On Thursday, June 10 at 6:30pm, join Cynthia Saltzman and Caroline Weber as they discuss Saltzman’s latest book, Plunder: Napoleon’s Theft of Veronese’s Feast just published by FSG.

In Plunder Cynthia Saltzman recounts the fate of Paolo Veronese’s Wedding Feast at Cana, a vast, sublime canvas that the French, under the command of the young Napoleon Bonaparte, tore from a wall of the monastery of San Giorgio Maggiore, on an island in Venice, in 1797.
As Saltzman tells the larger story of Napoleon’s looting of Italian art and its role in the creation of the Louvre, she reveals the contradictions of his character: his thirst for greatness, as well as his ruthlessness in getting whatever he sought. Expertly researched and deftly told, Plunder chronicles one of the most spectacular art appropriation campaigns in history, one that sheds light on a seminal historical figure and the complex origins of one of the great museums of the world.

In English. Free and open to the public. Please RSVP here. In order to support Albertine during these challenging times, we would greatly appreciate it if you purchased a copy of Plunder with us.