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Emmanuelle Polack with her research materials at the Louvre Museums Centre du Dominique-Vivant Denon in Paris, June 23, 2021. Polack is the face of the French museums efforts to return stolen works. But some discoveries have put her employer in an awkward situation. Joann Pai/The New York Times.
by Elaine Sciolino
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- In a frenzied, four-day auction in the grand hall of the Savoy Hotel in Nice in June 1942, buyers bid on paintings, sculptures and drawings from the cabinet of a Parisian art lover. Among the 445 pieces for sale were works by Degas, Delacroix, Renoir and Rodin. The administrator monitoring the sale, appointed by the French collaborationist Vichy regime, and René Huyghe, a paintings curator at the Louvre, knew the real identity of the art lover: Armand Isaac Dorville, a successful Parisian lawyer. They also knew that he was Jewish. After Hitlers armies invaded and occupied Paris in 1940, the Vichy g
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Napoleon s military defeat in Egypt yielded a victory for history
When Napoleon invaded Egypt in 1798, he brought along an army of scholars, whose studies of this ancient culture became the foundation of Egyptology.
By Miguel Ángel Molinero 18 Jan 2021, 15:48 GMT
Jean-Léon Gérôme’s painting “Bonaparte Before the Sphinx” captures Napoleon’s instinct that the glory of ancient Egypt could be harnessed to exalt French power. Hearst Castle, San Simeon, California.
Photograph by AKG/ALBUM
By the end of the 18th century, France wanted to conquer Egypt. At war with Britain, France sought to disrupt its enemy’s dominance of the seas and its trade routes with India; taking control of Egypt would give France a foothold from which to expand in the Mediterranean. An ambitious Corsican general, Napoleon Bonaparte was given command of the mission. Already renowned for his campaigns in Italy, Napoleon led French forces to Egypt in 1798 to fight against the local rulers. Kno
When Napoleon invaded Egypt in 1798, he brought along an 'army' of scholars, whose studies of this ancient culture became the foundation of Egyptology.