Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte at the Tuileries Metal Tree Decoration

This design features a painting by French artist Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825), who painted in the Neoclassical style and was considered to be the preeminent painter of his era. It shows French Emperor Napoleon I in uniform in his study at the Tuileries Palace, which was a royal and imperial palace in Paris on the right bank of the River Seine. It shows Napoleon wearing the uniform of a colonel of the Imperial Guard Foot Grenadiers (blue with white facings and red cuffs); he also wears his Légion d'honneur and Order of the Iron Crown decorations, along with gold epaulettes, white French-style culottes and white stockings. It was a private commission from the Scottish nobleman and admirer of Napoleon, Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton. Work began on the painting in 1811 and it was completed in 1812