Chapter 1161 Griffin Wings

Napoleon's mornings at the Tuileries often began this way.

He would leave Josephine's bed very early every day, wear a nightgown, put on stockings, and wear a pair of green and red slippers with worn-off soles, and walk down the narrow stairs to the inner palace.

The room was airy, but Paris didn't smell very good until the mountain of dung accumulated over the centuries had been cleared away, when he would have his servants set up small censers in his daytime rooms. .

Napoleon had a keen sense of smell and was prone to colds, so the fireplace would burn until late every year.

He is very impatient and behaves somewhat rudely. If he deals with official documents that are not important, he will throw them on the ground after reading them. If he needs to reply seriously, he will mark them with a cross, and then he will read the newspaper. There would be someone waiting for him in the drawing room outside around nine o'clock to attend the rising ceremony, and a few privileged people would immediately enter his room, such as the costume master and the general of the court. These people would watch the "First Consul" take a bath while talking about rumors in the palace and folk gossip, even if a lady came to see him, he would still take a bath in front of the lady.

Napoleon especially liked to take a hot bath, which was very hot. He would brush his arms and chest with a coarse brush, which was a habit he developed in Egypt, and then let his servants brush his back.

Almost every morning, Napoleon would yell at his servants, "Swipe hard, brush hard, just like brushing the back of a donkey." It is estimated that no emperor would compare himself to a donkey, but he was very proud of it. After taking a shower, he shaves himself, brushes his teeth and washes his face. When he was down and out, he probably didn’t even have a mirror. After he became the emperor, there would be a servant to hold the mirror for him. At this time, he would deliberately find some "well-lit" places, and let the servant hold the mirror and walk around him.

Then he would put on a flannel vest, and around his neck would hang a black velvet heart-shaped pouch containing a skin pouch containing the deadly poison so that he could swallow it at any time. Afterwards he'll don the green hunter's coat and saber belt, and he'll make sure his hair is sprinkled with cologne before donning his black beaver fur "little fur hat," which he'll sprinkle with a splinter. Cologne fine linen handkerchiefs to wipe lips, forehead and temples.

He put the handkerchief in his vest pocket, fetched the binoculars, put on the candy box with anise and licorice, and the necessary snuff bottle, put on his boots and left the palace.

Sometimes he is not so fastidious, it all depends on whether he goes out, or goes to the studio for portraits. He likes to go for a ride on the boulevard in a four-wheeled carriage, or ride around the city on horseback. Sometimes he and Josephine will act as "ordinary citizen couples" and wander around the city to hear whether the citizens are besieging the palace again. , a plan to assassinate the emperor.

Napoleon didn't often live in the Tuileries Palace. He didn't make the same mistake as Louis XVI. He was stuck in the palace and couldn't get out. He sometimes lived in Songdanbeau, or Malemaison for a while. Both palaces are outside the city with plenty of room to escape. He would also check the accounts of the court, and would be surprised if he found out that stockings and candles cost too much, and complained that no one should try to blame him for it.

The emperors before him would eat with many people, at least accompanied by a beautiful woman, but Napoleon ate alone at a small round table. There are many orders for serving French food, and it may take more than an hour for a whole set of procedures. Napoleon usually finishes eating in seven or eight minutes, and the longest does not exceed 20 minutes. His eating habits are not elegant, and he swallows potatoes, beans, peas, and pastries without chewing them carefully, and he especially likes pasta.

Because of family inheritance and long-term bad eating habits, he is particularly worried that he will get stomach problems, and he must drink Shangbei Dan red wine with every meal. If he eats too much, his stomach feels uncomfortable. He goes back to the first floor to stay with Josephine for a while, and later this person becomes Mary Louise, but this beautiful Austrian court flower does not leave the palace, so there is nothing to talk about. , so he took this opportunity to take a nap and rest, and began to prepare for the boring court life that followed.

This is the reason why the French emperor wanted to repair the Louvre. Boring, the king's reception room is sometimes called the "drawing room". Even for the king, it is a big event for the painter to paint himself, and he must dress up. This is a formal In less formal occasions, the key is to spend time. Later, the kings had other pastimes, such as playing poker, bridge, telling ghost stories, having musicians to add to the fun, or simply having a dance party. This "drawing room" is Not just for drawing anymore.

Napoleon was particularly fond of masquerade balls, and performed an impromptu performance himself at the end of the ball. But more often, Napoleon would review the minister's memorials behind the large writing desk decorated with griffins.

After finishing all this work, at about ten o'clock, he will go to bed, sleep for two or three hours, get up full of energy to continue working, take a bath at two or three in the morning, and then sleep for a few hours.

Years of military life and the life of the emperor with hidden murderous intentions made him unable to sleep peacefully. The peaceful sleep that a beggar can enjoy is a luxury for the First Consul.

Before Napoleon, no emperor lived in the Louvre, it was just a place for nobles to have fun.

After Napoleon, no emperor lived in the Louvre. Napoleon III turned the Louvre into a place for royal celebrations. Lived in the floating palace.

On the basis of Louis XIV, Napoleon expanded many houses and added two wings, decorating the palace with thousands of tons of artwork and books from all over Europe.

Napoleon's glory in the Louvre lasted for 12 years, until he defeated Waterloo. After he lost power, many works of art were returned to their original owners. However, due to the diplomatic means of the French, many works of art looted by him remained was left in the Louvre.

Among them is the "Garner Wedding" painted by Paul Veronese, which is hung in the Mona Lisa Hall, and it is directly opposite to the Mona Lisa, and the audience can see it just by turning around. It's here, and it's the largest oil painting in the Louvre, covering an entire wall.

Since the Italians say that the identical "Wedding in Cana" in the Church of Our Lady of Ankang was painted by Tintolito, then it is really painted by Tintolito, and the French put it in the Mona Lisa Hall Here, it is obvious that it will not be returned. During World War II, Italy saw that France was beaten by the Germans and had no power to parry, so it wanted to take advantage of it, but it was beaten back. Don’t think about the collection of the Louvre. Hitler not only paraded at the Arc de Triomphe, but also removed all the things that could be moved in the Louvre. Only a pair of statues of the patron saint of Ashuramasu were left because they were too heavy. can't move away. At that time, the Louvre was already full of explosives, and the government could blow up the Louvre at any time.

Hitler not only wanted to destroy the Louvre, but also Paris, but this plan was stopped by a German general.

"This is a crazy plan, my Führer," said the general. "Who would have thought of razing Paris to the ground?"

After World War II ended, Germany, as a defeated country, returned 61,000 of the 100,000 items looted from the Louvre, of which 45,000 were delivered to their owners at the request of the victims or their immediate heirs.

The Russians took the lead in occupying Berlin, but there is no evidence to support that the Russians took the collection that the Germans took from the Louvre.

**Very cunning, they probably didn't ship the Louvre collection to Berlin, the Allies would go to the Alpine defenses and it wasn't just for the gold.

Besides, the Germans also invaded Russia and took away a lot of Russian artworks, which are hard to find now.

Even with the shrinking collection, it would take at least a month to see every treasure in the Louvre and stay in front of each treasure for only one minute, and one day is simply not enough.

If you are going for the Mona Lisa, you need to reduce the time spent queuing.

We've all come to the Tuileries Palace, so there's no reason not to go to the Louvre.

The Grand Gallery of the Louvre was originally a corridor linking the Tuileries Palace. Now that the Royal Palace is gone, there are only galleries left. After buying tickets to enter, Pomona easily found Da Vinci's Madonna of the Rocks , and the bizarre portrait of Rudolf II.

Ordinary people draw portraits based on people, but he likes to use fruits and vegetables to replace human facial features, which are so distinctive that it is difficult not to recognize them.

It was only when she saw the painting that she remembered that she had made an appointment to meet the appraiser.

But after thinking about it for a while, she forgot about it.

If she was in a hurry to go now, it would appear that she really wanted the rags so that the greedy goblin could increase the price.

Gentlemen wait for ladies as a matter of course, so the two of them might as well wait for a while.