# Last Days of Napoleon [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [VELA, Vincenzo]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Bronze on marble and wood base ## Commentary Last Days of Napoleon c. 1867 Bronze on marble and wood base Museo Vincenzo Vela, Ligornetto Vela's repertoire of funerary monuments, portraits and public works drawing inspiration from the struggle for national liberation proved a great success also in France, where his work dedicated to the last days of Napoleon's life won a prize at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1867 and ensured his renown. ## Related artworks - [Spartacus]() - [Victims of Work]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()