Napoleon I on his Imperial Throne, 1806, oil on canvas, 260 x 163 cm, Musée de l'Armée, Paris -- Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (29 August 1780 – 14 January 1867). He was a French Neoclassical painter. Ingres was profoundly influenced by past artistic traditions and aspired to become the guardian of academic orthodoxy against the ascendant Romantic style. (Credit: Jean-Auguste-Dominique_Ingres , Wikipedia)