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Vendôme Column in Paris

Jean Duplessis-Bertaux, Benjamin Zix1810

The Polish Museum in Rapperswil

The Polish Museum in Rapperswil
Rapperswil, Switzerland

View of the 43.5-meter column built in honour of Napoleon I and his Great Army on Place Vendôme in Paris (1810). The column consists of a stone core wrapped with a 160-meter bronze spiral, cast from 1250 Austrian and Russian guns captured by Napoleon's army at the Battle of Austerlitz. It is decorated with a relief frieze illustrating the victory of the emperor over enemy troops. The column is crowned with a statue of Napoleon.
The Paris monument in honour of Napoleon in the form of a free-standing column is one of the most famous monuments of this type preceding the Bar Column in Rapperswil.

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  • Title: Vendôme Column in Paris
  • Creator: Benjamin Zix (drawing author); Wilbrode-Magloire-Nicolas Courbe (engraver); Jean Duplessi-Bertaux (aquafortist)
  • Date created: 1810
  • Physical Dimensions: 37.1 x 47.7 cm

  • Rights: Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Estampes et photographie
  • Medium: aquafort
The Polish Museum in Rapperswil

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