BRUCHER, ANTOINE (French). Engraver at the Medal Mint of Paris, 1558-1568. He is the author of jeton; for Sieur Durand, of Provins, 1557, Gendarmerie of France, 1560, Cour des Monnaies, 1560, and one with horseman on obv. and R. PARTA VICTORIA CLEMENS 1558. In 1564, he engraved the dies of Sols parisis for the Poitiers Mint, and in 1565, those for coins of the republic and dominion of Lucca, and also for Queen Mary Stuart. He is said to be the inventor of improved machinery for striking coins. It is probable that the dies of patterns and piedforts struck at the Mill, from 1558 to 1568 were cut by Antoine Brucher, except those of 1561 which are the work of Claude de Héry. In 1561, this artist executed the Coronation Medals of Charles IX. of which there are three types, and he probably did engrave most of the medals of that reign. Mazerolle gives the following list of Jetons by Antoine Brucher : 1558, Jetons for Philippe Durand; — 1559, 1560, Jetons banaux; — 1560, Jetons for the Cour des Monnaies; — 1561, Jetons for the Gendarmerie of France; — 1562, 1563, 1564, Jetons for the Cour des Monnaies ; — Jetons for the City of Paris, &c. Bibliography. — Alb. Barre, Graveurs particuliers des monnaies — de France, 1867. Rondot, 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
BOTTÉE, LOUIS ALEXANDRE
BOTTÉE, LOUIS ALEXANDRE (French). Contemporary Medallist, residing at Paris; born in 1852 ; was apprenticed at the age of 13 in a button factory, to which was attached a studio for medalengraving ; followed the evening classes of the Drawing Schools of the city of Paris, and then of the School for Decorative Arts ; entered in 1869 the work-shop of M. Tasset, the medallist, and was interrupted in his studies by the Franco-German War. In 1871, he was received as a pupil at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts...
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BOTTÉE, LOUIS ALEXANDRE (French). Contemporary Medallist, residing at Paris; born in 1852 ; was apprenticed at the age of 13 in a button factory, to which was attached a studio for medalengraving ; followed the evening classes of the Drawing Schools of the city of Paris, and then of the School for Decorative Arts ; entered in 1869 the work-shop of M. Tasset, the medallist, and was interrupted in his studies by the Franco-German War. In 1871, he was received as a pupil at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts...
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BOUCHARDON, EDMOND
BOUCHARDON, EDMOND (French). Painter and Sculptor under Louis XV. Some of his drawings have been copied by the great French gem-engraver Jacques Guay, amongst others his Genius of Poetry, intaglio on a fine light sardonyx; the Rape of Dejaneira also an intaglio, and theTriumph of Fontenoy on a carnelian.Bouchardon was born in 1698, and died at Paris in 1762. He was one of the most noteworthy statuaries of the eighteenth century. It may be of interest to mention that the plates of Mariette's " Tr...
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BOUCHARDON, EDMOND (French). Painter and Sculptor under Louis XV. Some of his drawings have been copied by the great French gem-engraver Jacques Guay, amongst others his Genius of Poetry, intaglio on a fine light sardonyx; the Rape of Dejaneira also an intaglio, and theTriumph of Fontenoy on a carnelian.Bouchardon was born in 1698, and died at Paris in 1762. He was one of the most noteworthy statuaries of the eighteenth century. It may be of interest to mention that the plates of Mariette's " Tr...
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BOULTON, MATTHEW
BOULTON, MATTHEW (Brit.), 1728-1809. Born at Birmingham, 3. Sept. 1728. His father was a silver stamper and piercer, who had been obliged to enter business in consequence of family reverses. Young Matthew Boulton carried on the trade, and on his father's death, in 1759, had already extended it considerably. In 1760, having married a wealthy heiress, Anne Robinson of Lichfield, he was in a position to further enlarge his works, which later on became the Soho Mint, now The Mint, Birmingham, Ltd. O...
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BOULTON, MATTHEW (Brit.), 1728-1809. Born at Birmingham, 3. Sept. 1728. His father was a silver stamper and piercer, who had been obliged to enter business in consequence of family reverses. Young Matthew Boulton carried on the trade, and on his father's death, in 1759, had already extended it considerably. In 1760, having married a wealthy heiress, Anne Robinson of Lichfield, he was in a position to further enlarge his works, which later on became the Soho Mint, now The Mint, Birmingham, Ltd. O...
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BOURBERAIN, CLAUDE
BOURBERAIN, CLAUDE (French). Coin-engraver of Dijon, Mintmaster at Neuchâtel (Switzerland), 1590-1607. On the death of Léonor d'Orléans-Longueville, his widow, Marie de Bourbon, desiring to place the Mint of Neuchâtel on a working basis, engaged this moneyer, who was instated in his office on the 10th. April 1590. In 1595, he was employed by the Bishop of Basle and went to St. Ursanne for the purpose of engraving the dies of the episcopal coins. Although Bourberain did not sign his works, the fo...
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BOURBERAIN, CLAUDE (French). Coin-engraver of Dijon, Mintmaster at Neuchâtel (Switzerland), 1590-1607. On the death of Léonor d'Orléans-Longueville, his widow, Marie de Bourbon, desiring to place the Mint of Neuchâtel on a working basis, engaged this moneyer, who was instated in his office on the 10th. April 1590. In 1595, he was employed by the Bishop of Basle and went to St. Ursanne for the purpose of engraving the dies of the episcopal coins. Although Bourberain did not sign his works, the fo...
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