More than 100 objects connected to the French emperor just sold at auction. The collection sheds light on the man and the ...

Portrait of Napoleon at Fontainebleau without his hand being hidden, March 31, 1814, by Paul Delaroche (1797-1856), oil on canvas, 138x180 cm. Napoleonic Wars, France, 19th century. (Photo by ...

In 1802, French ruler Napoleon Bonaparte was riding high as he brokered peace with England for the first time in a decade, retook several colonies that France had recently lost, and became consul ...

The Brooklyn Museum has hung Jacques-Louis David’s “Bonaparte Crossing the Alps” alongside an adaptation by Kehinde Wiley. It’s a face-off between two visions of the political power of art.

Napoleon ordered the sabre in 1802 and kept it throughout his reign. The Giquello auction firm said on Friday it expected the sword to reach $800,000 to $1.1 million when it goes under the hammer ...

“Napoleon” (2023) opens with an idea written in the shades of the French tricolor: “The people are driven by misery into revolution … and brought back to misery by revolution.” This cyclic statement ...