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The Wedding Banquet of Napoleon and Marie Louise

Alexandre Benoit Jean Dufay

1812

oil

canvas

From the collection of Palace of Versailles

Early 19th Century History Painting

Dominant colour

The Wedding Banquet of Napoleon and Marie Louise is a 1812 oil by Alexandre Benoit Jean Dufay, held at Palace of Versailles.

Who painted this?: Alexandre Benoit Jean Dufay
When & what style?: 1812
Where can I see it?: Palace of Versailles

About this work

The Wedding Banquet of Napoleon and Marie Louise is an oil painting by Alexandre Benoit Jean Dufay, dated 1812. It shows the wedding banquet held at the Tuileries Palace on 2 April 1810. Around the table sit Napoleon, his new wife Marie Louise, his brothers Louis and Jérôme, his sisters Caroline and Pauline, and brother‑in‑law Joachim Murat. In the background stand foreign envoys. Joseph Bonaparte is missing, but his wife Julie