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On Napoleon.org, find out more about the painting “Allegory of the exile and death of Napoleon I on St Helena” or “Napoleon’s tomb” Presentation of the exhibition by the Wallace Collection Hertford, who lived in Paris near Vernet’s studio, acquired 46 paintings and eight watercolours by the artist with whom he seems to have been on […]

Roger Fenton (1819-1869), a painter who trained in Paris possibly in Delaroche’s studio alongside future photographers such as Gustave Le Gray, Henri Le Secq and Charles Nègre, turned to photography around 1850. He was close to Queen Victoria and in 1855 received an order to travel to Crimea to photograph the siege of Sebastopol, where […]

Scholarly committee: Micaela Antonucci (UniBo), Federico Bucci (Polimi), Antonino De Francesco (Unimi), Jean-Philippe Garric (Paris 1), Michele Luminati (Universität Luzern), Carlo Mambriani (UniPr), France Nerlich (Inha), Susanna Pasquali (Roma 1), Dominique Poulot (Paris 1), Francesco Repishti (Polimi), Letizia Tedeschi (Archivio del Moderno-USI) ► full programme (pdf) PROGRAMME / PROGRAMMA MILANO  28 october 2021 Politecnico di Milano […]

From 15 October 2021 to 13 February 2022, the exhibition “The Legend of the Eagle in LEGO® and historical works” will take place at the Atelier Grognard in Rueil-Malmaison. As part of the commemorations of the bicentenary of the death of Napoleon, the town of Rueil-Malmaison presents a new travelling exhibition at the Atelier Grognard […]

This event takes place on Wednesday 22 September in the afternoon Thursday 23 all day, Friday 24 in the morning. (Interventions may be in French Italian or English) The aim of this international colloquium is to examine the link between the police and the Napoleonic imperial territory, by studying the administration, the police practices and […]

Programme Tuesday 21 September 2021 2pm: Doors open 2.30pm: Start of proceedings and welcome address   First session: 5 May 1821.”The mightiest breath of life that ever animated human clay 2.40pm: A man’s death, by Pierre Branda, head of the Heritage Department of the Fondation Napoléon 3.05pm: The sovereign and death: the rituals of “a […]

Throughout the entire period when the artwork is on display, as well as during its preparation, the space beneath the Arc de Triomphe over the consecrated stone slab, where, since 1923 the Eternal Flame has burned in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, will be fully maintained. As always, veterans associations and volunteers […]

The exhibition “In the footsteps of Napoleon I at the Monnaie de Paris” invites visitors to discover both the artistic, technical and scientific role of the Monnaie de Paris during the Directoire, the Consulate and the Empire and its role in the construction and dissemination of the Napoleonic legend during the July Monarchy and the […]

Napoleon Bonaparte is known as an outstanding leader in war, a tireless worker and for rebuilding work in France and beyond, but he is less known as a lover of arts and crafts. However, he was perfectly aware of the strategic but also economic importance of furnishing the imperial residences. Napoleon and the decorative arts […]

The full programme can be found here (pdf). Below are some of the participants. Jan Bosteels, Belgium, The Lotus Flower and the Palm Tree: the Parallel Lives and Work of Baron Antoine Dubois and Baron Dominique Larrey. Sat 14th. Alexander Grab, USA, State and Society in Napoleonic Italy. Terry Crowdy, UK, Fashion of Women Camp Followers […]