Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker

Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker
ArtistAntonio Canova
Year1802-1806
Mediumwhite marble
gilded bronze
Dimensions345 cm (136 in)
LocationApsley House, London

Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker is a colossal heroic nude statue by the Italian artist Antonio Canova, of Napoleon I of France in the guise of the Roman god Mars. He holds a gilded Nike or Victory standing on an orb in his right hand and a staff in his left. It was produced between 1802 and 1806 and stands 3.45 metres to the raised left hand. Once on display in the Louvre in Paris, it was purchased from Louis XVIII in 1816 by the British government, which granted it to the Duke of Wellington. It is now on display in Robert Adam's stairwell at the Duke's London residence, Apsley House.

The 1811 bronze copy of the statue in the courtyard of Palazzo Brera, Milan