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ANDRIEU, Jean-Bertrand

Bordeaux, Gironde 1761 - Paris 1822

BRENET, Nicolas Guy Antoine

Paris 1773 - Paris 1846

Obverse by ANDRIEU, reverse by BRENET.

Maker: Monnaie de Paris

Napoléon Empereur / Conquête de Naples

Napoleon Emperor / Conquest of Kingdom of Naples

1806

gilt bronze struck

medal and plaquette

Dimensions (HxWxD): diam. 1 5⁄8 in.

obverse:
around circumference: NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI.
signed on tranche : ANDRIEU F.
reverse:
in exergue: CONQUETE DE NAPLES / MDCCCVI.
signed left: BRENET F.
signed right: DENON D.

Acc. No.: 85.2.89

Credit Line: Gift of Hon. Levi P. Morton, 1885

Photo credit: www.metmuseum.org, May 2019

© Artist : public domain

© Artist : public domain; © Artist : public domain

New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

www.metmuseum.org

Provenance

  • The medals in this collection were struck for the Metropolitan Museum of Art at the Paris Mint at the request of the donor, formerly U.S. Minister to France.
  • 1885, Gift of Hon. Levi P. Morton

Bibliography

  • Museum's website (April 22nd, 2019)

Comment

  • The medal is located on 2nd line, 4th from the left.
    Museum's website (April 22nd, 2019):
    The reverse of this medal is taken directly from an ancient Greek coin of Naples between the years 336 and 280 B.C., but the design occurs on several coins a century earlier. The only divergence from the Greek original is in the small head beneath the bull. On one of the Greek examples it is a bee; on another Greek letters.