WORLD ART MEDALS France, Napoleon, bronze medal by David d’Angers, 1838, 153mm (cf. David d’Angers, Exhibt. cat., Paris, 1966, p. 118, 147; cf Jones, “Art of the Medal” p.111, 293, and pp. 110-114). Extremely fine (£140-180)

One of David’s most famous and memorable medallic portraits; true to his ardent and romantic revolutionary beliefs, David choose to portray Napoleon not as emperor but as young republican general and champion of the Revolution.
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