ARONDEAUX, R. (Dutch). A Flemish Medallist of the end of the seventeenth and beginning of the eighteenth century, resided chiefly in the Netherlands, at Davenport and other places. His family had settled in the United Provinces in consequence of the religious persecutions of Philip II. ; a certain Isaac Arondeaux came from Ghent to Hulst in Flanders, where he filled the position of town clerk from 1591 to 1594; his descendants resided at Flushing, Leyden, &c. R. Arondeaux worked between 1678 and 1702, and he probably died in the early part of the eighteenth century. About 30 of his medals are known, several belonging to the English series, executed during a stay the artist made in this country under the reign of William III. ; others illustrate events of the rule of Louis XIV., and were commissioned by the Comte d'Avaux, French Ambassador in the Netherlands. These medals generally bear his monogram A., or R A., when not signed in full; the Hague Museum possesses a complete collection of them : 1678. Peace of Nimwegen; — 1683. Gerhard Brandt, historian and ecclesiastic ; — 1687. Louis XIV., Friendly relations with the Netherlands under the Comte d'Avaux; — Recovery of Louis XIV., 1687 (3 var.) ; — 1685. Beheading of Monmouth and Argyle; — 1688. Landing of William of Orange at Torbay; — 1689. Coronation of William and Mary ; — 1690. Battle of the Boyne (2 var.) ; — 1691. Pacification of Ireland; — 1691. Triumphal entry of William III. into the Hague (4 var.) ; — 1691. Congress of the allied Princes assembled to decide their future proceedings against Louis XIV. ; — 1692. Battle of La Hogue (2 var.) ; — 1693. Presage of a new Era ; — 1695. Namur retaken; — 1695. Death of Queen Mary (several varieties) ; — 1696. Insurrection at Amsterdam (2 var.) ; — 1697. Peace of Ryswick (2 types); — 1699. Treaty of Carlowitz ; — 1700. The condition of Europe and the Pope's Jubilee ; — 1702. 100th Anniversary of the Foundation of the East India Company; — 1702. Death of Wiliam III. This artist also engraved a medal on the Marriage of King Charles XI. of Sweden with Ulrica Eleonora and another on the Peace of Ryswick, 1697 (illustrated). Pinchart says that Arondeaux's later medals are elegantly modelled and beautifully treated, and that they place the artist in the rank of the best medallists of his time. Bibliography. — A. Pinchart, Nagler's Künstler Lexicon, II, 297. — A. P., Biographie des graveurs belges, 1852. — Franks and Grueber, op. cit. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Van Loon, op. cit. — Flad, Berühmte Medailleurs, ?c. — Heildeberg, 1751. De Historiepenningen , in Munten betrekking hebbende op het Stamhuis van Oranje-Nassau, Haarlem, n. d.
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
ANDELES, ANDELE
ANDELES, ANDELE (Dutch). Born at Leeuwarden, 29. June 1687, died in that city, 20. March 1754. Very few medals are known by this artist, which are are said to be of great rarity. I am acquainted with two jetons and three medals bearing his signature, struck by order of the States of Friesland and commemorating the Marriage of the Prince of Orange and his Recovery from illness ; also : View of the City of Leeuwarden, signed A. A., 1728; — Marriage of Wilhelm Karl Heinrich Friso, Prince of Orange,...
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ANDELES, ANDELE (Dutch). Born at Leeuwarden, 29. June 1687, died in that city, 20. March 1754. Very few medals are known by this artist, which are are said to be of great rarity. I am acquainted with two jetons and three medals bearing his signature, struck by order of the States of Friesland and commemorating the Marriage of the Prince of Orange and his Recovery from illness ; also : View of the City of Leeuwarden, signed A. A., 1728; — Marriage of Wilhelm Karl Heinrich Friso, Prince of Orange,...
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ANDELES, EISE
ANDELES, EISE (Dutch). Nephew and pupil of Andele Andeles, was also born at Leeuwarden, 12. March 1731, and died about 1766. His works are very rare, but mostly unimportant. Of interest to English collectors is a medal struck on the Death of Princess Anne of Orange, 12. January 1759. He is also the engraver of the following medals : Building of a Workhouse at Leeuwarden, 1758; — Death of Princess Marie-Louise of Orange-Nassau, 1765; — Holland's Trust in God, 1766, &c. Bibliography. — Franks and...
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ANDELES, EISE (Dutch). Nephew and pupil of Andele Andeles, was also born at Leeuwarden, 12. March 1731, and died about 1766. His works are very rare, but mostly unimportant. Of interest to English collectors is a medal struck on the Death of Princess Anne of Orange, 12. January 1759. He is also the engraver of the following medals : Building of a Workhouse at Leeuwarden, 1758; — Death of Princess Marie-Louise of Orange-Nassau, 1765; — Holland's Trust in God, 1766, &c. Bibliography. — Franks and...
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ANDRAS, MISS CATHERINE
ANDRAS, MISS CATHERINE (Brit.). Modeller of Portrait-medallions, in the enamelled paste of the Tassies, of William Pitt, 1807 (adopted as a badge by members of the Pitt Club); — Granville Sharp, Philanthropist, 1734-1813 ; — T. Smith; — Edward Thomas, First Baron Thurlow, Lord Chancellor, 1732-1806; — Two unknown male Portraits; — Thomas Clarkson, Slavery abolitionist, 1760 - 1846, &c. J. M. Gray, in James and William Tassie, Edinburgh, 1894, p. 70, gives the following biographical details of th...
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ANDRAS, MISS CATHERINE (Brit.). Modeller of Portrait-medallions, in the enamelled paste of the Tassies, of William Pitt, 1807 (adopted as a badge by members of the Pitt Club); — Granville Sharp, Philanthropist, 1734-1813 ; — T. Smith; — Edward Thomas, First Baron Thurlow, Lord Chancellor, 1732-1806; — Two unknown male Portraits; — Thomas Clarkson, Slavery abolitionist, 1760 - 1846, &c. J. M. Gray, in James and William Tassie, Edinburgh, 1894, p. 70, gives the following biographical details of th...
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ANDRIEU, BERTRAND
ANDRIEU, BERTRAND (French) was born on the 4th of November, 1761, at Bordeaux. His father was a cooper; the name of his mother was Francoise Dubourdieu. Lavau, his first teacher, was an engraver of armorial bearings, and a die-sinker, and is described as a man of taste and a skilful craftsman. At the age of 25, Andricu left his native city for Paris, where he immediately entered the studio of the sculptor and medallist Gatteaux, having previously gained distinction as a draughtsman at the Académ...
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ANDRIEU, BERTRAND (French) was born on the 4th of November, 1761, at Bordeaux. His father was a cooper; the name of his mother was Francoise Dubourdieu. Lavau, his first teacher, was an engraver of armorial bearings, and a die-sinker, and is described as a man of taste and a skilful craftsman. At the age of 25, Andricu left his native city for Paris, where he immediately entered the studio of the sculptor and medallist Gatteaux, having previously gained distinction as a draughtsman at the Académ...
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