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| Keywords: Baron Carlo Marochetti - Model for a Monument to Napoleon I - Walters 27521.jpg This sculpture was originally attributed to Antoine-Louis Barye French 1795-1875 but has recently been reassigned to Marochetti an Italian sculptor who became a naturalized French citizen in 1841 During the reign of King Louis-Philippe r 1830-48 he received a number of important commissions from the state After Louis-Philippe was deposed in 1848 he followed the ex-king into exile in London In 1840 Marochetti was commissioned to create an equestrian monument to Napoleon I to mark the occasion of the return of the emperor's body to France It was not until 1861 that the monument was unveiled in front of the Invalides by Napoleon III The emperor is portrayed wearing his coronation robes and the collar of the order of the Légion d'honneur century 19 tinted plaster cm 39 accession number 27 521 28003 Barye Sale 1876 Mr and Mrs Nelson Gutman Baltimore Walters Art Museum Gift of Mr and Mrs Nelson Gutman 1948 Transcription Vu et approvĂ© Visconti place of origin France Walters Art Museum license Carlo Marochetti Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Statues of Napoleon I of France | ||||
