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 …

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 …