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In picturesAla Napoleonica – Piazza San MarcoBuilt by order of Napoleon I, the Ala Napoleonica in Piazza San Marco today houses the Museo Correr. The Comité Français de Sauvegarde de Venise (the French Save Venice Committee) has launched a broad-ranging project of restoration, of which the Napoleon Foundation is one of the sponsors. Following image
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In picturesAla Napoleonica – Piazza San Marco
The Sotoportego San GeminianoThe Sotoportico San Geminiano in the Ala Napoleonica has a coffered ceiling, and each of the coffers is a metre deep with a rosette boss in the centre. Dust and repainting has altered considerably the original colour. There are many cracks and holes, not to mention nail holes from an earlier electrical installation.The Comité Français […]
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In picturesAla Napoleonica – Piazza San Marco
Ceiling of the grand staircase
La Gloire de NeptuneThe ceiling of the grand staircase in the Ala Napoleonica is the work of Sebastiano Santi who painted this over an earlierb work by Giambattista Canal (1745-1825), The Fall of the Giants. It is surrounded by panels in monocrhome representing trpohies and sea horses. Whilst the central fresco is in relatively good condition, the panels […]
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In picturesVisit of Josephine (sic) de Beauharnais to her husband Alexandre held at the Luxembourg palaceAlexandre de Beauharnais was imprisoned in the Luxembourg palace in March 1794. His wife and his children, Eugène and Hortense, never came to see him. This scene is thus completely imaginary. This work forms part of the Eugène de Beauharnais exhibition.
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In picturesThe young Beauharnais asking Napoleon for the return of his father’s swordRaffet, at that time simply Charlet's pupil but soon to become one the principal propagators of the Napoleonic legend, knew this episode from the Napoleonic version as printed in the appendix to the Mémorial (1823-1824) but already mentioned by Warden (1817) and O'Meara (1822). This image forms part of the Eugène de Beauharnais exhibition.
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In picturesBauharnais (sic)Portrait done in Egypt, like those of Berthier, Desaix, Kléber, Murat, Tallien and other members of the expedition. This work forms part of the Eugène de Beauharnais exhibition.
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In picturesAla Napoleonica – Piazza San Marco
Grand staircase: winged victoryMarble reliefs decorate the walls of the grand staircase in the Ala Napoleonica. This allegorical scene shows a winged victory with a putto bearing a triumphal hand of justice, the symbol of royal and imperial power.The Comité Français de Sauvegarde Venice (the French Save Venice Committee) has launched a project to restore the building, suported […]
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In picturesEugène de BeauharnaisEugène de Beauharnais is here shown in the 'petit uniforme' of a Colonel in the Chasseurs à cheval de la garde consulaire. Discover this work in the exhibition Eugène de Beauharnais.
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In picturesEugène de BeauharnaisDiscover this work in the exhibition Eugène de Beauharnais.
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In picturesBust of Eugène de BeauharnaisAn inscription on the back of the foot makes Eugène king of Italy: S.A.S. le prince Eugène le Roi à Milan (sic)!Rediscover this work in the exhibition Eugène de Beauharnais.