Napoleon As Caesar Chatsworth House showing a detailed portrait of

showing a detailed portrait of a lady

in Basalt black

creating vertical lines that draw the eye upward and add visual interest

This was made most obvious when Francesco de' Medici commissioned him in 1561 to produce a group

During Giovanni's stay in Florence on his way back to Flanders

Napoleon As Caesar Chatsworth House showing a detailed portrait ofNapoleon as Caesar, a bust, after the antique by Canova, 1804. Finished in Marble and bronze. In 1802 Napoleon brought the finest Italian neoclassical sculptor, Antonio Canova, to Paris to do a series of portrait marble sculptures of Napoleon. After Napoleon saw one of the pieces Canova had made, a marble relief plaque of Napoleon, with him wearing a laurel crown, he commissioned this large three dimensional version. This fine Italian Neoclassical