The Purchase of the Villa Medici as the Home of the Académie de France at Rome. 1808.

Medalist: Nicholas-Pierre Tiolier French
 Struck at the Paris Mint
Factory Mme Guillaume Guillon Lethière French

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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.

The Purchase of the Villa Medici as the Home of the Académie de France at Rome. 1808., Medalist: Nicholas-Pierre Tiolier (French, Paris 1784–1843 Paris), Gilt bronze, struck, French

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The Purchase of the Villa Medici as the Home of the Académie de France at Rome. 1808., Medalist: Nicholas-Pierre Tiolier (French, Paris 1784–1843 Paris), Gilt bronze, struck, French
The Purchase of the Villa Medici as the Home of the Académie de France at Rome. 1808., Medalist: Nicholas-Pierre Tiolier (French, Paris 1784–1843 Paris), Gilt bronze, struck, French

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