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The reigns of Napoleon I and Napoleon III saw the visual arts change in extraordinary ways, from Neoclassicism to Eclecticism, from the beginning of Romanticism, to the start of Impressionism. (Re-)discover every month a new objet d'art or item of historical memorabilia, whether a famous masterpieces or by a lesser known artist.

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Sculpture, masks

Objects : 12

Object / IIe République – 2nd Empire/2nd Republic-2nd Empire

Napoleon I as legislator

Eugène Guillaume, author of this life-size statue, was an official artist during the Second Empire whose claim to fame was his mastery of Neoclassicism. He was trained by Jean-Jacques dit James Pradier (1790-1852, Grand Prix de Rome in 1813) who himself had found fame with his sculptures inspired by antiquity – including notably the “Victories” […]
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Ratapoil

Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte’s election to the presidency of the Second French Republic, on 10 December, 1848, was the catalyst for a wave of militant opposition to the new regime. The Prince-President was all too aware that his post could only last four years and was not renewable, and so he pursued an intense campaign in 1850 […]