A large bronze portrait medal of Napoleon I as Emperor, presented in a finely made circular brass frame. The medal depicts Napoleon in profile wearing a laurel wreath and is signed ANDRIEU F., identifying the celebrated French medallist Bertrand Andrieu (1761–1822).

The Musée Carnavalet holds closely corresponding examples by Andrieu, catalogued as Napoléon Bonaparte, empereur des Français, with the legend NAPOLEON EMPEREUR and the signature ANDRIEU F. These are dated to 1804 or after 1804. Paris Musées Collections

Andrieu was one of the principal medallists of the Napoleonic period, producing numerous official portraits and commemorative medals during the First Empire.