Objects : 3
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ObjectScale-model for Brongniard’s Palais de la Bourse
The Palais Impérial de la Bourse (Imperial Palace of the Stock Exchange) was conceived by Napoleon as part of a wider political and architectural program. Upon his coming to power with the coup of 18 Brumaire, Napoleon was determined to rebuild the political institutions of France which had for a decade been shaken by Revolution. […]
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ObjectBonaparte Family Nativity Scene
Although this is an object of religious devotion, it is also a true work of art. With its finely executed ivory figures, its ebony and mahogany decoration, and its elaborate composition, the Bonaparte family’s nativity scene is one of the Musée Nationale de la Maison Bonaparte’s most fascinating pieces. The exceptional quality of the scene’s […]
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ObjectModel of the Column of the Grande Armée
This model was on show at the exhibition Napoléon et l’Europe at the Musée de l’Armée, Paris, from 27 March 2013 to 14 July 2013. After the victory at Austerlitz, the director of the musée Napoleon, Vivant Denon, suggested to the Emperor that the project for a national column, begun in 1803 for the place Vendôme, […]