Napoleon III
Jean Hippolyte Flandrin
Oil on canvas
c. 1850s
![An extraordinary cast of the death mask of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, made shortly after his death on the island of St Helena on 5 May 1821, is to be sold at Bonhams Book, Map and Manuscript sale on June 19th in Knightsbridge, London. It is estimated at £40,000-60,000. More Information: http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=62619#.UZaRruv9yUd[/url]Copyright © artdaily.org](http://25.media.tumblr.com/e34c0460f387f3c1bb6f3617cc292f73/tumblr_mmyme8jgJT1rtsvero1_500.jpg)
Joséphine in coronation costume
Francois Gerard
Oil on canvas
c. 1806 - 1808
Belarus buries remains of 110 Napoleonic soldiers
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Marshal Michel Ney, duc d’Elchingen, prince de la MoskovaFrançois GérardOil on canvasc. 1805Michel Ney (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl ˈnɛ]), 1st Duc d’Elchingen, 1st Prince de la Moskowa (10 January 1769 – 7 December 1815), popularly known as Marshal Ney, was a French soldier and military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was one of the original 18 Marshals of France created by Napoleon. He was known as Le Rougeaud (“red faced” or “ruddy”) by his men and nicknamed le Brave des Braves (“the bravest of the brave”) by Napoleon.
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Marshal Michel Ney, duc d’Elchingen, prince de la Moskova
François Gérard
Oil on canvas
c. 1805
Michel Ney (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl ˈnɛ]), 1st Duc d’Elchingen, 1st Prince de la Moskowa (10 January 1769 – 7 December 1815), popularly known as Marshal Ney, was a French soldier and military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was one of the original 18 Marshals of France created by Napoleon. He was known as Le Rougeaud (“red faced” or “ruddy”) by his men and nicknamed le Brave des Braves (“the bravest of the brave”) by Napoleon.
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Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte
French School, 1860
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Today is Napoleon’s Death Day.
…maybe that’s what it is.
Napoléon Bonaparte: 15 August, 1769 – 5 May, 1821
“Oh, you parliaments of England and you Holy Alliance,
On a prisoner of war, you can now har defiance.
For all your base intrigue, you never could demean him
& you exiled him to die on the isle of Saint Helena.”
- Frank Harte, The Isle of St. Helena
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![René Magritte The Future of Statues 1937 TATE Museumoil on plaster“This work is made from a commercial plaster reproduction of the death mask of the French Emperor Napoleon. Magritte painted at least five of these casts, each with sky and clouds. Discussing the works, the artist’s friend the Surrealist poet Paul Nougé suggested an association between death, dreams and the depth of the sky. He commented: ‘a patch of sky traversed by clouds and dreams [can] transfigure the very face of death in a totally unexpected way’.”](http://24.media.tumblr.com/9a3c6dd68eaad90d1508f977f4dbb300/tumblr_mjcyx6xgDd1rtsvero1_500.jpg)
René Magritte The Future of Statues 1937 TATE Museum
oil on plaster
“This work is made from a commercial plaster reproduction of the death mask of the French Emperor Napoleon. Magritte painted at least five of these casts, each with sky and clouds. Discussing the works, the artist’s friend the Surrealist poet Paul Nougé suggested an association between death, dreams and the depth of the sky. He commented: ‘a patch of sky traversed by clouds and dreams [can] transfigure the very face of death in a totally unexpected way’.”
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