Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker (Milan)
| Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker by Antonio Canova, version in bronze | |
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| Artist | Antonio Canova |
| Year | 1810 |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Medium | Bronze |
| Location | Courtyard of Honour of the Brera Palace, 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, for 5,000 Louis as a gift to Eugene de Beauharnais, viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy.
It was cast in 1810 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 (Courtyard of Honour) of the Palazzo di Brera (now the Pinacoteca di Brera) and inaugurated there on 14 August 1859 during Napoleon III's visit.