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In picturesPort-Thewfik. The terreplein. The camel parkThe Suez Canal was built during the period from 1859 to 1869.The photographic archive of Hippolyte Arnoux was placed by theAssociation du Souvenir de Ferdinand de Lesseps et du Canal de Suez in the French Archives nationales, Paris.
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In picturesThe Empress JosephineUnfinished portrait
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In picturesCoronation of Emperor Napoleon I and crowning of the Empress Josephine in the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris on 2 December 1804. (detail)Commissioned by Napoleon I for the Salle des Gardes of the Tuileries Palace. Exhibited at the Salon of 1808. Here in this picture can be seen portraits of Pius VII, Charles Le Brun, the Duc de Cambacérès, Berthier, Eugène de Beauharnais, Caulaincourt, Bernadotte, Cardinal Fesch, Comte Estève, Comte d’Harville, Murat, Sérurier, Moncey, Bessières, Ségur, Belloy, […]
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In picturesThe arrival of Napoleon’s mortal remains at Courbevoie 14 December 1840 (…)Exhibited at the Salon of 1867, n° 1212
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In picturesBaron Antoine Dubois (1756-1837), the surgeon-obstetrician to the Empress Marie-LouiseAnother version of this painting is held at the musée national de Malmaison.
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In picturesChâteau de Compiègne. The emperor’s dining room.Eighteenth century arrangement and decoration. Trompe-l'oeil grisailles in imitation of the bas-reliefs by Joseph-Piat Sauvage. Furniture by Jacob Desmalter. It was in this room that the amateur theatre pieces were performed during the Second Empire “Séries”. Compiègne Itinerary
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In picturesChâteau de Compiègne. Salon de Réception or Salon de FamilleThe Chambre du roi during the ancien régime, this room became a salon during the Empire period. It was entirely refurnished in 1858 and 1859 with a set of gilt wood, Louis-XV chairs upholstered with Beauvais tapestry. Two large bronze torchères, “An Indian man ” and “An Indian woman”, on malachite pedestals bearing the Emperor's […]
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In picturesChâteau de Compiègne. Library.The walnut and gilded wood bookcases and walls were made by Jacob-Desmalter in 1808, as were the furniture and the large mechanical desk. The dado and the ceiling are by Dubois and Redouté. The centre point of the ceiling is marked by a painting by Girodet representing Minerva between Apollo and Mercury dated 1814. The […]
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In picturesThe First Consul crossing the Alps via the Great Saint Bernard PassCommissioned by King Charles IV of Spain for the Salon des grands capitaines of the Royal Palace in Madrid via the intermediary of his ambassador in France, Musquiz, for which he paid 24,000 Francs; Joseph Bonaparte appropriated the painting for himself in Madrid and took it with him to the USA. It was only to […]
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In picturesThe French campaign, 1814Whilst a fruitful source of inspiration for the Romantics, the Napoleonic epic was no less influential upon Academic painters. Meissonier's work, one of the artistic highlights of the Second Empire and the Third Republic, is ample witness. Though born only a few months before Waterloo, Meissonier was greatly interested by Napoleon (“How many times I […]