Interview Between Napoleon and Francis II after the Battle of Austerlitz

Interview Between Napoleon and Francis II after the Battle of Austerlitz (French: Entrevue de Napoléon Ier et de François II après la bataille d'Austerlitz) is an 1812 history painting by the French artist Antoine-Jean Gros.

[1] It portrays the meeting of Napoleon, Emperor of France, and Francis II of Austria in the aftermath of the Battle of Austerlitz in December 1805.

Francis requested an interview to discuss terms and days after Napoleon's crushing victory over Austria and its Russian allies.

The meeting took place in the Moravian countryside about ten miles south of the battlefield and agreed an immediate armistice to be followed by the Treaty of Pressburg a few weeks later.

[4] By the time the work was exhibited Francis was Napoleon's father-in-law following the latter's marriage to Marie Louise.