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Saw this on pinterest. There are now all these cool AI Napoleon things. I don't know who made this but I think it's beautiful.

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Rather bizarre representation of Napoleon's death

The Death of Napoleon by Joseph Denis Odevaere (Belgian painter).

This painting reminds me of the 15th century Flemish paintings of the dead Christ being mourned.

Artist received a gold medal from Napoleon for some unknown reason and I also don't know when. In 1815 he became court painter to King William I of the Netherlands. He began a campaign for the return of art works that had been looted by the French Army including pieces by Michelangelo, Jan van Eyck, Hans Memling, and Gerard David. (info from wikipedia)

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What's one thing you adore about Napoleon?

Pinching people's ears

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I had a sexy statue of Napoleon installed in my backyard and someone wrote graffiti on it: "If I live, you will die." What kind of coward would do such a thing?

A stupid one. What sort of Napoleon owner would not be proud to die for their pet Napoleon? One time I had to produce an ax to chop a great white shark's head off to protect my Napoleon's; I'd do it again

(Artist's rendition of me defending my Napoleon from a shark).

Also, I like how the Napoleon you submitted looks like he is trying imitate his sister, Princess Pauline! What a good boy!

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On the late Rene Auberjonois' website

[Either he was a bit ignorant about his ancestor, or is being humble. Anyway, I love you, Odo!]

A question from Andrea:

It’s a virtual pleasure to write you! Just a question about your background. Since your mother’s surname is Murat, are you descended from the same Murat from the French Revolution that got killed in his bathtub? Like that famous painting. Or maybe it’s a different name…but it sounds so similar! Either way, I’m sure you had ancestors involved in the French Revolution someway, somehow. I appreciate your time for this silly inquiry!

Hi Andrea- You'r're thinking of Marat… my great, great, something or other grandfather was Joachim Murat, married to Caroline, Napoleon’s sister. He was one of Napoleon’s Generals and became King of Naples. By all reports he was a bit of an idiot.

All the best- rené a.

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Rating: No Napoleon Pictured

Instead, what we have here is a Predatory Tsar kissing Louis XVIII.

I’m starting to think Predatory Tsars just kiss anyone, anytime, any place. And here my Napoleons thought what they had was special…

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Joachim Murat, by Pierre Charles Cior, around 1808.

(I’ve actually never seen this one before. It was posted on Facebook from an unnamed auction listing.)

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A unique effigy cup with the relief portrait of Caroline Bonaparte was made by the Royal Factory of Naples during the period of the management of Giovanni Poulard Prad entrusted to him in 1807 by the French government

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La Grande Armée's generals comprised all the regions of France

Teutonic and Latin tribes, Celts and Normans, Francs and Albigenses, Armagnacs and Burgundians — they were all represented in the Grande Armee. The Gascon generals — Lannes, Bernadotte, Brune, Bessieres, Soult, Lamarque, Clausel, Nansouty — for whom Mortier led the Flemish weavers, Augereau the Parisian shopkeepers, Suchet the silk-weavers from Lyons, Davout the metal-workers from the Franche Comte and Burgundy, Cambronne the Breton rope-makers .... Murat, decked with diamonds and gold, and with plumes and feathers waving, rode with the advanced guard, his sword in his scabbard and using his riding whip on the thin quarters of the Cossacks' horses, making them fly before his rustic oaths.

Behind Ney, advancing through the snow or the smoke with his fiery countenance, his terrible eyes and his hair as red and curly as flames, came the generals from Lorraine — Gouvion Saint-Cyr, Oudinot, Drouot, Mouton, Gerard, Lasalle, Exelmans — for whom Harispe and Barbanegre led the shepherds of the Pyrenees and of the Landes, Montbrun and Victor the woodcutters of the Dauphine and the Cevennes, Jourdan the masons of Limoges, Marbot and Daumesnil the Perigord quarrymen, Massena and Reille the smugglers of Maures, the shade of Desaix the drovers of Auvergne.

Napoleon by Elie Faure, 1921

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"I'll break you like I did this priceless vase!" [Laughing inside at diplomats because vase-breaking works better.]

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Illustration by JOB in the book "Napoléon" written by Georges Montorgueil, published in 1921 by Boivin (Paris).

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Christian Clavier saying something about Napoleon

Christian Clavier reçoit le Prix d'Honneur du Festival Napoleon - Cérémonie + Discours (2021)

Unlike Joaquin and Ridley, Christian Clavier actually knew something about Napoleon and was advised by Thierry Lentz.

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Napoleon abandoning his army by Henry Marriott Paget

Napoleon's coup de main: scene in the Hall of the Ancients AD 1799

This artist has countless illustrations at the link above. Most of them are related to English history.

The Cossack's Challenge

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lol

On a certain occasion, a report was sent him, with the intention of pleasing him, on the question of canonizing Bonaventure Buonaparte, one of his Lombard ancestors, and he wrote on the margin of the paper: "Spare me this ridicule."

—Napoleon by Elie Faure, 1921.

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Is this Napoleon cute? Pictured with a junot

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Rating: Cute!

This is a young Napoleon that is suitably socialized with a companion Junot! He seems to be trying to camouflage with that nondescript pelt, but that doesn't mean he's scared. It just means he's exploring!

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A book I found accidentally

I am really enjoying this book. It is philosophical and rather complex in its ideas. It reminds me of another one that I like very much : L'Ame de Napoleon by Leon Bloy. The author was mostly famous for writing a multi-volume History of Art, also on archive.org.

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I am looking for a good Napoleon breeder, but it's hard to find a good one. I keep seeing breeders that look like they have good Napoleons, but on closer inspection they just don't look good or well cared for at all! What are some good signs I should look for in a Napoleon breeder?

Sometimes, you gotta answer a question in the negative. For example, if the breeder looks like this:

Run the other way.

If they are housing Napoleons in an enclosure like this:

Call animal control.

On the positive side, make sure that the Napoleons in question have intense blue-grey eyes as though they are staring into your soul. Make sure that the Napoleons are active and playful - it's a common misconception that Napoleons are overly brooding! A Napoleon should be pinching ears and throwing rocks at innocent ladies, not lying in bed all day!

Arm yourself with knowledge.