Giuseppe Borsato (Venice 1771-1849 Vienna)The entrance of Napoleon into Veniceoil on canvas23 3/4 x 31 1/2in (60.4 x 80cm)For further information on this lot please visit theArtist or Maker: Giuseppe Borsato (Venice 1771-1849 Vienna)Provenance: Napoleon Bonaparte arrived in Venice in 1807 when, for a brief period, the city was under French rule. In 1814 it was ceded back to Austria. He arrived from Fusina and the present work shows his progress up the Grand Canal where he was met with a triumphal arch built between the churches of San Simeone and the Scalzi. An ink drawing of the event by Borsato is in the collection of the Museo del Risorgimento, Venice.ProvenanceJ. Kugel Antiquaire, Paris, November 1984.