tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658567784785639005.post7929866128457717556..comments2024-03-15T13:03:14.285+01:00Comments on Venetian Cat - The Venice Blog: #VeniceBooks: Palazzo Mocenigo - The Lives of Spaces (Lucia in the Age of Napoleon by Andrea di Robilant)Cat Bauer in Venice Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18376687575392758300noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658567784785639005.post-32350847671399179372009-03-05T00:46:00.000+01:002009-03-05T00:46:00.000+01:00Chris, I think you're talking about the 8-foot sta...Chris, I think you're talking about the 8-foot statue commissioned in 1811 by Venetian merchants that had disappeared for 200 years. They sneaked that into the Correr Museum one night a few years ago.<BR/><BR/>This is another statue entirely of the same guy:) From Lucia: "Alvise Mocenigo, Lucia's husband, commissioned the statue in the heyday of Napoleon's Empire. It was intended to be the centrepiece of a vast utopian estate he built on the mainland. The statue, however, was not delivered until after the Emperor's downfall. By then Alvise was dead, and Lucia, not quite knowing what to do with such a cumbersome and politically embarrassing object, stored it in the entrance hall of Palazzo Mocenigo, exactly where it stands today. The statue is all that remains of our family possessions in Venice..."Cat Bauer in Venice Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18376687575392758300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658567784785639005.post-25559873085914216252009-03-04T17:53:00.000+01:002009-03-04T17:53:00.000+01:00Oh...and the cartoon depicted the statue being thr...Oh...and the cartoon depicted the statue being thrown from the pedestal by the rays of providence and allied European nations.<BR/>ChrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658567784785639005.post-18726755191639235432009-03-04T17:51:00.000+01:002009-03-04T17:51:00.000+01:00Cat I once saw a political cartoon dating from whe...Cat I once saw a political cartoon dating from when France occupied Venice (or shortly thereafter) that depicted a statue exactly like the one of Napolean shown in your post. I believe the original statue was erected in the piazzetta on a mable plinth and surrounded by a chain barrier. I can scan the image if you're interested.<BR/><BR/>ChrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658567784785639005.post-68857794681230563202009-03-04T13:59:00.000+01:002009-03-04T13:59:00.000+01:00Great post Cat!I really enjoy it.Great post Cat!<BR/>I really enjoy it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com