Reproduction in bronze with a hand patina. Mold made from an impression of the original work. Associated since antiquity with military victories, the bird of Jupiter leaning on the thunderbolt became the emblem of the First Empire after having been that of imperial Rome. In the image of the signs of the Roman armies, Napoleon had an eagle, the traditional symbol of heraldry, placed at the top of the flagstaff of his regiments. Designed by the sculptor Chaudet in 1804, its realization in gilded bronze had been entrusted to the famous bronzier Thomire. The distribution of the flags surmounted
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