The National Gallery of Victoria (Australia) will open this year’s spectacular Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition, Napoleon: Revolution to Empire.
This panoramic exhibition features nearly 300 works, examining French art, culture and life from the 1770s to the 1820s and includes objects of breathtaking opulence and luxury – from paintings, drawings, engravings, sculpture, furniture, militaria, textiles, porcelain, gold and silver, fashion and jewellery.
Napoleon: Revolution to Empire explores, amongst other themes, the stormy period of social change forced upon France through the outbreak of the French Revolution, the execution of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, and the rise to power of the young Napoleon Bonaparte and his new wife Josephine, as the couple worked to cement their place as France’s new political and social leaders.
Date: through October 7.
Location: National Gallery of Victoria. 180 St Kilda Road Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia.
Opening hours: from Wednesday to Monday from 10am to 5pm.