LRI4700111 A women as the law governing the status of the mother within the family, inferior to that of the husband. Detail of the promulgation of the Civil Code or Code of Napoleon Bonaparte on 21/03/1804 (painting, 19th century) by Guascone, Felice (d.1830); Museo del Risorgimento e Istituto Mazziniano, Genoa, Italy; (add.info.: The promulgation of the Civil Code or Code of Napoleon Bonaparte (1765-1821) on 21/03/1804 regulating laws between private persons, a detail representing women who probably symbolize the law governing the status of the mother within the family, inferior to that of the husband. Painting by Felice Guascone (19th century) Genes, Museo del Risorgimento); Luisa Ricciarini.