The Coronation of Charlemagne

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The Coronation of Charlemagne

Creator

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld

German Artist · 1794–1872

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Date
1840
Medium
Brown ink over graphite
Culture
German
Department
Drawings
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
e4f8fe31-ab6e-46b6-9ce3-05f7b7ae4cb0

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Charlemagne laid the foundations of the Holy Roman Empire, the league of central European, mostly German-speaking lands that lasted for a millennium. This grand, multifigured composition celebrates one of the great events of German history, when Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne the first Holy Roman Emperor in Rome in the year 800. The drawing was preparatory for a fresco, commissioned by Ludwig I, king of Bavaria, for the royal palace in Munich. The subject emphasized the religious and political bonds between Italy and Catholic Germany.

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