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What's On : 8
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from 06/12/2021 to 17/07/2022ExhibitionThe Emperor, the artist and the collector
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 […]
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from 11/11/2021 to 27/02/2022ExhibitionThe Origins of war reporting: the English photographer Roger Fenton and the Crimean war (1855)
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 […]
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from 15/10/2021 to 13/02/2022ExhibitionThe Legend of the Eagle. The story of Napoleon Bonaparte in LEGO® and historical works
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 […]
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from 17/09/2021 to 06/03/2022ExhibitionIn the footsteps of Napoleon I at the Monnaie de Paris
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 […]
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from 15/09/2021 to 15/01/2022ExhibitionNapoleon I’s Lost Palaces
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 […]
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from 05/05/2021 to 09/01/2022ExhibitionNapoleon, the last act
Dedicated to the final moments of Napoleon Bonaparte’s epic deeds, the Rome Napoleonic Museum’s exhibition aims to illustrate the events of the Emperor’s exile and death on St Helena through an evocative visual narrative, constructed using prints, watercolours and sculptural and numismatic effigies. The exhibition is divided into four sections: St Helena, the last island […]
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from 03/04/2021 to 09/01/2022ExhibitionNapoleon – Beyond the Myth
From 3 April 2021 to 9 January 2022, Napoleon – Beyond the Myth retraces, in almost 3,000 m² of museum space at the Liège-Guillemins station, the major stages that shaped the life and sometimes the myth of the Emperor, with the help of historians from the University of Liège and the patronage of the Fondation Napoléon Discover […]
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from 26/06/2020 to 31/12/2023ExhibitionMiniatures from the Time of Napoleon in the Tansey Collection
This 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 […]