Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker (Milan)

Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker is a bronze cast of the marble sculpture of the same name by Antonio Canova. It was commissioned from Canova in spring 1807 by Charles-Jean-Marie Alquier, French ambassador to Rome, commissioned it from Canova for 5,000 Louis as a gift to Eugene de Beauharnais, viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy. It was cast in 1811 and De Beauharnais sent it to Milan in May 1812, but the city found it difficult to find a site for it. It was finally moved to its present site in the main courtyard of the Palazzo di Brera (now the Pinacoteca di Brera and inaugurated there on 14 August 1859 during Napoleon III's visit.[1][2]

Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker (1811) by Antonio Canova, version in bronze

References

Giulio Carcano, Per l'inaugurazione della statua colossale di Napoleone I., opera di Canova, in Milano, il giorno XIV Agosto MDCCCLII, Milan, Luigi di Giacomo Pirola, 1859 (Italian)
Stefano Biolchini, "Napoleone riconquista la posizione d’onore a Brera", in ilSole24ore, 1 October 2014 (Italian)

Antonio Canova

Sculpture

Venice 1770 to 1780	Orpheus and Eurydice Daedalus and Icarus
Rome 1780 to 1797	Theseus and the Minotaur Tomb of Pope Clement XIV Self-portrait Cenotaph for Clement XIII Hercules and Lichas Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss Hebe Tomb of Duchess Maria Christina of Saxony-Teschen Penitent Magdalene Funerary monument for Titian (abandoned)
France 1800 to 1815	Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker (bronze cast) Venus Victrix Perseus Triumphant Bust of Napoleon Statue of Letizia Ramolino Concordia The Three Graces Tomb of Servilius Quartus
Italy 1816 to 1822	Venus Italica George Washington Monument to the Royal Stuarts Equestrian statue of Ferdinand VII

Buildings

Italy 1816 to 1822	Tempio Canoviano

Museums

Museo Canova

Napoleon
Family	Father: Carlo Maria Buonaparte Mother: Letizia Ramolino Brothers: Joseph Bonaparte Lucien Bonaparte Louis Bonaparte Jérôme Bonaparte Sisters: Caroline Bonaparte Pauline Bonaparte Elisa Bonaparte Wives: Joséphine de Beauharnais Marie Louise Children: Charles Léon Alexandre Walewski Napoleon II
Life and career	Coup of 18 Brumaire Consulate Coronation First French Empire Sale of Louisiana Holland Assassination attempts Looting of art First exile Second exile Death mask
Battles and wars	French Revolutionary Wars Siege of Toulon French Revolution 13 Vendémiaire Battle of Lodi Battle of Bassano Battle of Rivoli French campaign in Egypt and Syria Battle of the Pyramids Siege of Jaffa Battle of Marengo War of the Third Coalition Battle of Austerlitz War of the Fourth Coalition Battle of Eylau War of the Fifth Coalition Battle of Eckmühl French invasion of Russia Battle of Borodino War of the Sixth Coalition Battle of Leipzig Battle of Vauchamps Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube Hundred Days Battle of Ligny Battle of Waterloo
Views	Catholic Church Concordat of 1801 Jewish people Grand Sanhedrin Infamous Decree Protestants Slavery Law of 20 May 1802 Saint-Domingue expedition
Homes and honours	Arc de Triomphe Column of the Grande Armée Equestrian statue Palace of Fontainebleau Les Invalides Longwood House Maison Bonaparte Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker Milan Rue de la Victoire Warsaw monument
Legacy and memory	Cultural depictions German Romanticism Napoleonic Code Propaganda Tomb Retour des cendres Studies Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven)
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