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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1376
People
Bertrand Andrieu, French (Bordeaux, France 1763 - 1822 Paris, France)
Title
The King of Rome (called Napoléon II) (1811-1832)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Napoleón François Joseph Charles, King of Rome (1811-1832)
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medallion
Date
1811
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229614

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Biscuit
Technique
Relief
Dimensions
c. 4 cm diam. (1 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in relief, on truncation: ANDRIEU F.
  • inscription: obverse, relief: NAPOLEON FRANÇOIS JOSEPH CHARLES ROI DE ROME XX MARS MDCCCXI

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
James Tassie, Sold, Christie's, London, 1882.
Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, NY, Bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1376
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Leather backing inscribed faintly: Roi de Rome / Andrieu F. / from the Tassie / Collection Sold / at Christie's / 1882

Publication History

  • Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 109, p. 42

Exhibition History

  • Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/04/1944 - 09/03/1944

Verification Level

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