Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker
Antonio Canova, 1806
Collection:
Apsley House, London
Other portraits of Napoleon:
Jacques-Louis David, Napoleon at the St Bernard Pass, 1800 (Château de Versailles)
Jacques-Louis David, Napoleon in His Study, 1812 (National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC)
Antoine-Jean Gros, Bonaparte on the Bridge at Arcole, 1801 (Château de Versailles)
François Gerard, Napoleon in His Coronation Robes, 1805 (Château de Fontainebleau)
Carlo Marochetti, Model for a Monument to Napoleon, 1840-60 (The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. (A life-size monument was unveiled at Napoleon’s resting place, the Invalides in Paris, in 1861)
About the Artist
Born: Possagno, 1 November 1757
Died: Venice, 13 October 1822
Nationality: Italian
Died: Venice, 13 October 1822
Nationality: Italian