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Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of France, Restoring Religion
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Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of France, Restoring Religion

Bertrand Andrieu · 1803 · striking (metalworking); bronze (metal)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Bronze medal. Obverse: bust of a man within an inscription. Reverse: a woman with a mirror in her hand, around which a snake winds, helps the seated Religion, depicted as a veiled woman with a cross and open book at her feet, standing upright; between them a shield and sword hanging from a pillar, upon which stands a rooster; in the background Notre Dame and a ruined building within an inscription; section: inscription.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineNapoleon Bonaparte, premier consul van Frankrijk, herstelt de godsdienst. 1803. Bertrand Andrieu. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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