Napoleon Bonaparte: Big Winner, Big Loser

Meissonier Campagne de France 1814, Musee D'Orsay

In this election season when Americans are focused on winners and losers, I came across two relevant paintings of Napoleon Bonaparte. The first shows the Emperor in 1807 at the height of his power. The second shows the Emperor seven years later in the midst of failure. Ernest Meissonier painted them during France’s Second Empire […]

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