Napoleon - Finestre sull'Arte

Digitized and accessible to all the letters of Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi

Digitized letters of Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi: thanks to a memorandum of understanding between the president of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca, Marcello Bertocchini, and the president of the Fondation Napoléon, Victor-André...
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How many and what are the Italian paintings requisitioned by the French today exhibited in the Louvre?

How many and what are the Italian paintings that were looted by the French in Italy at the time of the Napoleonic plundering that are now on display in the Louvre? There are a total of about fifty canvases and panels by Italian artists requisitioned ...
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At the Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi, the restored Napoleonic gala saloon returns

The restored Napoleonic gala saloon carriage returns to the Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi. The carriage will be visible within the tour route from Friday, September 6. The artifact represents a historical testimony of the Napoleonic presence in It...
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Napoleonic spoliations: the legal and cultural reasons for the removals

When one associates Napoleon Bonaparte (Ajaccio, 1769 - St. Helena, 1821) with art history, the most immediate link is with the Napoleonic despoliations, that is, the long sequence of artwork embezzlements and requisitions that French soldier...
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