Allegory on the Peace of Pressburg

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In Appiani, Napoleon commissioned the premier court painter of Italy within the country itself. The Lombardy master had become famous with a ceiling painting in the palace of Monza and was celebrated as the "pittor delle Grazie". The painter used a very much softer application of paint than his Italian contemporaries, as is evident in this painting.

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About the Artist

Andrea Appiani

1754 – 1817

Italian painter. He was the leading Italian painter of the Neoclassical period, but more on account of the lack of native competition than because of the quality of his work, which generally looks like a rather tired imitation of David. Most of his career was spent in his native Milan, where he did large decorative schemes at Sta Maria presso S. Celso (1792-98) and the Palazzo Reale (1808). He also painted numerous portraits, which are generally more accomplished than his decorative work.

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