Exhibition 'Napoleon: From Triumph to Downfall'

About exhibition

The exhibition presents paintings and sculptures from the early 19th to the first third of the 20th century from the collection of the 'Borodino Battle' panorama museum. The museum is located in the west of Moscow, near Poklonnaya Hill, on the site of the former Moscow-region village of Fili. The central exhibit — the 'Borodino' panorama — was painted by Professor of the Imperial Academy of Arts Franz Alekseyevich Rubo in 1912 for the 100th anniversary of the battle between the Russian forces and the Grande Armée of Emperor Napoleon on 7 September 1812. The panorama museum's collection numbers over 40,000 items: a rare book collection, graphic arts, numismatics, paintings, and an arms collection. For the exhibition at the Yaroslavl Art Museum, works by European artists devoted to Napoleon and the events of the Napoleonic Wars were selected — portraits, genre scenes and battle paintings. The display reflects all the significant stages of Napoleon's career: from the battles that brought fame to the Grande Armée to the last days of the once-powerful emperor.