“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 ...

A hand-painted portrait on porcelain of Empress Josephine Bonaparte (c. 1804-1815), believed to be painted by René Théodore Berthon, a French artist popular during the First Empire period (image ...

32¼ x 25 3/8 in. (82 x 64.5 cm.) ...

King Charles III’s official portrait is stirring conversation, but it’s far from the first to do so. Throughout history, portraits have often been sources of controversy, blending fact and fiction.

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Napoleon was the emperor of France, but also the king of public relations. The practice of framing himself in a certain image was ...

5.5 x 5.5 in. (14 x 14 cm.) A truly imperial pair, these bronze portrait plaques of Emperor Napoléon and Empress Marie-Louise represent a celebration of the couple’s wedding festivities. The stately ...

Click to open image viewer. A large framed artwork composed of two separate canvases. One canvas depicts a Haitian reinterpretation of the 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte portrait, Bonaparte, First Consul and ...