A Medal of Napoleon Bonaparte as President of the Italian Republic, verso; Hebe Gives Immortality to Hercules's Charioteer
date: label: Date
content: 1802–04
name: label: Artist
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle. Obverse: the head is turned toward the left. Inscription: "BONAPARTE R[eipublicae] I[talianae] PRAESES."* With pencil the length of the square with sides tangent to the medal is indicated at right as pa ("a" superscripted) 3 3/4. Above in the center the caption: "destra." On the other side is the reverse, caption written by Giani with pencil - as the other - "Ebe da l'imortalità a Origa** d'ercole." Hebe sitting embraced probably by Ares upon a couch, holds a pitcher and the bowl, from which the kneeling Hercules is drinking immortality. In the background is the biga, with a genius holding the horse. Dimension written as at the other side.
label: Description
content: * R - I may stand for Re d'Italia (PDM '79)
label: Description
content: **Origa (chariot driver)
label: Description
content: The verso may be variant for a similar subject in the palazzo Gessi, Faenza 1813 (PDM 79)
label: Description
content: [Written on original catalogue card: Giani light source symbol in black chalk at upper right.]
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-3076
objectType: label: Type
content: numismatics
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pencil. Pen. Brush. Dark brown.
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 18.5 x 18.3 cm (7 5/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)