Title: The Founding of the Quai Desaix, 1800
Object type: Medal
Date: 1800
Artist: Struck at the Paris Mint 
Artist bio: French, 864–present
Artist role: Manufactory
Medium: Gilt bronze, struck
Dimensions: Diameter: 43 mm
Classification: Medals and Plaquettes
Credit line: Gift of Hon. Levi P. Morton, 1885
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY