The Church of San Geminiano in Venice, Demolished by Napoleon in 1807

January 15, 2016

Antonio Visentini (1688-1782), Piazza San Marco toward San Geminiano, etching (1742) after Canaletto There are many churches that we can …

List of Works of Art Looted by Napoleon in the Republic of Venice (1797)

May 27, 2015

This painting is the famous The Wedding Feast at Cana (1563), by Paolo Veronese. Before being plundered by Napoleon’s troops …

September 9, 2014

Cell in the Pozzi, next to the Doge’s Palace De chi me fido guardami iddio De chi no me fido …

July 14, 2013

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

January 17, 2013

From: Joseph Addison (1672-1719) A Letter from Italy To The Right Honourable Charles Lord Halifax In The Year MDCCI (…) …