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Luxury sword given by the First Consul to General Ney: thunderbolt (detail)
Artist(s) : VERSAILLES Manufacture de
- Date :
- 1801
- Technique :
- Steel, gilded brass, wood, tanned sheepskin, leather
- Place held :
- Paris, Fondation Napoléon, inv. 1114 (Lapeyre donation)
- Photo credit :
- © Fondation Napoléon - Patrice Maurin-Berthier