ENTOURAGE OF PIETRO LABRUZZI (1739-1805) Portrait of Pope Pius VII (Cesena 1742-Rome 1823) Oil on canvas. 70 x 60 cm. Re-tooled; some restorations. Elected Pope at the Venice conclave on March 14, 1800, Barnaba Chiaramonti, Cardinal of Imola, took the name of Pius VII, in homage to his predecessor. Present at the coronation of Napoleon I on December 2, 1804 at Notre Dame de Paris, the emperor subsequently held him prisoner due to their profound differences, first at Savona from 1808 to 1812, then at Fontainebleau until 1814. The Musée du Louvre holds a portrait of Pius VII by Jacques Louis David.