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''The Congress of Paris'' (French: ''Le Congrès de Paris'') is an 1856
history painting History painting is a genre in painting defined by its subject matter rather than any artistic style or specific period. History paintings depict a moment in a narrative story, most often (but not exclusively) Greek and Roman mythology and B ...
by the French
artist An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating the work of art. The most common usage (in both everyday speech and academic discourse) refers to a practitioner in the visual arts o ...
Édouard Dubufe Édouard Louis Dubufe (; 31 March 1819 – 11 August 1883) was a French portrait painter. Biography Dubufe was born in Paris. His father was the painter Claude Marie Paul Dubufe, who gave him his first art lessons. Later he studied with ...
. It depicts the international
diplomat A diplomat (from ; romanization, romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state (polity), state, International organization, intergovernmental, or Non-governmental organization, nongovernmental institution to conduct diplomacy with one ...
s who assembled for the Congress of Paris that ended the
Crimean War The Crimean War was fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, the Second French Empire, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861), Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont fro ...
. It was exhibited at the
Paris Salon The Salon (), or rarely Paris Salon (French: ''Salon de Paris'' ), beginning in 1667 was the official art exhibition of the in Paris. Between 1748 and 1890 it was arguably the greatest annual or biennial art event in the Western world. At the ...
of 1857. Today it is on display in the
Palace of Versailles The Palace of Versailles ( ; ) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, Yvelines, Versailles, about west of Paris, in the Yvelines, Yvelines Department of ĂŽle-de-France, ĂŽle-de-France region in Franc ...
. An
engraving Engraving is the practice of incising a design on a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it with a Burin (engraving), burin. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or Glass engraving, glass ar ...
of the painting is in the
Royal Collection The Royal Collection of the British royal family is the largest private art collection in the world. Spread among 13 occupied and historic List of British royal residences, royal residences in the United Kingdom, the collection is owned by King ...
.https://www.rct.uk/collection/756338/le-congregraves-de-paris-30-mars-1856 Amongst those depicted in the painting are the
Count of Cavour Camillo Paolo Filippo Giulio Benso, Count of Cavour, Isolabella and Leri (; 10 August 1810 – 6 June 1861), generally known as the Count of Cavour ( ; ) or simply Cavour, was an Italian politician, statesman, businessman, economist, and nobl ...
, Lord Cowley,
Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov Prince Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov (; ) was a Russian diplomat, the natural son of Count Fyodor Grigoryevich Orlov. Born in Moscow, he took part in the Napoleonic Wars from 1805 to the capture of Paris in 1814. For his services as commander of th ...
,
Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha Mehmed Emin Âlî Pasha, also spelled as Mehmed Emin Aali (5 March 1815 – 7 September 1871), commonly known as Ali Pasha, was a Turkish people, Turkish–Ottoman Empire, Ottoman statesman during the Tanzimat period, best known as the architec ...
, Count von Buol,
Earl of Clarendon Earl of Clarendon is a title that has been created twice in British history, in 1661 and 1776. The family seat is Holywell House, near Swanmore, Hampshire. First creation of the title The title was created for the first time in the Peer ...
.
Napoleon III Napoleon III (Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was President of France from 1848 to 1852 and then Emperor of the French from 1852 until his deposition in 1870. He was the first president, second emperor, and last ...
is depicted by a bust on the left.
Napoleon I Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...
, the uncle of the current French emperor, is portrayed in a painting on the right of the scene.


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* Starcky, Emmanuel. ''Napoléon III et les principautés roumaines: Musée d'art national de Roumanie, Bucarest, 24 octobre 2008-1er février 2009; Musée national du château de Compiègne, 21 mars-29 juin 2009''. Musée national du château de Compiègne, 2008. * Thoma, Julia. ''The Final Spectacle: Military Painting under the Second Empire, 1855-1867''. Walter de Gruyter, 2019. * Tucker, Judith E. ''The Making of the Modern Mediterranean: Views from the South''. University of California Press, 2019. 1856 paintings Paintings in the Palace of Versailles Cultural depictions of Napoleon Cultural depictions of Napoleon III Oil on canvas paintings Group portraits by French artists Portraits of men 19th-century portraits History paintings Crimean War in art {{1850s-painting-stub