Pierre-Jean Chalençon, a shattered dream of an empire
On sale this Saturday at Osenat in Fontainebleau, an ewer from Murat is added to the long list of Napoleonic objects discreetly sold by this … Read more
On sale this Saturday at Osenat in Fontainebleau, an ewer from Murat is added to the long list of Napoleonic objects discreetly sold by this … Read more
Although not many people are usually aware of it, Napoleon and Beethoven were contemporaries. Two of the most important characters in the history of humanity … Read more
Cesar CerveraFOLLOW, CONTINUE Updated:19/01/2022 08:52h Keep Related news the hispanist Jonathan Brown, international expert on the work of Velázquez, died this Tuesday after a life dedicated … Read more
Cesar CerveraFOLLOW, CONTINUE Updated:17/01/2022 11:44h Keep Related news One of those hackneyed quotes of uncertain origin, generally attributed to Jorge Luis Borges, perfectly defines what an … Read more
Manuel P. VillatoroCONTINUE Updated:09/12/2021 01:42h Keep Related news Neither peaceful nor good-natured. The French soldiers who set foot in Madrid in May 1808 did not … Read more
The progressive and the conservative. The red and the blue. The winner and the loser. The one on the right and the one on the … Read more
This is a first at the Invalides in Paris. On the occasion of the bicentenary of Napoleon’s death, the Musée de l’Armée engages in a … Read more
“Napoleon? Again ! “ With this mischievous and deliberately ambiguous title, the Musée de l’Armée offers a tour of contemporary works centered on the figure … Read more
Removed for restoration from the Place du Général de Gaulle, the bronze dating from 1865 housed documents and a cylinder under its plinth containing gold, … Read more
PARTNERSHIP – Subscribers and readers of the Figaro will be able to discover on Friday June 18 from 2 p.m., the 150 works gathered for … Read more