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Napoléon: Column of the Grand Army
Design attributed to: Jean-Baptiste Lepère (French, 1761–1844)
Jean Pierre Montagny (French, 1789–1862)
Jean Pierre Montagny (French, 1789–1862)
French
about 1805–10
Mint: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 42 mm (1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Henry H. Fay
Accession Number13.806
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal of Napoléon (1769-1821), emperor of France, commemorating the construction of the column erected to the Grand Army (1805).
Obverse: Profile bust of Napoléon looking to proper left with flags behind; inscribed above "NAPOLEON LE GRAND", below "MONTAGNY FECIT", and in exergue "GLOIRE A L'ARMEE FRANÇAISE".
Reverse: Column at center flanked by a building on each side; inscribed above "A L'ARMEE FRANÇAISE", below "MONTAGNY FECIT···", and in exergue "CAMPAGNE DE/MDCCCV".
Obverse: Profile bust of Napoléon looking to proper left with flags behind; inscribed above "NAPOLEON LE GRAND", below "MONTAGNY FECIT", and in exergue "GLOIRE A L'ARMEE FRANÇAISE".
Reverse: Column at center flanked by a building on each side; inscribed above "A L'ARMEE FRANÇAISE", below "MONTAGNY FECIT···", and in exergue "CAMPAGNE DE/MDCCCV".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed above "NAPOLEON LE GRAND", below "MONTAGNY FECIT", and in exergue "GLOIRE A L'ARMEE FRANÇAISE".
Reverse: Inscribed above "A L'ARMEE FRANÇAISE", below "MONTAGNY FECIT···", and in exergue "CAMPAGNE DE/MDCCCV".
Reverse: Inscribed above "A L'ARMEE FRANÇAISE", below "MONTAGNY FECIT···", and in exergue "CAMPAGNE DE/MDCCCV".
ProvenanceBy 1913, Henry H. Fay; 1913, gift of Henry H. Fay to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 1, 1913)