The Sack of Italy, or How Canova Made a Fool of Napoleon

July 14, 2013

Anonymous, “Seizing the Italian Relics”, Musée de l’Armée, Paris In 1797, on the anniversary of the 9th Thermidor 1794, the …

Countess Albrizzi’s Venetian Salon, with Foscolo, Canova, and Byron

February 21, 2013

Élisabeth Vigée-Le Brun (1755–1842), Portrait of Isabella Teotochi Albrizzi (1792) Not very far from St. Marks’ Square, in one of …