Napoleon's troops looting paintings from the Old Masters Picture Gallery in Kassel, Germany, 1806. Enlevement des tableaux de la galerie de Cassel. Woodcut by Huyot after a German caricature against Napoleon and Vivant Denon, the director of the Louvre. Illustration from Paul Lacroix's Directoire, Consulat et Empire, (Directory, Consulate and Empire), Paris, 1884.

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