# Allegory on the Peace of Pressburg [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [APPIANI, Andrea]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Oil on wood, 38 x 46 cm ## Commentary 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. 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. ## Related artworks - [Apollo and Daphne]() - [General Desaix]() - [Portrait of Napoleon, First King of Italy]() - [The Olympus]() - [The Toilet of Juno]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()