BOUWENS, HUBERT (Belg.). Engraver of coins and seals. He was employed in that capacity at the Antwerp Mint in 1573. Mary of Burgundy, Maximilian, and Philip the Fair renewed his grant in 1477 and 1484. From 1485 to 1488 he did work for the Mint at Malines. His finest production is a seal of Brabant which was used, after the death of Mary, in 1482, until the majority of Philip the Fair. It represents this prince with his father Maximilian. Bouwens died on the 16. February 1488. L. Forrer. — Biographical Notices of Medallist. — I. Bibliography. — A. Pinchart, Hubert Bouvens, Revue belge de num., 1860.
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
BLOC, CONRAD VAN
BLOC, CONRAD VAN (Dutch). This Medallist of uncommon talent was of Dutch origin. His works date from 1575 to 1602. It is not known where he was born, nor where he resided. He excelled in portraiture, and some of his medals of Philip II. are very much admired. So early as 1577 he had produced seven different portraitpieces of William of Orange, and of the Prince's consort, Charlotte of Bourbon. There exist other portrait-medallions by him, notably the following : of the Count Palatine John Casimi...
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BLOC, CONRAD VAN (Dutch). This Medallist of uncommon talent was of Dutch origin. His works date from 1575 to 1602. It is not known where he was born, nor where he resided. He excelled in portraiture, and some of his medals of Philip II. are very much admired. So early as 1577 he had produced seven different portraitpieces of William of Orange, and of the Prince's consort, Charlotte of Bourbon. There exist other portrait-medallions by him, notably the following : of the Count Palatine John Casimi...
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BLONDEAU, PIERRE
BLONDEAU, PIERRE (French). Coin-engraver and Medallist of Paris ; inventor of a machine for striking coins and medals. At the request of the Parliament he came to England in Sept. 1649, and in 1656, he obtained a pension of ? 100 a year. He soon afterwards returned to France, to come back at the Restoration, when Charles II. confirmed his grant. He was appointed Provost of the moneyers and engineers at the London Mint to carry out his improvements, which office he held from the 14th, Charles II....
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BLONDEAU, PIERRE (French). Coin-engraver and Medallist of Paris ; inventor of a machine for striking coins and medals. At the request of the Parliament he came to England in Sept. 1649, and in 1656, he obtained a pension of ? 100 a year. He soon afterwards returned to France, to come back at the Restoration, when Charles II. confirmed his grant. He was appointed Provost of the moneyers and engineers at the London Mint to carry out his improvements, which office he held from the 14th, Charles II....
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BLUM, JOHANN
BLUM, JOHANN (Germ.). Medallist, residing at Bremen, where he worked from 1631 to 1660. The Houses of Saxony, Brunswick and Orange employed him largely, and for them he cut a number of commemorative medals. One on the Marriage of William II., Prince of Orange, and Princess Mary, 1641, is interesting to English collectors; two varieties are known. His work bears some resemblance to that of Sebastian Dadler. Among his best medals I would not omit : Portrait of the Swedish General Banner; — Gustavu...
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BLUM, JOHANN (Germ.). Medallist, residing at Bremen, where he worked from 1631 to 1660. The Houses of Saxony, Brunswick and Orange employed him largely, and for them he cut a number of commemorative medals. One on the Marriage of William II., Prince of Orange, and Princess Mary, 1641, is interesting to English collectors; two varieties are known. His work bears some resemblance to that of Sebastian Dadler. Among his best medals I would not omit : Portrait of the Swedish General Banner; — Gustavu...
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BOEHM, JOSEF DANIEL
BOEHM, JOSEF DANIEL (Austr.). Medallist and Mint-engraver of Vienna, during the second quarter of the nineteenth century. He was born in 1794; studied under Pichler and at Rome under Canova and Thorwaldsen. For a number of years he filled the office of Director of the Vienna Mint. Among Boehm's principal medallic works and coin-dies are : Josepha Fodor, Viennese actress, 1825; — Archduke Charles Louis, 1843; — Dedication of the new cathedral at Erlau, 1837; — Enthronization of Ferdinand Maria, ...
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BOEHM, JOSEF DANIEL (Austr.). Medallist and Mint-engraver of Vienna, during the second quarter of the nineteenth century. He was born in 1794; studied under Pichler and at Rome under Canova and Thorwaldsen. For a number of years he filled the office of Director of the Vienna Mint. Among Boehm's principal medallic works and coin-dies are : Josepha Fodor, Viennese actress, 1825; — Archduke Charles Louis, 1843; — Dedication of the new cathedral at Erlau, 1837; — Enthronization of Ferdinand Maria, ...
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