1789, Paris – 1863, Paris
The Coronation of Emperor Alexander I on 15 September 1801
After 1826 (1836?)
- oil on canvas. 60 х 94,5
- Ж-5973
Received in 1928 from the State Museum Fund Provenance: collection of Princess Zinaida Yusupova, St Petersburg
- Period Early 19th century
- CategoryHistory Painting
The coronation of Emperor Alexander I and Elizabeth Alexeyevna took place on 15 September 1801 in the Dormition Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin. It is well known that Elizabeth Alexeyevna did not receive the crown from Alexander I while kneeling, as her mother-in-law Marie Feodorovna had done before Paul, but instead was crowned standing up. This was, seemingly, a slight difference in the ritual that indicated a characteristic different in the views of the father and the son.