Coronation of Napoleon, Paris

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On display at V&A South Kensington

Sculpture, Room 111, The Gilbert Bayes Gallery

Artist/Maker	Jeuffroy, Romain-Vincent (medallist)
Place of origin	Paris (made)

This medal is from a ‘medallic history’ recording Napoleon’s greatest exploits. It copies an earlier medallic history of Louis XIV and so invites favourable comparisons between the two rulers. Napoleon is supported by figures representing the Senate and the people. Flanking them are an open book, with the word ‘Law’, and an ancient ploughshare. The legend in French, reads: ‘The senate and the people’; in the exergue ‘DENON DIR. JEUFFROY F.’

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Categories	Coins & Medals Sculpture
Object type	Medal
Title	Coronation of Napoleon, Paris (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Bronze, struck Bronze Struck
Brief description	Medal, bronze, France (Paris), by Romain-Vincent Jeuffroy, 1804
Physical description	Medal, bronze, round. Obv. profile head of 'Napoléon Empereur'. Rev. the Emperor standing on a shield supported by a senator and an armed civilian, and the legend 'Le Senat et le Peuple. An. XIII.'
Dimensions	Diameter: 1.56in
Credit line	Given by James W. Fleming FRCSE
Object history	Given by the late Jas. W. Fleming, F.R.C.S.E., Surgeon-Major 4th R.I.D Guards.
Subject depicted	Napoleon
Summary	This medal is from a ‘medallic history’ recording Napoleon’s greatest exploits. It copies an earlier medallic history of Louis XIV and so invites favourable comparisons between the two rulers. Napoleon is supported by figures representing the Senate and the people. Flanking them are an open book, with the word ‘Law’, and an ancient ploughshare. The legend in French, reads: ‘The senate and the people’; in the exergue ‘DENON DIR. JEUFFROY F.’
Bibliographic references	List of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington Museum acquired in the Year 1877, London, 1877. p.182 Trusted, M (ed.), The Making of Sculpture. The materials and techniques of European Sculpture, London, V & A Publications, 2007, p. 87, pl. 143 Trusted, Marjorie (ed.) The Making of Sculpture. The materials and techniques of European Sculpture. London, 2007, p. 87, pl. 143.
Collection	Sculpture Collection
Accession number	1944-1877

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Record created	May 4, 2005
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O111652/coronation-of-napoleon-paris-medal-jeuffroy-romain-vincent/

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