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JEAN-BERTRAND ANDRIEU (BORDEAUX, 1761-1822, PARIS)
A PAIR OF PORTRAIT MEDALS OF EMPRESS JOSEPHINE AND EMPEROR NAPOLEON I
CIRCA 1805
Each inscribed NAPOLEON / EMP. ET ROI and JOSEPHINE / IMP. ET REINE
signed ANDRIEU, F., each with remains of original paper labels on reverse
gilt-mounted lead
312 in. (8 cm.), diameter
Provenance
Russell Barnett Aitken (1910-2002).
Exhibited
J. D. Draper, The Arts Under Napoleon, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1978, nos. 36 and 55.
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