BENJAMIN DUVIVIER. 1730-1795. Paris Medallist and Coin-engraver. Bibliography. — Schlickeysen-Pallmann, op. cit.
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
BARON, VINCENT ALFRED
BARON, VINCENT ALFRED (French). Sculptor and dramatic artist, born at Meximieux (Ain), on the 11th of June, 1820. Pupil of Ramey and Jacquot. By him are the following Portrait-medallions : 1849, A. d'Houdetot; — M. Dumont; — Edmond Auduit; — Mme Clarisse Robert; — Debureau; — 1857, M. Cabanis; — M. Lireux; — MIIe de Vienne; — 1859 Dr Charles Caron des Villards; — Louis Vézu; — 1861, L. Craven; — General Count Boutourlin ; — Portraits of Children, &c. Bibliography. — Chavignerie et Auvray, op. ci...
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BARON, VINCENT ALFRED (French). Sculptor and dramatic artist, born at Meximieux (Ain), on the 11th of June, 1820. Pupil of Ramey and Jacquot. By him are the following Portrait-medallions : 1849, A. d'Houdetot; — M. Dumont; — Edmond Auduit; — Mme Clarisse Robert; — Debureau; — 1857, M. Cabanis; — M. Lireux; — MIIe de Vienne; — 1859 Dr Charles Caron des Villards; — Louis Vézu; — 1861, L. Craven; — General Count Boutourlin ; — Portraits of Children, &c. Bibliography. — Chavignerie et Auvray, op. ci...
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BARRE, ALBERT DÉSIRÉ
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 f...
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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 f...
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BARRE, JEAN JACQUES
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 t...
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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 t...
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BARTELS
BARTELS (?), BARTOLD (Germ.). Mint-master to the Dukes of Brunswick-Luneburg, first half of the seventeenth century; 1620- 1624, Mint-master at Lauenburg; 1626, at Winsen; 1630, at Harburg. He was son-in-law of the Lüneburg Mint-master, Jonas Georgens. There is a medal of Julius Heinrich von Lauenburg, dated 1626, which is attributed to him, on the ground of similarity of work between this piece and the monetary issues of Duke Julius Ernest of Braunschweig-Dannenberg (illustrated). Bibliography....
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BARTELS (?), BARTOLD (Germ.). Mint-master to the Dukes of Brunswick-Luneburg, first half of the seventeenth century; 1620- 1624, Mint-master at Lauenburg; 1626, at Winsen; 1630, at Harburg. He was son-in-law of the Lüneburg Mint-master, Jonas Georgens. There is a medal of Julius Heinrich von Lauenburg, dated 1626, which is attributed to him, on the ground of similarity of work between this piece and the monetary issues of Duke Julius Ernest of Braunschweig-Dannenberg (illustrated). Bibliography....
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