Louvre buys sketches showing Napoleon’s seizure of art during Prussian campaign

A group of drawings and a sketchbook compiled by an artist assigned to Napoleon’s campaigns in Prussia and Poland in 1806-7 has been secured by the Louvre at a Toulouse auction.

The collection, which was discovered by auctioneer Jérôme de Colonges of the Ivoire Toulouse-Primard…

Enjoy unlimited access: just £1 for 12 weeks

Subscribe now