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from 26/06/2020 to 31/12/2022ExhibitionMiniatures from the Time of Napoleon in the Tansey CollectionThis exhibition showcases a total of 150 works from the time of Napoleon I (from 1795 to 1815). These tiny portraits, which were generally intended for personal use, date from the “golden age” of miniature painting. They exhibit a high degree of artistic skill and refined craftsmanship. Unlike the staged, theatrical portraits of absolutism, now […]
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from 11/05/2020 to 31/12/2020Exhibition, OtherCovid-19: Museums re-openingMusée Napoléon Thurgovie/Napoleonmuseum – Arenenberg (link in English) 12 May 2020 Musée de l’image à Épinal (link in French): 12 May 2020 Musée Masséna (link in French): 13 May 2020 Waterloo Memorial (link in English): 20 May 2020 Musée de la guerre de 1870 de Loigny-la-bataille (link in French): end of May 2020, opening with a new exhibition “Napoleon […]
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from 01/04/2020 to 31/12/2020ExhibitionWellington, Waterloo and the defeat of NapoleonOn the 18 June 1815 at Waterloo in Belgium Wellington, commanding a coalition force of Allied armies, defeated Napoleon. The Battle of Waterloo brought to an end twenty-three years of warfare across Europe. With this remarkable victory Wellington achieved life-long fame and was showered with gifts from the grateful Crown Heads of Europe. Many of […]
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from 01/02/2020 to 14/06/2020ExhibitionJean-Marie Delaperche, an artist confronted by the torments of historyJean-Marie Delaperche (1771-1843) was born in Orléans. Up until now, relatively little has been known about his life and work, but gradually the picture is starting to come together. No friend to the Napoleonic regime, he fled the Consulate for Russia, and struggled to make his way as a painter, while keeping his true passion – […]