Traces Napoleon’s accrual of the spoils of war: the negotiated, carefully targeted removal of Renaissance masterpieces including works by Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael, as well as the enormous Veronese ‘Marriage at Cana’ from the refectory at St Giorgio Maggiore in Venice.
Napoleon’s Plunder and the Theft of Veronese’s Feast
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