Napoleon som Mars

Antonio Canova, 1806, Apsley House

‘Napoleon som Mars’ is a work by Antonio Canova (Italy, 1757–1822). It is dated 1806. It is part of the collection Apsley House. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Neoclassicism’.

It is made of marble. It is 340 cm high. The work belongs to the genres portrait sculpture and heroic nudity. The things depicted include Napoleon, sceptre, eagle, and overcoat.