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
Napoleon
“He’s just a common man!”
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
The Madrid palace destroyed by Napoleon that Jonathan Brown dreamed of seeing rebuilt
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
a military (and sexual) rivalry that went beyond the Waterloo catastrophe
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
The forgotten repression with which Napoleon wanted to subjugate Spain: “Burn the villas”
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 false myth of the united people who fought against Napoleon
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
At the Invalides, the exhibition “Napoleon? Still !” revisits the emperor through art
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
At Les Invalides, Napoleon in the eyes of contemporary artists
“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
The statue of Napoleon in Rouen hid a small treasure
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
Exceptional visit of the Napoleon exhibition at La Villette with Le Figaro
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