The Purchase of the Villa Medici as the Home of the Académie de France at Rome. 1808.
Nicholas-Pierre Tiolier|Mme Guillaume Guillon Lethière|Paris Mint
19th century · Gilt bronze, struck · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
This medal was struck for the Metropolitan Museum of Art at the Paris Mint at the request of the donor, Hon. Levi P. Morton, formerly U.S. Minister to France.
- Artist
- Nicholas-Pierre Tiolier|Mme Guillaume Guillon Lethière|Paris Mint
- Date
- 19th century
- Medium
- Gilt bronze, struck
- Culture
- French
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of Hon. Levi P. Morton, 1885
