Drawing, A Medal of Napoleon Bonaparte as President of the Italian Republic, verso; Hebe Gives Immortality to Hercules's Charioteer, 1802–04, Felice Giani, 1802–04

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. * r - i may stand for re d'italia (pdm '79) **origa (chariot driver) the verso may be variant for a similar subject in the palazzo gessi, faenza 1813 (pdm 79) [written on original catalogue card: giani light source symbol in black chalk at upper right. ]. Date: 1802–04. Dimensions: Sheet: 18.5 x 18.3 cm (7 5/16 x 7 3/16 in.); ; Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.). Medium: pencil. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, A Medal of Napoleon Bonaparte as President of the Italian Republic, verso; Hebe Gives Immortality to Hercules's Charioteer, 1802–04 (CH 18540055)