Finding Napoleon’s “Ashes” in Paris 179 Years Ago
France After Napoleon’s Death:
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Napoleon III
Finding Napoleon Bonaparte in Baltimore
Last November I posted about Ernest Meissonier’s paintings of Napoleon Bonaparte. This month I came across another of Meissonier’s paintings (shown above) in the Walters Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. It depicts a sad but stoic Napoleon at the end of his reign. Meissonier painted his images of Napoleon Bonaparte fifty years after the emperor’s defeat.
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