BRENET, ANTOINE (French). Father of Nic. Guy Antoine Brenet. Medallist of the Revolution period ; he engraved a commemorative badge of the Taking of the Bastille, 1790. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Histoire numismatique de la Révolution francaise.
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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