# General view [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CAGNOLA, Luigi]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary Napoleon's triumphal re-entry after the victory over the coalition army in the Battle of Marengo in 1800 was celebrated inn MIlan with a triumphal arch of the classical type, the Porta Ticinese. It was built 1801-14, even before the arches in the French capital, to a design by Luigi Cagnola, and demonstrated a programmatic adoption of classical Roman features. Despite the grand dimensions, the arch structure with its slender Ionic columns enclosed between antae piers looks open and airy. The tall round-arched openings in the side walls and pediment on top betray the influence of Palladio. ## Related artworks - [Arco di Sempione]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [General view]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()