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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

This is a story of art looted by a European power, but one you might not expect. A new exhibition in The Hague has revealed that the Dutch are still missing 67 paintings looted by the French in ...

Napoleon: Noted 'Mona Lisa' lover. | Fine Art/GettyImages. The French emperor once had Mona Lisa hanging in his bedroom in the Tuileries Palace for about four years, beginning in 1800. It’s said ...