BRUCHER, PIERRE (French). 1563-1572. Probably a relative of Antoine, and Guy Brucher, and perhaps the same as Pierre Bouchet, quoted by Barre, Graveurs généraux et particuliers des monnaies de France, 1867. Brucher was appointed Engraver at the Mint of Pau, on January 19, 1563, and to him may be attributed the Écus d'or, Testons, and Half-testons of Jeanne d'Albret, 1564- 1566, and the Testons struck at Pau, from 1568 to 1572. As Guillaume Martin occupied the post of Engraver-general to the Queen of Navarre, it is possible that Brucher, or Bruchier, as his name sometimes occurs, only worked from the designs of his superior, or copied his dies. Bibliography. — J.-A. Blanchet, Les graveurs en Béarn, Dax, 1888. — Do, Histoire monitaire du Béarn, 1893.
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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