Horses of Saint Mark
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The Horses of Saint Mark, also known as the Triumphal Quadriga or the Horses of the Hippodrome of Constantinople, are a group of bronze statues of four horses that originally formed part of a monument
The original Horses inside the St Mark's Basilica
The replica Horses of Saint Mark
The Return of the Horses of San Marco by Vincenzo Chilone, depicting the return of the horses from France in 1815.
Conservation-restoration of the Horses of Saint Mark
Napoleon
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Napoleon Bonaparte, later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was Emperor of the French from 18 May 1804 until his first abdication in 1814, with a brief restoration during the Hundred Days in 1815.
Horses of Saint Mark
…the porch, of St Mark's Basilica in Venice, northern Italy, after the sack of Constantinople in 1204. They remained there until they were looted by Napoleon in 1797, but were returned in his final defeat in 1815. The original sculptures have since been moved indoors for conservation, with replicas now…
Napoleon's father, Carlo Buonaparte, fought for Corsican independence under Pasquale Paoli. After their defeat, he eventually became the island's representative to Louis XVI's court.
Bonaparte, aged 23, as lieutenant-colonel of a battalion of Corsican Republican volunteers. Portrait made in 1835 by Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux.
Bonaparte at the Siege of Toulon, 1793, by Édouard Detaille