Salon of 1806

During the Napoleonic era the Salon was held biannually and featured paintings, sculptures and engravings.

Military conquest was the theme of the exhibition, featuring numerous references to the campaigns of Napoleon.

[3] The Emperor was also represented in portraiture by Napoleon I on His Imperial Throne by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres [4] as was his sister Pauline Bonaparte who had sat for Robert Lefèvre.

[5] Also on display were neoclassical paintings such as Scene from a Deluge by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson and Theseus and Pirithous by Angélique Mongez.

Pierre-Nolasque Bergeret drew praise for his history painting Honours Rendered to Raphael on His Deathbed.