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ANDRIEU, Jean-Bertrand

Bordeaux, Gironde 1761 - Paris 1822

Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon (1747-1825) being Director of the Mint (1802-1815).

Napoléon / Organisation de l'instruction publique an X [1802]

Napoleon / The establishment of public education

1802

bronze

medal and plaquette

Dimensions (HxWxD): D. 1 12; weight: 0,085 lbs

obverse:
signed at lower: ANDRIEU F.
reverse:
inscribed at right: DENON /DIREXIT / ANDRIEU / FECIT
inscribed at lower: L'AN IV DE BONAPARTE / L'INSTRUCTION PUB EST / ORGANISEE

Acc. No.: 2001.87.2703

Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Irving Dillaye-Vann, B.A. 1897

Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery / http://artgallery.yale.edu

© Artist : public domain

© Artist : public domain

Provenance

  • 2001, Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection
  • Gift of Irving Dillaye-Vann, B.A. 1897

Bibliography

  • Museum's website (accessed June 2017)

Related works

  • Pièce de monnaie commémorative : l'an IV de Bonaparte: l'instruction pub. est organisée, argent, M.M.40.47.5978, musée des châteaux de Malmaison et de Bois-Préau, Malmaison