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Napoléon
Jean Pierre Montagny (French, 1789–1862)
French
1830
Mint: France
Medium/Technique
Metal; gilt bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 52 mm (2 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Henry H. Fay
Accession Number13.844
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal of Napoléon (1769-1821), emperor of France. Stamped on edge "G.DORÉ".
Obverse: Profile bust of Napoléon looking to proper left, wearing laureate crown; inscribed at edge "HIST.DE LA REVOLUTION.DE L'EMPIRE DE LA RESTAURATION ET DE LA MON.DE 1830" and under bust "PUBLIÉ PAR POURRAT FRÈRES/A PARIS".
Reverse: Man riding an eagle infront of the sun above a crowned woman standing on a balcony at center before a gather crowd in harbor-city setting, holding scepters in right hand and raising a garland, palm and olive branch and winged putto to her proper right holding an upside down torch in right hand and tablet with "N" in left hand while a group of men carry deceased man lying on tomb bed towards them, seen from behind; inscribed in exergue "MONTAGNY FECIT".
Obverse: Profile bust of Napoléon looking to proper left, wearing laureate crown; inscribed at edge "HIST.DE LA REVOLUTION.DE L'EMPIRE DE LA RESTAURATION ET DE LA MON.DE 1830" and under bust "PUBLIÉ PAR POURRAT FRÈRES/A PARIS".
Reverse: Man riding an eagle infront of the sun above a crowned woman standing on a balcony at center before a gather crowd in harbor-city setting, holding scepters in right hand and raising a garland, palm and olive branch and winged putto to her proper right holding an upside down torch in right hand and tablet with "N" in left hand while a group of men carry deceased man lying on tomb bed towards them, seen from behind; inscribed in exergue "MONTAGNY FECIT".
Marks
Stamped "G.DORÉ" on edge.
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "HIST.DE LA REVOLUTION.DE L'EMPIRE DE LA RESTAURATION ET DE LA MON.DE 1830" and under bust "PUBLIÉ PAR POURRAT FRÈRES/A PARIS".
Reverse: Inscribed in exergue "MONTAGNY FECIT".
Reverse: Inscribed in exergue "MONTAGNY FECIT".
ProvenanceBy 1913, Henry H. Fay; 1913, gift of Henry H. Fay to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 1, 1913)