BOLTSCHAUSER, HANS HEINRICH (Swiss). Son of a miller of Altenklingen (canton Thurgau), was born on the 11. April 1754. He learnt the art of engraving under John Christopher Aefli of Diessenhofen, with whom he worked for 2 1/2 years. Having left him for Zurich, he studied drawing in that city, and was initiated in diesinking under John Martin Bürkli. Later on, we find him working as a Medallist at Augsburg, and as late as 1806, at Mannheim. He died on June 10, 1812. In the latter city he filled the post of Mint-engraver and " Hofmedailleur " to the Count Palatine. His best known medals are the following : School Prize of the City of Zurich, 1786; — Centenary of the Foundation of the Artillery College at Zurich, 1786; — Professor Johann Jakob Bodmer, of Zurich, 1698- 1783 (several varieties) ; — Prof. Bodmer, and J. J. Breitinger, of Zurich, 1786; — Salomon Gessner, poet, painter and engraver, 1730-1788 (this medal is the first engraved by this artist); — Johann Caspar Lavater, physiognomist, poet, &c., 1743-1801 (several varieties); — Johann Diethelm Lavater,.physician, 1743-1826 (engraved in 1801); — Leonhard Usteri, theologian of Zurich, 1741-1789; — Military Reward of the Bernese Republic, 1802; — Johann Peter Reimherr, theologian of Frankfort, 1704- 1796 ; — Prof. Georg Purman of Frankfort's Jubilee, 1807 ; — The Duke of Brunswick restores Peace to the Netherlands, 1766 ; — Paul von Stetten ; — Goethe (several varieties) ; — Gellert, the poet, &c. The coins of the first decade of the present, century struck at Mannheim were engraved by Boltschauser. This Artist's medals are variously signed : H. B.; — HHB. ; — BOLTSCH ; — H. BOLTSCHAUS. ; — or H. BOLTSCHAUSER in full. Bibliography. — Bulletin de la société suisse de numismatique, 1882. — W. Tobler-Meyer, Wunderly v. Muralt Münz und Medaillen-Sammtung, 1896. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — P. Joseph und E. Fellner, Münzen von Frankfurt a/M, — 1896. Fuesslin, op. cit. — Brun, Schweizerisches Künstler-Lexikon.
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
BERNIER, J.
BERNIER, J. (French). Medallist of the end of the eighteenth century. His works date between 1790 and 1797, and are signed B. or BF. There is a pattern 30 Sols of Louis XVI., 1791, signed by him, and another for a Décime of 1793, with LA LOl DES FRANCOIS on obv. and a seated figure of Liberty ; also two medals of 1797, one with Minerva, and the other with Justice standing. Several masonic medals were cut by him, and he also worked for Russia. A Portrait-medal of Benjamin Franklin bears his signa...
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BERNIER, J. (French). Medallist of the end of the eighteenth century. His works date between 1790 and 1797, and are signed B. or BF. There is a pattern 30 Sols of Louis XVI., 1791, signed by him, and another for a Décime of 1793, with LA LOl DES FRANCOIS on obv. and a seated figure of Liberty ; also two medals of 1797, one with Minerva, and the other with Justice standing. Several masonic medals were cut by him, and he also worked for Russia. A Portrait-medal of Benjamin Franklin bears his signa...
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BERTOLDO DI GIOVANNI
BERTOLDO DI GIOVANNI (Ital.), circa 1420-1491. Florentine Sculptor of the second half of the fifteenth century. He was a pupil of Donatello, and chosen by Lorenzo the Magnificent as Director of the Academy he had instituted in his gardens. The artist died in 1492 at Poggio a Cajano, Villa dei Medici. His signature appears on a medal of Mohammed II. (1 443-1481), with bust of the Sultan on obv. and triumphal chariot on R. accompanied by several allegorical figures. This beautiful medal is reprodu...
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BERTOLDO DI GIOVANNI (Ital.), circa 1420-1491. Florentine Sculptor of the second half of the fifteenth century. He was a pupil of Donatello, and chosen by Lorenzo the Magnificent as Director of the Academy he had instituted in his gardens. The artist died in 1492 at Poggio a Cajano, Villa dei Medici. His signature appears on a medal of Mohammed II. (1 443-1481), with bust of the Sultan on obv. and triumphal chariot on R. accompanied by several allegorical figures. This beautiful medal is reprodu...
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BESELEEL
BESELEEL (Hebrew). This Gem-engraver is perhaps the oldest on record. He cut the stones for Aaron's breast-plate and engraved on each of them the name of one of the tribes of Israel. We read in Exodus, XXXV, 30 : "The Lord hath called by name Bezaleel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; and he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship ; and to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, an...
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BESELEEL (Hebrew). This Gem-engraver is perhaps the oldest on record. He cut the stones for Aaron's breast-plate and engraved on each of them the name of one of the tribes of Israel. We read in Exodus, XXXV, 30 : "The Lord hath called by name Bezaleel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; and he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship ; and to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, an...
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BESRODNY, WASSILI
BESRODNY, WASSILI (Russian). Medallist, born in 1783, died in 1806. He was a pupil of the Fine Art Academy of St. Petersburg and obtained the second prize in 1801 and the first in 1803 for modelling from nature, and in the same year a gold medal. He entered the St. Petersburg Mint in the following year . By him are the obvs. of the medals of Prince Potemkin ; — Annexation of Crimea with Russia, 1783 ; — Establishment of the Governorship of Ekaterinoslaw and the Tauric Province; — Conquest of Ots...
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BESRODNY, WASSILI (Russian). Medallist, born in 1783, died in 1806. He was a pupil of the Fine Art Academy of St. Petersburg and obtained the second prize in 1801 and the first in 1803 for modelling from nature, and in the same year a gold medal. He entered the St. Petersburg Mint in the following year . By him are the obvs. of the medals of Prince Potemkin ; — Annexation of Crimea with Russia, 1783 ; — Establishment of the Governorship of Ekaterinoslaw and the Tauric Province; — Conquest of Ots...
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