BRUNNER, MARTIN (Germ.). Medallist, born at Nuremberg, 1659; a pupil of Wolrab. He resided for some time at Breslau and Prague, and later returned to his native city, for which he principally worked. He also executed some medals for various princes, and a large number of dies for striking draughtsmen in wood. He largely contributed to the series of medals commemorating contemporary events, issued by Kleinert and Lauffer. He died at Nuremberg in 1725. Several of his works relate to English history : Coronation of William and Mary, 1689; — Draughtsmen (3 var.) on the same event ; — Portrait-medallion of William and Mary 1689 (illustrated) ; — Dutch discontents, 1690; — Pacification of Ireland, 1691; — Prince Eugene of Savoy, Victory over the Turks at Zenda, 1697 ; — Huy taken, 1694 ;— Peace of Ryswick, 1697 ;— Another, on the same event; —Victory off Vigo Bay, 1702; — Duke of Marlborough, Commander-in-chief, 1702 (2 var.); — Eugene and Marlborough, Battle of Blenheim, 1704 ; — Barcelona relieved, 1706 ; — Attemped invasion of Scotland, 1708; — Battle of Oudenarde, 1708; — City of Lille taken, 1708 (3 types); — Campaign of 1708 ; — City of Tournay taken, 1709 (2 types); — Battle of Malplaquet, 1709; — Mons taken, 1709; — Douai taken, 1710; — Successes of Anne, 1710; — George I. proclaimed King, 1714. The Battle of Zenda between Austria and Turkey, the Bombardment of Budapesth, and the Accession of Charles VI., 1711, form the subject of three other of his medals. By the same artist are also : Siege of Belgrade, 1688 (2 types); — Battle of Belgrade, 1717 (2 var); — Peace of Passorowitz, 1718; — Obscene medals relating to Physicians; in boxwood (6 var., three of which are represented in the Boston Collection) ; — Beginning of the eighteenth century (sev. var.); — Charles of Austria's departure for Spain, 1900; — Death of Joseph I., 1711 ; — Preliminaries of Peace between France and Austria, 1714; — Birth of the Archduke Leopold (son of Charles VI., 13. April 1716; — Victory of Poterwardein, 1716 ; -- Capture of Temeswar, 1716 ; &c. Hildebrand (Sveriges och Svenska Konungahusets Minnes penningar, Stockholm, 1875) describes the following medals by this artist : Gustavus Adolphus, R. SVB AQVIL? ROMAN? ALIS QVIESCO ; — Charles XII. 's Victory over the Russians, 1700; — Charles XII. and Louis XIV., 1709; — Charles XII. 's arrival at Stralsund after his Victory over the Turks, 1714; — Burial of Charles XII., 1719 ; — Portrait-medal of Charles XII. ; — Prince Frederick of Hesse, 1704; — Accession of Charles VI. as German Emperor, 1711. These medals are all signed MB. Brunner worked at Breslau from 1677 to 1680. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Franks and Grueber, Medallic Illustrations of British History — Cochran-Patrick, , Medals of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1885, — Mittheilungen da Clubs der Münz-und Medaillenfreunde in Wien, 1892.
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
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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BOURDICHON, JEHAN
BOURDICHON, JEHAN (French). Painter and Miniaturist, born at Tours in 1457, where he died in 1521. M. Blanchet, in a paper read before the Congrés de I'histoire de I'Art, at Paris, 26 July, 1900, has established the relations between painters and medallists at the Renaissance period, and shown for instance the similarity between the manuscript of Anne of Britanny and certain coins of Nantes. With Foucquet and Clouet, Bourdichon occupies a place of distinction in the French school of the Renaissa...
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BOURDICHON, JEHAN (French). Painter and Miniaturist, born at Tours in 1457, where he died in 1521. M. Blanchet, in a paper read before the Congrés de I'histoire de I'Art, at Paris, 26 July, 1900, has established the relations between painters and medallists at the Renaissance period, and shown for instance the similarity between the manuscript of Anne of Britanny and certain coins of Nantes. With Foucquet and Clouet, Bourdichon occupies a place of distinction in the French school of the Renaissa...
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