Vincenzo VELA (1822-1891) Napoleon dying at Saint Helena. Large patinated bronze signed on the front "V.VELA.F.1867" and marked on the side "F.BARBEDIENNE. PARIS". H. 66 cm. - L.: 52.5 cm. - D. : 32 cm. In 1866, Swiss sculptor Vincenzo VELA sculpted Napoleon in an unusual way. Indeed, the abdicated Emperor is a fragile, impoverished figure, far removed from the hieratic representations of the past. The original marble presented at the 1867 Exposition Universelle is now at the Château de Versailles.