Title: The Purchase of the Villa Medici as the Home of the Académie de France at Rome. 1808.
Object type: Medal
Date: 19th century
Artist: Medalist: Nicholas-Pierre Tiolier 
Artist bio: French, Paris 1784–1843 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Gilt bronze, struck
Dimensions: Diameter: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)
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