Exhibition: ‘Alexander, Napoleon and Josephine: a story of war, art and friendship’

The Hermitage museum in Amsterdam is holding an exhibition on Napoleon Bonaparte, his wife Josephine and their friend, ally and later adversary Tsar Alexander I of Russia. It brings together over two hundred artworks, personal possessions, clothes and weapons, including Josephine's own splendid art collection bought by Alexander, to tell the story of the First Empire's ambivalent political relationship with Alexander's Russia and the personal links between their respective political heads. Napoleon's death mask will be displayed along with a lock of Alexander's hair set in a medallion.
 
The Hermitage in Amsterdam provides an appropriate setting for this exhibition, as many of the soldiers in the Napoleonic army who died during the crossing of the Berezina River came from the Netherlands. Additionally, many paintings of the Dutch masters form part of Josephine's art collection.
 
More information is available on the museum website.
 
For ticket prices and opening hours, see here.
 
The Hermitage Museum
Amstel 51
Amsterdam, Netherlands