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Here is the programme for spring-summer programme of talks (in French) from 5 April 5 to 21 June 2022: “Paris in the time of Napoleon”, by Irène Delage and Chantal Prévot; “Napoleon, the forgotten films”, by David Chanteranne; “Lucien Bonaparte, a Republican Prince”, by Cédric Lewandowski, Fondation Napoléon  Jury Prize winner in 2020; “The war […]

A virtuosic and prolific artist in a class of his own, Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761-1845) was the enthusiastic chronicler of Parisian life for sixty years, spanning a period from one revolution to the dawn of the next (1789 and 1848). In addition to being a portraitist for the Parisians and a painter of city scenes, Boilly […]

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 […]