BREHMER, FRIEDRICH (Germ.). Sculptor and Medallist, born on the 25th of November 1815, died at Hanover on the 2nd February 1889. He was appointed Mint-engraver and Medallist at the Royal Mint of Hanover in 1846. His bust of King Ernest Augustus, which appears on the Hanoverian coins from 1848 to 1851 and also on medals, as those commemorating the 81st Birthday of the Sovereign, 1851, and the Inauguration of the Ernest Augustus Monument at Hanover, 1861, is considered amongst the best works of that kind ever produced. By Brehmer are also Portraits of King George V. (on the currency of that reign and medals, as that on the King's admission into the Masonic Order, 14 January 1857); — Grand Duke Peter of Oldenburg; — Prince George William of Schaumburg-Lippe (large medal issued by the town of Bückeburg on the Prince's Jubilee ; — Jubilee Double Thaler, 1857 ; — and Thaler, 1860); — Prince Adolph George of Schaumburg-Lippe (Thaler of 1865 ; — Medal on his silver Wedding, with his bust and that of his consort Hermine, 1869); — K. F. Gauss, mathematician of Göttingen ; — Dr H. Grote, numismatist, 1867; — Medal on the 25th Anniversary of the Hanover Artists' Club, 1867; — Dr G. F. Grotefend, 1848; — Pastor H. W. Bödcker, 1848; — W. A. von Rudloff, Postmaster General of Hanover, 1850; — Justus, Baron von Liebig, 1870; — 4th German Federal Rifle Meeting at Hanover, 1872; — Ernest von Bandel, 1875 ; — Börsenthaler of Bremen; — Double Thaler on the Visit of the Royal family to the Hanover Mint, 1854 (of this there is an imitation of later date) ; — Waterloo Commemoration Thaler, 1865 ; — East Friesland, Jubilee Thaler, 1865 (several varieties) ; — Vereins-Double Thaler, 1866 (sev. var) ; — Silver Wedding of George V. and Marie, 1868 ; — Shooting Thaler of 1872; — Double pistole, 1854; — Pistole, 1855; — Half pistole, 1855; — Gold Crown, 1864; — Thalers, 1849, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56; — Double Thaler, 1854; — Mining Thaler, 1855; — Hameln Exhibition, 1857 (sev. var.); — Agricultural Prize-Medal, 1857; — Vereins-Thaler, 1857, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65 ; — Vereins-Double Thaler, 1862 (illustrated); — Medal for Valour in the field, 1866 ; — Peace Thaler of Bremen, 1871 ; — Victory Medal of 1871 ; — Medal of merit of King Ernest Augustus of Hanover; — Visit of George V. to the Mint, 1853 ; — Ludwig von Beethoven, 1870, &c. Bibliography. — Schlickeysen, op. oil. — Marvin, Medals of the Masonic Fraternity, Boston, 1880. — P. Joseph u. E. Fellner, Münzen von Frankfurt am Main. 1897. — Ad. Hess, Reimmann Sale Catalogue, 1895.
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
BONIS, NICCOLO DE
BONIS, NICCOLO DE (Ital.). Medallist to Pope Sixtus V., and his successors until Clement VIII. ; and Engraver of the coins at the Papal Mint of Rome, between 1580 and 1592. His principal medals are : Pope Gregory XIII. ; — Sixtus V. (5 var.) ; — Gregory XIV. (8 var.); — Innocent IX. (7 var.); — Clement VIII. (4 var.) ; — Orazio Astesano. Niccolo de Bonis is mentioned in 1591 as Incisore della Zecca Romana in a document of that year. His work resembles somewhat that of Federigo Parmense ; he cut ...
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BONIS, NICCOLO DE (Ital.). Medallist to Pope Sixtus V., and his successors until Clement VIII. ; and Engraver of the coins at the Papal Mint of Rome, between 1580 and 1592. His principal medals are : Pope Gregory XIII. ; — Sixtus V. (5 var.) ; — Gregory XIV. (8 var.); — Innocent IX. (7 var.); — Clement VIII. (4 var.) ; — Orazio Astesano. Niccolo de Bonis is mentioned in 1591 as Incisore della Zecca Romana in a document of that year. His work resembles somewhat that of Federigo Parmense ; he cut ...
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BONNET, GUILLAUME
BONNET, GUILLAUME (French). Medallist and Sculptor; born in 1820, died at Lyons in 1893. He was a member of the Jury for Medal-engraving at the Salon of 1847. He obtained in 1848 the second Grand Prix de Rome for his medallions of Count de Salvandy and Royer-Collard. In 1849 he exhibited an intaglio representing Mercury forming the caduceus. This artist received in 1860 the cross of the Legion of Honour. One of his cast works is a statue representing the city of Lyons, which has been erected on ...
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BONNET, GUILLAUME (French). Medallist and Sculptor; born in 1820, died at Lyons in 1893. He was a member of the Jury for Medal-engraving at the Salon of 1847. He obtained in 1848 the second Grand Prix de Rome for his medallions of Count de Salvandy and Royer-Collard. In 1849 he exhibited an intaglio representing Mercury forming the caduceus. This artist received in 1860 the cross of the Legion of Honour. One of his cast works is a statue representing the city of Lyons, which has been erected on ...
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BONNETON, THÉODORE
BONNETON, THÉODORE (Swiss). Medallist and Coin-engraver of Geneva, baptised on June 11, 1762, died April 5, 1805. He filled the post of Mint-engraver at Geneva from 1794 to 1795, and executed, after the designs of the painter St. Ours, the dies of the Ecu “genevoise" of 1794; — AR. 5 Centimes á la ruche of 1794 ; — Gros écu of 1795 ; — Three and Six Sols of 1795. By him is also a medal die of Jean Jacques Rousseau, with portrait three-quarter face to 1., from which no medals were struck until 18...
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BONNETON, THÉODORE (Swiss). Medallist and Coin-engraver of Geneva, baptised on June 11, 1762, died April 5, 1805. He filled the post of Mint-engraver at Geneva from 1794 to 1795, and executed, after the designs of the painter St. Ours, the dies of the Ecu “genevoise" of 1794; — AR. 5 Centimes á la ruche of 1794 ; — Gros écu of 1795 ; — Three and Six Sols of 1795. By him is also a medal die of Jean Jacques Rousseau, with portrait three-quarter face to 1., from which no medals were struck until 18...
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BONT, CORNEILLE DE
BONT, CORNEILLE DE (Belg.). Goldsmith and Seal-engraver, one of the cleverest artists of his time. He was born at Breda, and left that city in 1470, for Ghent, where he resided until 1504. A contemporary poet, Jean Lemaire, quotes him in the Couronne margaritique : Approche-toy, orfévre du due Charles, Gentil Gantois, Corneille, trés habile. It is more or less certain that he worked for Charles the Bold, but his best productions are the seals he cut for Mary of Burgundy, 1476, Maximilian and Mar...
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BONT, CORNEILLE DE (Belg.). Goldsmith and Seal-engraver, one of the cleverest artists of his time. He was born at Breda, and left that city in 1470, for Ghent, where he resided until 1504. A contemporary poet, Jean Lemaire, quotes him in the Couronne margaritique : Approche-toy, orfévre du due Charles, Gentil Gantois, Corneille, trés habile. It is more or less certain that he worked for Charles the Bold, but his best productions are the seals he cut for Mary of Burgundy, 1476, Maximilian and Mar...
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