Nicolas Guy Antoine BRENET (1770-1846). - Napoleon Emperor. Erected on the column of the Place Vendôme in August 1810, taken down in April 1814". - Napoleon replaced on the Vendome column in July 1833 under the reign of Louis Philippe I. Two original pewter prints, presented under a brass rimmed glass, in a mahogany veneered frame. Diameter : 5,5 cm Sealed with wax (remains), with mention in pen " BRENET Graveur de médaille Cour de la Ste Chapelle ", a label numbered " 1646 " and mention in pencil " 2358 " . A.B.E. About 1835. Biography: BRENET (Nicolas-Guy-Antoine), Medal Engraver, Cour de la Sainte-Chapelle, 13. Born in Paris . Pupil of Girod, sculptor, and of Gatteaux, engraver in medals. His medals have appeared at various exhibitions since 1806. He gave the metallic history of Napoleon's reign, 15 medals exhibited at the Salon of 1833. At the 1835 Salon, he exhibited two medals representing the two statues of Napoleon on the column of the Place Vendôme (under the number 2376, it is probably the two medals presented here) and a project of medal representing the oath of the cities of France to Louis-Philippe I.