Circular Medallion

ca. 1805

34.8 cm 34.8 cm

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On this medallion, Napoleon is idealized as a Roman emperor crowned with a laurel wreath. He is identified as the French emperor (r. 1804-14 and 1815) and as king of Italy (r. 1805-14). Sauvage, who left his native Antwerp for Paris in 1774, became famous for painting porcelai...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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