BRUPPACHER, HEINRICH (Swiss). Medallist, born at Wädenswil, 3 December 1758; died 1. May 1835. He was working at Lucerne, circa 1790, as successor of Ulrich B. His signature B. F. occurs on a medal struck in honour of Kasimir Pfyffer of Lucerne, 1794-1874. Bibliography. — C. Brun, Schweizerisches Künstler-Lexikon.
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
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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BOURGEOIS, LOUIS MAXIMILIEN
BOURGEOIS, LOUIS MAXIMILIEN (French). A Paris Sculptor and Medallist, born in 1839 ; died in 1902. He studied modelling at the École des Arts décoratifs, and then under Jouffroy became a pupil of the École des Beaux-Arts, and of the sculptor Thomas. His medals are of exquisite workmanship and rank very high among the productions of the modern French school ; the most important are : Seine and Marne (prize medal for various competitive enterprises) ; — To French Arts (Medal approved by the Minist...
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BOURGEOIS, LOUIS MAXIMILIEN (French). A Paris Sculptor and Medallist, born in 1839 ; died in 1902. He studied modelling at the École des Arts décoratifs, and then under Jouffroy became a pupil of the École des Beaux-Arts, and of the sculptor Thomas. His medals are of exquisite workmanship and rank very high among the productions of the modern French school ; the most important are : Seine and Marne (prize medal for various competitive enterprises) ; — To French Arts (Medal approved by the Minist...
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