Mademoiselle de Saint-Simon asking for her father's pardon, December 1808

Charles Nicolas Lafond created the oil painting titled Clémence de l'empereur envers Mademoiselle de Saint-Simon, décembre 1808 in 1810. The work was exhibited at the Salon of 1810 shortly after its completion. It depicts the historical event of December 1808 regarding the Emperor's clemency toward Mademoiselle de Saint-Simon.

The painting entered the collections of the Palace of Versailles, specifically the Museum of the History of France. Its museum inventory records include the numbers MV 1736, INV 5550, and AC 1882. Historically, the work was previously attributed to Taunay before being correctly assigned to Lafond.

The painting is held in the collection of the Museum of the History of France at the Palace of Versailles. It is registered under the inventory numbers MV 1736, INV 5550, and AC 1882. Historically, the work was exhibited at the Salon of 1810 shortly after its completion.

Charles Nicolas Lafond’s Clémence de l’empereur envers Mademoiselle de Saint‑Simon, décembre 1808 is a history painting completed in 1810 and exhibited at the Salon of that year, situating it within the official academic discourse of post‑Revolutionary French art. The work entered the Museum of the History of France at the Palace of Versailles, where it remains inventoried as MV 1736. Earlier scholarship had mistakenly attributed the piece to Tauney (Soulie), a correction reflected in the Joconde record.

Depicting Napoleon’s merciful encounter with the young Saint‑Simon amid a landscape of cavalry and cityscape, the painting exemplifies early‑nineteenth‑century French history painting that blended contemporary political narrative with the grand‑manner tradition.

Mademoiselle de Saint-Simon asking for her father's pardon, December 1808 is an oil painting created by French neoclassical artist Charles-Nicolas Lafond in 1810. The work is a history painting depicting a specific dramatic moment.