Louvre's Appiani Cartoon Dangles from Crane

September 23 2025

Video: Dailymotion via. Corriere della Sera

Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:

The Italian press have released the following video showing the Louvre's The Apotheosis of Napoleon by Andrea Appiani being hoisted into the Palazzo Reale in Milan by a crane. The loan has been organised for the exhibition Appiani and Neoclassicism in Milan which opens today and runs until 11th January 2026.

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