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In 1853, the newly-appointed Emperor of the French [[Napoleon III]] commissioned [[Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin]], a pupil of [[Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres]] and specialized painter of religious figures, to work on a standing [[portrait]] of him.<ref name=iii>{{cite web|url=https://www.napoleon.org/en/history-of-the-two-empires/paintings/2-napoleon-iii-emperor-of-the-french/|title=Napoleon III, Emperor of the French|work=Foundation Napoleon|accessdate=October 2, 2017}}</ref> The Emperor, displeased by Flandrin's depiction of him, cancelled the commission, and preferred [[Franz Xaver Winterhalter]]'s [[Portrait of Napoleon III (Winterhalter)|painting]] of him in his coronation robes, with its more glorified and distinguished idealization. Reinstated in 1861, Flandrin recommenced work on his portrait, incentivized by a retrospective commission of 20,000 francs.<ref name=portrait>{{cite web|url=https://www.napoleon.org/en/history-of-the-two-empires/paintings/standing-portrait-of-napoleon-iii-in-the-uniform-of-brigadier-general-in-his-grand-cabinet-at-the-tuileries/|title=Standing Portrait of Napoleon III|author=Huguenaud, Karine|work=Foundation Napoleon|accessdate=October 2, 2017}}</ref>

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