Master of war. Reformer. Great leader. “The Devil’s Favorite.” “Little Corporal.” Get to know the many sides of Napoleon Bonaparte during the James Smith Noel Collection’s commemorative event series.
There is no greater collector or no greater fan of Napoleon Bonaparte than Pierre-Jean Chalençon. He is easily the most prolific collector of Napoleonic material, reportedly estimated to be more than ...
On Wednesday in Paris, Sotheby's generated €8.7 million ($9.6 million) from what it called "one of the most significant offerings of Napoleonic material ever to come to market." The sale sailed past ...
The Napoleon memorabilia was originally estimated at around 7 million euros French collector Pierre-Jean Chalencon assembled the items over four decades The vast collection also included Napoleon's ...
In artwork depicting the Napoleonic Wars, gunpowder often clouds the scene, but among the hundreds of troops, one figure is immediately recognizable as Napoleon Bonaparte. What makes the French ...
Giambattista Valli held his women’s ready-to-wear autumn-winter 2023 collection at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris. His ready-to-wear shows are far more bright, white in setting, with long spaces, ...
The galleries of Frye Art Museum have been transformed again, with two shows that swing from 19th-century genre paintings and historical prints to contemporary video art. Here’s the lineup: the ...
A Dutch antique trader is selling his collection of over 5,000 unopened bottles of Cognac and other liquors, which he claims is the biggest of its kind. The most precious bottle in Bay van der Bunt's ...
A massive trove of artwork and curios linked to Napoleon Bonaparte, including one of his iconic bicorne hats, has sold for more than $10 million in Paris, an auction house said. Sotheby's said it had ...