ANDRIEU, Jean-Bertrand

Bordeaux, Gironde 1761 - Paris 1822

Maker: Monnaie de Paris

Napoléon Empereur / La Monnaie des Médailles rétablie, 1804

Napoleon Emperor / Establishment of the Public Coinage of Medals, 1804

1804

bronze

medal and plaquette

Dimensions (HxWxD): diam. 1 ⁵⁄₈ in.

obverse:
around circumference: NAPOLEON EMPEREUR
signed below tranche: DENON DIRT. / ANDRIEU F.
reverse:
on base of press: FACTIS PROROGAT AEVVM [Its products it prolongs the age]
in exergue: MDCCCIV
signed left: DENON D.
signed right: ANDRIEU F.

Acc. No.: 50.194.113

Credit Line: Gift of Louis S. Levy, 1950

© Artist : public domain

© Artist : public domain

New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

www.metmuseum.org

Provenance

• 1950, Gift of Louis S. Levy

Bibliography

• Museum's website (April 25th, 2019)
• 1833 Musée monétaire
  [de Gorjeu, Anatole Chabouillet, Salins], Catalogue des poinçons, coins et médailles du Musée Monétaire de la Commission des Monnaies et médailles, Paris, 1833, p. 340, n° 59 : La Monnaie des Médailles rétablie, 1804

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