Author:
Saltzman, Cynthia, author.
Edition Statement:First edition.
ImprintNew York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
Descriptionviii, 317 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Note:Introduction: "One of the greatest [paintings] ever made with a brush" -- "Send me a list of the pictures, statues, cabinets and curiosities" -- Venice need not "fear that the French armies would not fully respect its neutrality" -- "Master Polo will...not spare any expense for the finest ultramarine" -- "He is rich in plans" -- "This museum must demonstrate the nation's great riches" -- "Draw as much as you can from Venetian territory" -- "The Pope will deliver...one hundred paintings, busts, vases or statues" -- "I'm on a path a thousand times more glorious" -- "The Republic of Venice will surrender...twenty paintings" -- "In the Church of St. George...The Wedding Feast at Cana" -- "We...have received from Citizen Pietro Edwards" -- "The most secure way would be to send them on a frigate, with 32 cannons" -- "The seam...will be unstitched" -- "The revolution...is finished" -- "You enter a gallery -- such a gallery. But such a gallery!!!" -- "The transparency of air...places[s] Gros beside Tintoretto and Paul Veronese" -- "This beautiful work reminds us of the picture by Paul Veronese" -- "I succeeded...in packing most of the pieces of small size and great value" -- "The only thing to do is to burn them!" -- "This foreboding painting...seems to summon the eye...from all directions" -- "The masterpieces of the arts now belong to us" -- "We are at last beginning to drag forth from this great cavern of stolen goods the precious objects of art" -- Epilogue.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-289) and index.
Note:"History of Napoleon's art looting of Italy and the subsequent formation of the Louvre."-- Provided by publisher.
