassical paintings Paintings in the Louvre by French artists Portrait paintings in the Louvre Paintings by Jacques-Louis David Paintings of Napoleon Churches in art Popes in art Notre-Dame de Paris