The painting depicts Bannon in the style of The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries, an 1812 work by Jacques-Louis David that hangs at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Among the top lots was a painting of Napoleon by Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse, which sold for 20 times its estimate at $1 million.

A trove of objects that portray Napoleon Bonaparte at his most powerful—and his most personal—sold for a whopping total of ...

In this painting by Auguste Couder, Napoleon tours the Louvre, whose collection included art treasures taken by his army. Many were returned after his defeat at Waterloo in what experts view as ...

Napoleon famously said the 1807 work was “not a painting, one walks into this picture” and he was not wrong. As one of the largest oil paintings hanging in the Louvre, the work, which the ...

Two centuries after his downfall, Napoleon remains both revered and controversial in France — but above all, unavoidable.

Napoleon Sarony, “The Declaration of Independence,” 1843–1853. Harry T. Peters, “America on Stone.” Lithography Collection.

Object Details artist Unknown Subject Bonaparte, Napoleon Notes Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 23 Catalogue of Works of Art. Exhibition of Paintings and Statuary in Aid of the Pittsburgh ...

For Napoleon’s coronation, Yates took cues from Jacques-Louis David’s famous 1807 painting about the event. “We copied it as verbatim as we could,” she says.

From designing Napoleon's coronation to his historic battles, Janty Yates and David Crossman drew upon historical texts and paintings for inspiration. How 'Napoleon' Coronation Scene Was Inspired ...