BARRE, ALBERT DÉSIRÉ (French), 1818-1878. Son of J.J. Barre, the " Graveur general at the Paris Mint ", whom he succeeded in this office in 1855. He first studied painting and was received in 1838 as a pupil of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and later on of P. Delaroche. After producing some noteworthy pictures, St. Christopher carrying the Infant Jesus (Salon of 1843), the Return of the Prodigal (S. 1846), Plautus, Latin comic poet (S. 1848), J.J. Rousseau at the age of sixteen, and mural frescoes for the St. Joseph Chapel in the Church of St. Eustache at Paris, he turned to medal-engraving in 1848. At his father's death, the task of engraving the dies for the coinage was entrusted to him. He was created a Knight of the Legion of Honour in 1846. His best known medals are : Dr Jean-Baptiste A. Dumas (1800- 1884) of Paris, 1873 ; — Exhibition of 1878 (Bust of the Republic and inscriptions) ; — Bust of ?sculapius ; — Isidor Geoffroy St.-Hilaire (1805-1861), of Paris, etc. Bibliography. — Ad. Thiers, Grande Encyclopédie, t. V, p. 481. — R. Marx, Les Médailleurs fraucais, 1897.
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
AUGER, JACQUES
AUGER, JACQUES (French). Goldsmith and Coin-engraver of Bourges ; was entrusted with the execution of a new seal in silver for the Cathedral of St. Etienne. In 1564 he cut another with the arms of the city, and again in 1575 one for the Chapter House, where he represented Lescadius, Prefect of Gaul, giving refuge to St. Ursinus, apostle of Berry. The artist received in 1577 the sum of 15 livres 17 sous. According to another document Auger was paid 35 livres for cutting the dies of a medal presen...
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AUGER, JACQUES (French). Goldsmith and Coin-engraver of Bourges ; was entrusted with the execution of a new seal in silver for the Cathedral of St. Etienne. In 1564 he cut another with the arms of the city, and again in 1575 one for the Chapter House, where he represented Lescadius, Prefect of Gaul, giving refuge to St. Ursinus, apostle of Berry. The artist received in 1577 the sum of 15 livres 17 sous. According to another document Auger was paid 35 livres for cutting the dies of a medal presen...
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AUGUSTE, HENRI
AUGUSTE, HENRI (French). Son of Robert Joseph Auguste, a distinguished Parisian Goldsmith of the second half of the eighteenth century. Henri A. was born, 18. March 1759, and was apprenticed to his father, whose talent he inherited. In 1790, he suggested before the National Assembly the erection of a statue to Louis XVI. out of bell-metal. He worked later on under Denon at the Paris Mint, and in conjunction with Brenet engraved the commemorative medal of the Battle of Marengo, 1800, and another...
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AUGUSTE, HENRI (French). Son of Robert Joseph Auguste, a distinguished Parisian Goldsmith of the second half of the eighteenth century. Henri A. was born, 18. March 1759, and was apprenticed to his father, whose talent he inherited. In 1790, he suggested before the National Assembly the erection of a statue to Louis XVI. out of bell-metal. He worked later on under Denon at the Paris Mint, and in conjunction with Brenet engraved the commemorative medal of the Battle of Marengo, 1800, and another...
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AULUS
AULUS (Greek). Son of Alexas, and brother of Quintus, a celebrated Gem-engraver of early Roman imperial times. His signature is found on a large number of intagli and camei, among which M. Babelon quotes the following as probably genuine : 1. Two antique pastes, from a cameo representing Poseidon and Amymone ; the one belongs to the Brit. Museum, and the other to a private collection; — 2. Eros nailing a butterfly to the trunk of a tree ; signed, AY?OC. This jacinth is now lost, but wasformely ...
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AULUS (Greek). Son of Alexas, and brother of Quintus, a celebrated Gem-engraver of early Roman imperial times. His signature is found on a large number of intagli and camei, among which M. Babelon quotes the following as probably genuine : 1. Two antique pastes, from a cameo representing Poseidon and Amymone ; the one belongs to the Brit. Museum, and the other to a private collection; — 2. Eros nailing a butterfly to the trunk of a tree ; signed, AY?OC. This jacinth is now lost, but wasformely ...
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AURY, ANTOINE
AURY, ANTOINE (French), 1679-1694. Engraver at the Paris Mint. In the accounts of the City of Paris, he is mentioned as Engraver in ordinary to the King, and as having received payments from 1674 to 1686 for jetons engraved by him. The Mercure galant attributes to him two jetons for the Artillery, of the years 1682 and 1683, and another for the City, with the motto of Santeuil. It may be that Antoine was the brother or son of Augustin Aury. On a document, dated 1705, this artist is styled Graveu...
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AURY, ANTOINE (French), 1679-1694. Engraver at the Paris Mint. In the accounts of the City of Paris, he is mentioned as Engraver in ordinary to the King, and as having received payments from 1674 to 1686 for jetons engraved by him. The Mercure galant attributes to him two jetons for the Artillery, of the years 1682 and 1683, and another for the City, with the motto of Santeuil. It may be that Antoine was the brother or son of Augustin Aury. On a document, dated 1705, this artist is styled Graveu...
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