Editing Antonio Canova (section)

===''Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker'' (1802–1806)===
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''Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker'' had its inception after Canova was hired to make a bust of Napoleon in 1802. The statue was begun in 1802, with Napoleon requesting to be shown in a French General's uniform, Canova rejected this, insisting on an allusion to [[Mars (mythology)|Mars]], the [[Roman mythology|Roman god]] of [[War]].<ref name="wga.hu3"/> It was completed in 1806.<ref name="wga.hu4"/> In 1811, the statue arrived in Paris, but not installed; neither was its bronze copy in the Foro Napoleonico in Milan.<ref name="wga.hu3"/> In 1815, the original went to [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|the Duke of Wellington]], after his victory at [[Battle of Waterloo|Waterloo]] against Napoleon<ref name="wga.hu4"/> and is on display at [[Apsley House]].