Plunder

Introduction: "One of the greatest [paintings] ever made with a brush"
1. "Send me a list of the pictures, statues, cabinets and curiosities"
2. Venice need not "fear that the French Armies would not fully respect its neutrality"
3. "Master Paolo will . . . not spare any expense for the finest ultramarine"
4. "He is rich in plans"
5. "This museum must demonstrate the nation's great riches"
6. "Draw as much as you can from Venetian territory"
7. "The Pope will deliver . . . one hundred paintings, busts, vases or statues"
8. "I'm on a path a thousand times more glorious"
9. "The Republic of Venice will surrender . . . twenty paintings"
10. "In the Church of St. George . . . The Wedding Feast at Cana"
11. "We . . . have received from Citizen Pietro Edwards"
12. "The most secure way would be to send them on a frigate, with 32 cannons"
13. "The seam . . . will be unstitched"
14. "The Revolution . . . is finished"
15. "You enter a gallery-such a gallery. But such a gallery!!!"
16. "The transparency of air . . . place[s] Gros beside Tintoretto and Paul Veronese"
17. "This beautiful work reminds us of the picture by Paul Veronese"
18. "I succeeded . . . in packing most of the pieces of small size and great value"
19. "The only thing to do is to burn them!"
20. "This foreboding painting . . . seems to summon the eye . . . from all directions"
21. "The masterpieces of the arts now belong to us"
22. "We are at last beginning to drag forth from this great cavern of stolen goods the precious objects of Art"
Epilogue

Notes
Selected Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index