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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

Edouard Detaille’s painting of Napoleon during the Italian campaign may fetch more than $100,000 at Sotheby’s auction later this month. Sotheby's.

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 ...