Death mask of Emperor Napoleon I. Bronze cast with a brown patina, featuring a bronze neck medal from Antommarchi’s 1833 fundraising campaign. Marked on the left “Dr. F. Antommarchi” and on the right “Cast by L. Richard and Quesnel in Paris.” H.: 32.5 cm. Traces of casting drips and wear on the patina. François ANTOMMARCHI (1780–1838) Louis RICHARD (1791–1879) and Eugène QUESNEL (1792–1858). In 1834, Antommarchi left for the United States and sold the reproduction rights to the foundrymen Richard and Quesnel of Paris, who were already producing bronze copies.