Napoleon's soldiers looting Dresden art treasures
Removal of paintings and artworks from the Cassel gallery in Dresden by Napoleon's soldiers after the Battle of Dresden in 1813: a German caricature against Napoleon and Dominique Vivant Denon, who Napoleon made first director of the Louvre Museum in Paris, the implication being that Dresden's artworks are bolstering the holdings of the Louvre
Picture No
13989476
Media ID
45686708
Size
4000px x 4802px
(6.5MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Unattributed engraving
Date
C.1813
