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Napoléon Bonaparte: Venus de'Medici
Romain-Vincent Jeuffroy (French, 1749–1826)
French
1803
Medium/Technique
Metal; white metal
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 40 mm (1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Malcolm Storer
Accession Number31.197
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal of Napoléon Bonaparte (1769-1821), first consul of France, commemorating the Venus de'Medici and struck for Napoléon's visit to the Musée Napoléon (16 August 1803).
Obverse: Profile bust of Napoléon looking to proper left; inscribed under bust.
Reverse: Venus de Milo at center; inscribed at edge and below.
Obverse: Profile bust of Napoléon looking to proper left; inscribed under bust.
Reverse: Venus de Milo at center; inscribed at edge and below.
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed under bust "JEUFFROY FECT/180[3]/DENON DIRE.C.D. MUSEE.C.D.ARTS".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "AUX ARTS LA VICTOIRE" and below "L'AN IV DU CONSULAT DE BONAPARTE".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "AUX ARTS LA VICTOIRE" and below "L'AN IV DU CONSULAT DE BONAPARTE".
ProvenanceBy 1931, Malcolm Storer; 1931, gift of Malcolm Storer to MFA. (Accession Date: April 16, 1931)