and replaced by the actual building, designed by Giuseppe Maria Soli, professor of Architecture at the University of Modena, in a Neoclassical manner. Architecture The first two floors of the Napoleonic Wing continue the repeatable bays of Sansovino's design for the library which Scamozzi had also used for the Procuratie Nuove on the southern side of the square. To then visually link the new building to the northern side, Soli designed an attic floor, the height of which corresponds to the roofline crenellation of the Procuratie Vecchie. The attic was also conceived as a means of concealing the high, vaulted ceiling of the ballroom behind. The façade of the attic is covered in low relief panels with classical motifs. Interspersed with these reliefs are freestanding statues on pedestals by Antonio Bosa and Domenico Banti. These portray heroes, statesmen, and rulers, primarily from Antiquity, that were seen as embodying Napoleonic ideals. The statue in the centre, depicting Napoleon enthroned as Jupiter, was removed during the second period of Austrian domination. Similarly, the decorations in the staircase with the triumphs of Napoleon were replaced. References Notes Citations Bibliography Further reading Chambers, David, 'Merit and Money: The Procurators of St Mark and Their Commissioni, 1443-1605', Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, vol. 60 (1997), 23-88 Manfredi, Fulgentio, Degnita procuratoria di San Marco di Venetia (Venetia: Domenico Nicolini, 1602) Mueller, Reinhold, 'The Procurators of San Marco in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries: A Study of the Office as a Financial and Trust Institution', Studi veneziani, XXIII (1971), 105–120 Tafuri, Manfredo, Renovatio urbis: Venezia nell'età di Andrea Gritti (1523-1538) (Roma: Officina, 1984) External links Baldassare Longhena buildings Jacopo Sansovino buildings Buildings and structures in Venice Piazza San Marco Renaissance architecture in Venice Royal residences in Italy