BARRE, JEAN JACQUES (French). Born 3. Aug. 1793, died 10. June 1855. Medallist, and " Graveur general des Medailles " from 1842 to 1855. He was apprenticed to Thiolier at the age of seventeen, and there made such rapid progress that his first exhibit at the Salon of 1819 met with great success. From that time until his death, scarcely a year elapsed without some work of his, medals, portraits, coins, dies, &c, appearing at the annual Fine Art Exhibitions at Paris. In 1834 he was entrusted with the engraving of the coins of Louis Philippe, and in 1848 he cut the official seals of the National Assembly and State under the Second Republic. Napoleon on his election as President chose J. J. Barre's patterns for the new coinage, and the same portrait was subsequently used on the currency of the Third Empire. Between 1841 and 1843 he engraved the copper plates for the notes of the Bank of France and those of the Banks of Rouen, Lyons, and Toulouse. Worthy of mention amongt his finest productions are the medals with portraits of Shakespeare (for the Series numismatica universalis ), and Dr Franz Josef Gall (1758- 1828); — those commemorating the Victories and Conquests of the French from 1792 to 1815; — Death of the Prince de Condé ; — Re-dedication of the Church of Sainte-Geneviéve at Paris; — Erection of a Statue to Louis XIV. at Montpellier; —and of another to Louis XVI. at Bordeaux; — Building of a Monument to Boieldieu at Rouen; — and also to the Duc de Berry at Lille; Translation of the body of Napoleon I. from St. Helena to the Dôme des Invalides at Paris; — Visit of King Louis Philippe and Queen to the Mint (illustrated) ; — Foundation ot the Trocadero (1830); — Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, President of the French Republic; — The L. Forrer. — Biographical Notices of Medallist. — I. Marquis of Lauriston (1822); — Life-Saving Reward (1835); — M. Bégin, chief surgeon of the military hospital at Strassburg (1836) ; — The Latino-French Library published by Dr Panckoucke (1823) ; — Building of the Railway from Paris to St. Germain-en-Laye (same year); — the Duke and Duchess of Orleans (1838) ; — Preservation of public and historical Monuments (1840); — Death of M. N. F. Bellard ; — Coronation of Charles X. (signed : BARRE, Ft XV DIES, engraved in 15 days); — and others. In Mudie's National Series of Medals, the following are by J. J. Barre : Battle of Vimiera, 1808, obv. ; — Visit of the allied sovereigns to England, 1814, rev.; — The English re-enter Hanover, 1814, rev. There is also a medal of George IV., with laureate head to r., without reverse, signed by this artist, who cut several masonic medals as well, two of which are mentioned by Marvin. Of the two sons of J. J. Barre, the eldest, Jean Auguste, was a sculptor of merit, whilst the younger, Désiré Albert, succeeded his father in 1855 as Chief-engraver at the Paris mint. The portrait of the artist, who had received in 1834 the Cross of the Legion of Honour has been painted in 1840 by Amaury Duval. To the list of J. J. Barre's productions given above may be added : 1835. The King refuses for his son the crown of Belgium; — 1836, Portrait-medallion of the King, Queen, and various members of the Royal family ; — Erection of a statue to the Duke of Orleans ; — Masonic medal for 1818 ; — General Insurance Companies of Paris; — Society for the Amelioration of Prisons, 1819; — Baptism of the Duke of Bordeaux, 1821 ; — Visit to the Paris Mint of Dom Miguel of Portugal, 1824 ; — Felix de Beaujour, 1827 ; — Jeton of the