REDUCTION OF THE VENDÔME COLUMN, SECOND PART OF THE 19th CENTURY In patinated bronze, surmounted by an antique-style statue of the Emperor Napoleon I. With faithful details on the base of the column. On a white marble base adorned with a bronze grid around the perimeter. H. 55 cm high l. W: 20 cm P. 20 cm B.E. Provenance : Former Napoleonic collection of the Prince's Palace of Monaco (2nd sale, lot 60) A patinated bronze reduction of "La colonne Vendôme", on a white marble stand, from the second part of 19th C. Commentary: Erected in 1810 to commemorate the victory of Austerlitz, and made from the cannons taken at this battle, the Vendôme column is surmounted by a statue representing Napoleon I as Caesar under the First Empire.