[1][2][3] Charles X had succeeded his brother Louis XVIII in September 1824.

His was the last coronation in France and was part of a move to revive pre-French Revolution traditions during the Restoration era.

[4] Gérard, a student of Jacques-Louis David, has made his name painting portraits during the Napoleonic era.

[5] After the House of Bourbon returned to the throne post 1814 he shifted to celebrations of the monarchy.

Today it is in the collection of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Chartres.