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Description: | View of the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, Paris, from the Rue Imperiale (now Rue de Rivoli). Designed by Charles Percier and Pierre L�onard Fontaine, it was built between 1806-08 by Napoleon I after the Arch of Septimus Severus in Rome.
It was erected to commemorate France's military victories in 1805. The iconographic scheme includes bas-reliefs in rose marble showing the Peace of Pressburg, Napoleon entering Munich, Napoleon entering Vienna, the Battle of Austerlitz, the Tilsit Conference, and the surrender of Ulm.
Box Title: Herschel Collection 1.
caption: 'Vue de L' Arc de Triomphe' | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Arc Emperor prints of France Napoleon Bonaparte | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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