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White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon hung an oil painting of himself dressed as Napoleon on his office wall in the before the 2016 election, according to a report from New York Magazine.
“Napoleon understood that the French kings had used art and architecture to aggrandize themselves and to build the image of political power, and he did exactly the same thing,” Cynthia ...
The oil painting, he goes on to describe, depicts Bannon dressed as Napoleon posing as the French emperor did in the portrait The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries by Jacques-Louis David.
“Napoleon” costume designers divvied up their tasks, with Janty Yates concentrating on French civilian wear and David Crossman on evolving military outfits. The Ridley Scott epic follows ...
A painting featuring a young Conrad Black dressed as Napoleon Bonaparte is being repurchased by Lord Black's former friend and colleague, Henry (Hal) Jackman. Mr. Jackman parted with the portrait ...
The painting was sold at auction in 2005 with a guide price of £15,000 A painting of Napoleon Bonaparte by Jacques-Louis David has been identified in New York by a University of Reading researcher.