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RUSSIA/FRANCE, Les Français sur le Borysthène [The French on the Borysthenes], 1812, a
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Andrieu, Bertrand (French, 1761-1822); b. Bordeaux, and Brandt, Henri-François (Swiss, 1789-1845); b. La Chaux-de-Fonds, moved to France 1807, then Italy 1814, Germany 1817, and Denon, Dominique-Vivant (French, 1747-1825); b. Chalons-sur-Saône
RUSSIA/FRANCE, Les Français sur le Borysthène [The French on the Borysthenes], 1812, a copper medal by B. Andrieu and H.-F. Brandt for D.-V. Denon, laureate bust of Napoléon to right, rev. river-god Borysthene seated to left, leaning on an urn, expressing surprise at the sight of an eagle on a standard behind him, 40mm, 38.43g (Bramsen 1158; Alexander 142; Slg. Julius 2519; cf. Schulman 383, 914; cf. Varesi e10, 504; cf. Elsen 141, 1928). Good very fine £60-£80
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Provenance: Bt H.-D. Rauch September 2003.
Napoléon’s invasion of Russia commenced in the summer of 1812, with the Grand Armée crossing the river Dnieper on 14 August 1812. The term Borysthenes usually refers to the Dnieper and its eponymous river-god, but also seems to have been an alternative name for Pontic Olbia, situated near the mouth of the river on the Black Sea coast
RUSSIA/FRANCE, Les Français sur le Borysthène [The French on the Borysthenes], 1812, a copper medal by B. Andrieu and H.-F. Brandt for D.-V. Denon, laureate bust of Napoléon to right, rev. river-god Borysthene seated to left, leaning on an urn, expressing surprise at the sight of an eagle on a standard behind him, 40mm, 38.43g (Bramsen 1158; Alexander 142; Slg. Julius 2519; cf. Schulman 383, 914; cf. Varesi e10, 504; cf. Elsen 141, 1928). Good very fine £60-£80
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Provenance: Bt H.-D. Rauch September 2003.
Napoléon’s invasion of Russia commenced in the summer of 1812, with the Grand Armée crossing the river Dnieper on 14 August 1812. The term Borysthenes usually refers to the Dnieper and its eponymous river-god, but also seems to have been an alternative name for Pontic Olbia, situated near the mouth of the river on the Black Sea coast
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Andrieu, Bertrand (French, 1761-1822); b. Bordeaux, and Brandt, Henri-François (Swiss, 1789-1845); b. La Chaux-de-Fonds, moved to France 1807, then Italy 1814, Germany 1817, and Denon, Dominique-Vivant (French, 1747-1825); b. Chalons-sur-Saône
RUSSIA/FRANCE, Les Français sur le Borysthène [The French on the Borysthenes], 1812, a copper medal by B. Andrieu and H.-F. Brandt for D.-V. Denon, laureate bust of Napoléon to right, rev. river-god Borysthene seated to left, leaning on an urn, expressing surprise at the sight of an eagle on a standard behind him, 40mm, 38.43g (Bramsen 1158; Alexander 142; Slg. Julius 2519; cf. Schulman 383, 914; cf. Varesi e10, 504; cf. Elsen 141, 1928). Good very fine £60-£80
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Provenance: Bt H.-D. Rauch September 2003.
Napoléon’s invasion of Russia commenced in the summer of 1812, with the Grand Armée crossing the river Dnieper on 14 August 1812. The term Borysthenes usually refers to the Dnieper and its eponymous river-god, but also seems to have been an alternative name for Pontic Olbia, situated near the mouth of the river on the Black Sea coast
RUSSIA/FRANCE, Les Français sur le Borysthène [The French on the Borysthenes], 1812, a copper medal by B. Andrieu and H.-F. Brandt for D.-V. Denon, laureate bust of Napoléon to right, rev. river-god Borysthene seated to left, leaning on an urn, expressing surprise at the sight of an eagle on a standard behind him, 40mm, 38.43g (Bramsen 1158; Alexander 142; Slg. Julius 2519; cf. Schulman 383, 914; cf. Varesi e10, 504; cf. Elsen 141, 1928). Good very fine £60-£80
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Provenance: Bt H.-D. Rauch September 2003.
Napoléon’s invasion of Russia commenced in the summer of 1812, with the Grand Armée crossing the river Dnieper on 14 August 1812. The term Borysthenes usually refers to the Dnieper and its eponymous river-god, but also seems to have been an alternative name for Pontic Olbia, situated near the mouth of the river on the Black Sea coast
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