Portrait of Napoleon I in his Coronations Robes

Credits

The exhibition is organized by the American Federation of Arts, New York, and Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris. The national tour is made possible, in part, by the Joseph and Sylvia Slifka Foundation, Inc., and the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. The exhibition is also supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

The organizing curator is Odile Nouvel-Kammerer, curator of 19th-century art at Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris. In St. Louis the exhibition is curated by David Conradsen, assistant curator of decorative arts and design.

Images Courtesy of the American Federation of Arts
Curule Chair, Napoleon’s Cuirass, Throne, Stool in the Shape of Crossed Sabers, Cup in the Shape of a Woman’s Breast, and Empire Gown

Images Copyright Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Bust of Napoleon I and Portrait of Napoleon I in his Coronation Robes