Athenaeum of Lyons, 1828; — Louis XVIII., 1829; — Laying of the Foundation stone of the Basile Monument, 1831 ; — P. A. Berryer, 1833; — Scipio, Marquis of Dreux-Brézé ; — The King of the Two-Sicilies and trie Prince of Salerno visit the Paris Mint, 1836; — Pierre Laromiguiére, 1837; — Marriage of the Duke of Orleans with Princess Helena of Mecklenburg ; — The Duke and Duchess of Nemours visit the Paris Mint, 1840 ; — Preservation of Historical Monuments; — The Army to the Duke of Orleans, 1842; — The Pont au Change at Lyons, 1843 ; — Various jetons, &c; — The Trocadero Barracks, 1828; — Borelli and Menotti, 1831; — Visit of Charles X. to Mülhausen, 1828; — Charles Albert of Savoy, 1823 ; — Visit of the Duke of Savoy to the Paris Mint, 1829; — A. Firmin-Didot, the publisher; — Gall, 1848; — George I. of Greece : — John Howard, 1829 ; — Jerome-Napoléon, 1855 ; — Golden- Wedding of M. Koechlin-Dolfuss, 1819; — La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, 1839; — Oath of Louis-Philippe to the French Constitution, 1830; — Statue of the Duke of Orleans, 1844; — F. Massis; — Mercier-Dupaty ; — E. Mortier, 1835 ; — C. A. Pozzo di Boreo, 1830 ; — H. de Quelen, Archbishop of Paris, 1840; — Raymond de Séze, 1829 ; — Unveiling of the statue of Charles XIII. at Stockholm, 1821 ; — Prize Medal of Charles XIV. John of Sweden ; — Marriage of Charles XIV. John of Sweden ; — Death of Queen Desideria of Sweden, 1823 ; — Dr John Howard (1720-1790) of London, 1828; — Dr Edward Jenner (1749-1783), of Berkeley (Napoleon III. Emperor); — Dr Jean Baptiste Edouard Bousquet (1794-1872) of Paris, 1829; — Baron Antoine Jean Baptiste Robert Angot de Montyon (1733- 1820) and Benjamin Franklin, 1833 ; — Hospital for the Insane, Charenton, 1838; — Hôpitaux civils, Paris; — Hospices civils de Paris (Charles X.); — Institution des jeunes aveugles, 1839 (Louis-Philippe); — Malades indigents (Napoleon III.); — Société médicale of Evreux, 1806 (Charles X.) ; — Conseil d'hygiene de l'Aisne (2 var.) ; — Medical Society of Lyons ; — Intendance sanitaire de Marseille (Louis-Philippe); — Conseil supérieur de santé, 1831; — Pharmaceutical Society of Paris ; — Vaccination (Napoleon III.) ; — France visited by cholera, 1866 ; — Services sanitaires, 1870 ; — Dr Charles Louis Fleury Panckoucke (1781-1844), of Paris, 1824; — Baron Louis Jacques Thenard (1777-1857), of Paris; — Hospital of the Loire, 1854; — Blessés fraucais, 1859; — Dr Carl von Linné, Linnaean Society of Lyons, 1822; — Schiller, 1819; — Another, 1821 ; — Dr Maurin of Rome (Louis-Philippe); — Medals of the French Chemical, &c. Society; — Marie Constance Sass, 1863 ; — Cercle agricole de Seine-et-Oise (illustrated in Roger Marx, Médailleurs contemporains en France et á I'Etranger, 1901, pi. x, 12) ; — Domenico Cimarosa, &c. Barre engraved the seals of the State and National Assembly in 1848. This artist executed also the dies tor the coinage of Greece (George I.) in 1868 (Didrachms, Drachms and 50 Lepta), 1869 (20, 10 and 5 Drachms,2o, 10, 5, 2 and 1 Lepta), 1873 (5 Drachms ?.) Bibliography. — E. Bellier de la Chavignerie et Louis Auvray, Dictionnaire général des Artistes de I'École francaise, Paris, 1882. — Dr J. Meyer, Nagler's Künstler-Lexikon. — Dr F. P. Weber, Medals and Medallions of the nineteenth century relating to England by foreign Artists, London, 1894. — Ad. Thiers, Grande Encyclopédie, t. V, p. 481. — Marvin, Masonic Medals, Boston, 1880.
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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