I'm a little slow to news that the Louvre have co-published and released a new book on the Italian Paintings in the Musée ...

In a sale dedicated to the Second Empire, this canvas (145 x 90 cm) painted in 1847 should not leave anyone indifferent. Estimated at €5,000/7,000, Portrait d’une élégante, possibly Lucile Ursule ...

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

PARIS, France — A sword that belonged to Napoleon and was specially ordered for the personal use of the French emperor is to be auctioned in Paris next month, the auction house said. Napoleon ...

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 €700,000 to €1 million (US$800,000 to US$1.1 ...

A sword that belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte and was specially ordered for the personal use by the French emperor will be auctioned in Paris next month, an auction house said. Napoleon ordered the ...

The auction firm said on Friday it expected Napoleon's sword to reach $800,000 to $1.1 million.

He painted portraits of William IV and Queen Adelaide in 1834 and of Queen Victoria in 1842. Shee travelled to Paris in September 1802 with other artists to view the collections of artworks looted by ...

The rubles of 1802–1805 are generally relatively easy to obtain although specimens in higher grades are very elusive, which is true as well for the lesser silver coins. There are only two mintmaster ...

“The same hair that these ’80s ‘wrestlemaniacs’ are wearing, it’s dead-on from a portrait in 1802,” said Jessica Glasscock, fashion historian and author of Wigging Out: Fake Hair That ...

In January 1802, Bonaparte sent his brother-in-law Charles Victor Emmanuel Leclerc to Saint-Domingue with tens of thousands of French troops. ? Arrest Louverture and reinstate slavery.