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

Napoleon Sarony, “The Declaration of Independence,” 1843–1853. Harry T. Peters, “America on Stone.” Lithography Collection. Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History This hand-colored ...

Among the top lots was a painting of Napoleon by Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse, which sold for 20 times its estimate at $1 million.

A massive trove of artwork and curios linked to Napoleon Bonaparte, including one of his iconic bicorne hats, has sold for ...

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 ...

Collectibles A Trove of Napoleon Relics Commands $9.7 Million at Auction. More than 100 of the emperor's effects including garments, paintings, and a bicorne hat were up for grabs at Sotheby's Paris.

Napoleon’s armies had been followed everywhere by savants and antiquarians, scholars we might even call curators, with instructions to sel ect works of art from every subject state.

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 ...

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.

Great prices for paintings helped push the recent landmark Napoleon sale beyond expectations. Find out why the Emperor still ...

Two centuries after his downfall, Napoleon remains both revered and controversial in France — but above all, unavoidable.