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05/04/2019Concert, Theatrical EventExceptional concert > Napoleonic music in WaterlooProgramme André Grétry, La victoire est à nous (1783) La Reine Hortense, Partant pour la Syrie (1807) Nicolas Dalayrac, Veillons au salut de l’Empire (1787) André Grétry, Ou peut-on être mieux qu’au sein de sa famille (1769) “Mme M.” [sic], Le tombeau de Napoléon (avant 1838) Nicolas-Etienne Méhul, Cantate pour le mariage de l’Empereur, “Ô doux […]
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from 21/03/2019 to 01/09/2019ExhibitionLe bivouac de l’Empereur (The Emperor’s bivouac)Napoleon I was a great traveller. Even when he was on military campaigns, the Emperor was accompanied by objects that were worthy of his rank. Every time he set up camp, he was accustomed to being surrounded by luxurious (foldable) furniture and sophisticated accessories. The Garde-Meuble Impérial, predecessor of the Mobilier National, was the guardian […]
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BiographySINZHEIM David (1745-1812), President of the Great Sanhedrin and First Chief Rabbi of the ConsistoryDavid Sinzheim was born into a family of rabbis in Trier on 16 November 1745. His father, with whom he studied the Talmud, was a rabbi in Niedernai. By marriage, he became the brother-in-law of Cerf Beer, an influential thinker concerning the emancipation of the Jews in Alsace and who in 1786 created the yeshivah […]
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In picturesThe Prince Imperial, summer 1856, photographed by Gustave Le GrayRed wet stamp at the bottom left. Acquired in 1996, by the Bibliothèque nationale de France. This portrait was probably made for the painter Thomas Couture (1815-1879), who had been commissioned to carry out a large format staging of the baptism of the heir to the Napoleonic throne, and for whom Le Gray also made several […]
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In picturesNapoleon re-establishes the Jewish cult in France, 30 May 1806 -
ArticleLetter dated 22 July 1806, to Champagny, Interior Minister: the 12 questions to be set before the Assembly of JewsTranslation (by Peter Hicks) of this text in French.
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ObjectCharles Bouge’s Baron d’Empire Diploma with the imperial seal and caseThis “Baron d’Empire” diploma was granted to Colonel Charles Bouge at the end of March 1808 and confirmed in January 1809. He was in the first wave of Barons d’Empire, the title having been created on 1 March 1808. Charles Bouge embraced the French Revolution: he was captain in the 2nd Battalion of Volunteers of […]
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ArticleJewish integration in France: it goes back to the EmpireIn terms of his home policy, one of Napoleon I’s glories was to have achieved French national unity, via centralisation (indispensable at the time), via the recreation of intermediary bodies that the Revolution had suppressed (the Légion d’honneur, the notables, the Chambers of commerce, etc.) and by peace at home, both in the West of […]
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24/03/2019Guided Tour, Theatrical EventNapoleon’s back in Milan!A guided tour with historical costumes, retracing the footprints of the passage of Napoleon in the historic center of Milan (Italy) From the Palazzo Reale to the Arco della Pace, via the Brera and the Castello Sforzesco, revisiting statues, memories and ancient bricks, Napoleon Bonaparte visits the city to bring it back to its former glory, taking […]
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PublicationJean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres e la vita artistica al tempo di Napoleone. [Exhibition Catalogue]In Italian. Editor’s presention: Il catalogo della mostra” Ingres e la vita artistica al tempo di Napoleone” intende restituire alla pittura e alla scultura degli anni tra il 1780 e il 1820 la loro carica di novità e, per così dire, la loro “giovinezza conquistatrice”: al suo interno, dopo un’introduzione dei curatori del catalogo, un’intervista […]