Year 1853 Location Musée de Picardie Created 1853 | Medium Oil on canvas Artist Jules-Claude Ziegler | |
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The Peace of Amiens (French: La Paix d'Amiens) is a painting by Jules-Claude Ziegler, from 1853.
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History
The Second Coalition against France had failed. Peace negotiations began in London, with a signing of a peace treaty in Amiens, on March 25, 1802. It was a temporary peace in the Napoleonic Wars.
Description
Joseph Bonaparte, shakes hands with Charles Cornwallis, with the ministers gathered around the negotiating table.
Analysis
Napoleon III commissioned Ziegler as a part of his peace offensive. "The Empire means peace" ("L'Empire, c'est la paix")
References
The Peace of Amiens (Ziegler) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA