CARPEAUX, JEAN BAPTISTE (French). Sculptor and Medallist; pupil of Albert de Pujol, Rude, and Duret ; born at Valenciennes (Nord), 11th May, 1827; entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1844 ; died at Paris, 12th October, 1875. As a medallist, he produced some fine work. R. Marx in Les Médailleurs francais illustrates his medallion of La Comtesse de J..., executed in the style of David d'Angers, and mentions four others, which were greatly admired at the 1889 Paris Exhibition : Mme Defly; — The Prince Imperial; — M. Ruynard; — Mlle Bouvet. His productions as a sculptor are very numerous. Alike with the productions of Rude, and Chapu, his medallions are fine specimens of modelling; the portraits are characteristic and full of power. Napoleon III. made him a Knight of the Legion of Honour in 1866; and he was raised to the rank of Officer on the 6th of August, 1875, two months before his death. Most of the bas-reliefs of Carpeaux : Joseph recognized by his Brethren ; — The Holy Alliance of the Nations ; — The Submission of Abd-el-Kader ; — The Triumph of Flora, &c, could be reduced to the size of medals. He also executed Portrait-medallions of M. and Mme L. J. Foucart; — Georges Foucart (aged 10); — Mme R***., &c. M. E. Chesneau, the biographer of the great French sculptor, pays the following tribute to his memory : " Carpeaux mérite d'occuper une des pages les plus glorieuses dans l'histoire de l'Art francais. " Bibliography. — E. Chesneau, Le Statuaire J.-B. Carpeaux, sa vie et son ?uvre, A. Quantin, Paris, 1880. — R. Marx, Les Médailleurs francais, Paris, 1897. — Chavignerie et Auvray, 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
BYLAER, JAN VAN
BYLAER, JAN VAN (Dutch). Sculptor, and Medallist of Utrecht; he was governor of the Job-Hospital, and his name appears in the list of the Guild of St Luke. His works date between 1622 and 1645. He is the Engraver of medals of Maurice, Prince of Orange, 1624, struck in commemoration of the victories gained in 1624 by the Dutch fleet over that of Spain off Peru and Brazil; — Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, Knight of the Garter, 1627; — Conquest of the West Indies by the admirals L'Hermite and W...
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BYLAER, JAN VAN (Dutch). Sculptor, and Medallist of Utrecht; he was governor of the Job-Hospital, and his name appears in the list of the Guild of St Luke. His works date between 1622 and 1645. He is the Engraver of medals of Maurice, Prince of Orange, 1624, struck in commemoration of the victories gained in 1624 by the Dutch fleet over that of Spain off Peru and Brazil; — Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, Knight of the Garter, 1627; — Conquest of the West Indies by the admirals L'Hermite and W...
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CAIUS or GAIUS
CAIUS or GAIUS (Roman). A Sirian garnet of the Marlborough Collection, with a very deeply cut full-face head of the dog Sirius, bears on the dog's collar the signature : ?AIOC EMOIEI. Raspe calls this a work of Natter's. King mentions two intagli, formerly in Roger Bacon's cabinet, a jacinth, with Silenus seated playing on the double flute, and a sard, with bust of a girl, her finger on her lips, similarly signed. It is however open to doubt whether this signature is authentic. Bibliography. — C...
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CAIUS or GAIUS (Roman). A Sirian garnet of the Marlborough Collection, with a very deeply cut full-face head of the dog Sirius, bears on the dog's collar the signature : ?AIOC EMOIEI. Raspe calls this a work of Natter's. King mentions two intagli, formerly in Roger Bacon's cabinet, a jacinth, with Silenus seated playing on the double flute, and a sard, with bust of a girl, her finger on her lips, similarly signed. It is however open to doubt whether this signature is authentic. Bibliography. — C...
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CAJET, ANTON
CAJET, ANTON (Germ.). Coin and Medal-engraver of the first three decades of the eighteenth century. He died in 1738. He- was also Warden of the Mint of the Counts Palatine, at Heidelberg, 1716-1738, and worked as a goldsmith for Philipp von der Pfalz. His coins and medals are signed A. C, as for instance the commemorative medals of the Repairing of the Heidelberg cask, 1716 and 1727. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, Skizzen zur Kunstgeschichte der modernen Medaillen- Arbeit (1429-1846), Berlin, 1840....
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CAJET, ANTON (Germ.). Coin and Medal-engraver of the first three decades of the eighteenth century. He died in 1738. He- was also Warden of the Mint of the Counts Palatine, at Heidelberg, 1716-1738, and worked as a goldsmith for Philipp von der Pfalz. His coins and medals are signed A. C, as for instance the commemorative medals of the Repairing of the Heidelberg cask, 1716 and 1727. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, Skizzen zur Kunstgeschichte der modernen Medaillen- Arbeit (1429-1846), Berlin, 1840....
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CALANDRELLI
CALANDRELLI (Ital.). Gem-engraver of the beginning of the nineteenth century. He produced a considerable number of forgeries, most of which were purchased as antique by the Berlin Museum in 1847. Furtwaengler surmises that he was the author of a cameo, in the same museum, signed A?A?OMOYC . EM. The great demand for gems in England, Germany, Russia, and France, under the first Empire, and later, set a number of forgers at work, and for a time Europe was inundated with their productions, which mos...
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CALANDRELLI (Ital.). Gem-engraver of the beginning of the nineteenth century. He produced a considerable number of forgeries, most of which were purchased as antique by the Berlin Museum in 1847. Furtwaengler surmises that he was the author of a cameo, in the same museum, signed A?A?OMOYC . EM. The great demand for gems in England, Germany, Russia, and France, under the first Empire, and later, set a number of forgers at work, and for a time Europe was inundated with their productions, which mos...
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