Art History Ridley Scott Recreated Jacques-Louis David’s ‘Coronation of Napoleon.’ Here Are 3 Things You May Not Know About the Monumental Work ...

On Feb. 16, 2025, Trump shared on Truth Social a screen shot of an X post dated Feb. 10, 2025, of the quote set on an equestrian portrait of Napoleon by painter Jacques-Louis David.

For Napoleon’s coronation, Yates took cues from Jacques-Louis David’s famous 1807 painting about the event. “We copied it as verbatim as we could,” she says.

“The scene was quite huge, because we completely copied, literally, dress by dress,” the 1807 painting by Jacques-Louis David “The Coronation of Napoleon,” says costume designer Janty Yates.

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with Napoleon, David Scarpa’s screenplay that fuels Ridley Scott’s historical epic ...

‘Napoleon’ Review: Joaquin Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby Get Bogged Down in the Battles of Ridley Scott’s Historical Epic. David Scarpa’s screenplay covers three decades of European history as ...

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with Napoleon, David Scarpa‘s screenplay that fuels Ridley Scott‘s historical epic ...