Napoléon signs his abdication at Fontainebleau 11 April 1814.

About Napoléon signs his abdication at Fontainebleau 11 April 1814

Napoleon Signing His Abdication at Fontainebleau is an 1843 history painting by the French artist François Bouchot, completed by Gaetano Ferri. It portrays the moment Napoleon formally signed the formal document of abdication at Palace of Fontainebleau on 11 April 1814. The Treaty of Fontainebleau ended the War of the Sixth Coalition, the penultimate stage of the Napoleonic Wars. The following year Napoleon escaped from Elba leading to his final defeat during the Hundred Days campaign. He is depicted surrounded by many of his top advisors and generals including Marshal Berthier, Marshal Ney, Marshal Macdonald, Marshal Oudinot and the Foreign Minister Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt.