Chapter 1161 Gryphon and Eagle Wings

This was how Napoleon's mornings at the Tuileries Palace often began.

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

The air in the room is very clear, but the smell of Paris is not good until the mountain of dung accumulated over the centuries is cleared away. At this time, he will ask the servant to place a small incense burner in the room where he spends his days.

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Napoleon had a keen sense of smell and caught cold easily, so the fireplace was kept burning until very late every year.

He is a very impatient person with a somewhat rude and rude behavior. If the official documents are of no importance, he will throw them directly on the ground after reading them. If he needs a serious reply, he will put a cross on them, and then he will read the newspaper. 9

There will be people waiting for him in the living room outside at around 10:00 to attend the wake-up ceremony. Several privileged people will immediately enter his room, such as the wardrobe master and the palace general. These people will watch the "First Consul" wash up and say

There were rumors in the palace and gossip among the people, and even ladies did not shy away from meeting him, and still bathed in front of them.

Napoleon especially liked to take hot baths, which were extremely hot. He would brush his arms and chest with a coarse-bristled brush. This was a habit he developed in Egypt, and then let his servants brush his back.

Almost every morning, Napoleon would yell at the valet, "Brush 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 bath, he would shave himself, brush his teeth and wash his face. When he was down and out, he probably didn't even have a mirror. After he became the emperor, he would have a valet to hold the mirror for him. At this time, he would deliberately find some "well-lit" ones.

place, and let the manservant walk around him holding the mirror.

Then he would put on a flannel vest and hang around his neck a heart-shaped black velvet bag with a skin bag containing deadly poison that he could swallow at any time. Then he would put on the green coat of a mounted hunter.

, putting on his saber-belt, and before putting on his little black beaver fur hat, he would make sure his hair was sprinkled with cologne, and then he would wipe his lips with a fine linen handkerchief sprinkled with cologne.

Forehead and temples.

He put the handkerchief into his vest pocket, took out the binoculars, put on the candy box with anise and licorice candies, and the essential snuff bottle, put on his boots and left the palace.

Sometimes he was not so fastidious, it all depended on whether he could go out or go to the studio for a portrait. He liked to drive in a carriage on the boulevard or ride around the city on horseback. Sometimes he would play role-playing with Josephine.

"Ordinary citizen couples" wandered around the city to hear if the citizens had another plan to surround the palace and assassinate the emperor.

Napoleon did not often live in the Tuileries Palace. He would not make the same mistake as Louis XVI and be stuck in the palace. He sometimes lived in Sondanbleau or Malemaison for a period of time.

Both palaces were outside the city, giving them plenty of room to escape. He would also check the palace accounts. If he found out that stockings and candles cost too much, he would be surprised and complain that others didn't want to account for them all.

On his head.

Emperors before him would eat with many people, or at least with a beauty, but Napoleon would eat alone at a small round table. French food has many serving sequences, and the whole process may take a long time.

Over an hour, Napoleon usually finished eating in seven or eight minutes, and the longest was no more than twenty minutes. His eating habits were not very good. He ate potatoes, beans, peas, and pastries without chewing them thoroughly. Moreover, he especially loved Italian pasta.

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Because of family inheritance and long-term bad eating habits, he was particularly worried that he would get stomach problems. He had to drink Shangbai red wine with every meal. If he ate too much and his stomach felt uncomfortable, he went back to the first floor to stay with Josephine for a while.

Later, this person became Marie Louise, but this beautiful flower of the Austrian court could not step outside the palace, so there was nothing to talk about, so he took this opportunity to take a nap and rest, and began to prepare for the boring palace life that followed.

This is why the French emperor wanted to build the Louvre. It was boring. The king's reception room was sometimes called the "drawing room". Even for the king, having a painter paint his portrait was a big deal. He would definitely dress up. This was a formal ceremony.

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 come to entertain, or simply having a dance. This "drawing room" was

It's not just for painting.

Napoleon was particularly fond of masquerades, and he performed an impromptu performance by himself at the end of the ball. But more often than not, Napoleon would review the ministers' memorials behind a large desk decorated with griffins.

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

The long military life and the life of an emperor with hidden murderous intentions made it impossible for him to sleep peacefully. A sleep that a beggar could enjoy was a luxury for the first consul.

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

After Napoleon, no emperor lived in the Louvre. Napoleon III turned the Louvre into a place for royal celebrations. From the time the Louvre was built until it was finally turned into a public museum, only Napoleon Bonaparte lived in the Louvre.

Lived in the floating palace.

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

Napoleon's glory at the Louvre lasted for 12 years, until his defeat at Waterloo. After his fall, many artworks were returned to their original owners. However, due to the French's diplomatic methods, many of the artworks plundered by him still remain.

was left in the Louvre.

Among them is the "The Wedding of Cana" painted by Paolo Veronese. It hangs in the Mona Lisa Hall, and it is directly opposite the Mona Lisa. The audience can see it just by turning around.

It's here, and it's the largest oil painting in the Louvre's collection, with a whole wall covered in it.

Since the Italians say that the identical "The Wedding of Cana" in the Church of Our Lady of Notre-Dame was painted by Tintorito, then it was really painted by Tintorito. The French put it in the Mona Lisa Hall

It was obvious that they would not return it. During World War II, Italy saw France being beaten by the Germans and was unable to withstand it. They wanted to take advantage of it, but they were sent back. They didn’t even think about the collection of the Louvre. Not only was Hitler in

During the Arc de Triomphe military parade, everything that could be moved away from the Louvre was removed. Only a pair of Assyrian statues of the patron saint of Ramasu were left because they were too heavy to move. At that time, the Louvre was already filled with explosives

,** can blow up the Louvre at any time.

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

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

Later, at the end of World War II, Germany, as a defeated nation, returned 61,000 of the 100,000 objects looted from the Louvre, of which 45,000 were delivered to their owners at the request of the victims or their direct heirs.

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

The ** is very cunning. They may not have transported the Louvre collection to Berlin. The Allies would not attack the Alpine defenses just for the gold.

Moreover, the Germans also invaded Russia and robbed many Russian works of art. These things are now difficult to find.

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

If you are going for the Mona Lisa, you will also have to reduce the queuing time.

We’ve already come to the Tuileries Palace, so there’s no reason why we shouldn’t go to the Louvre.

The Grand Gallery of the Louvre was originally a corridor connecting the Tuileries Palace. Now that the palace is gone, only the gallery is left. After buying a ticket and entering, Pomona easily discovered Leonardo da Vinci’s Madonna of the Rocks.

, and the bizarre portrait of Rudolf II.

Most people draw portraits based on people. He likes to use fruits and vegetables to replace people's facial features. They are so distinctive that it is difficult to recognize them.

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

But she thought about it for a moment and forgot about it.

If she rushes to go now, it will appear that she really wants that rag, so that the greedy goblin can increase the price.

It is natural for a gentleman to wait for a lady, so the two of them should wait for a while before talking.
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