CHAUDET, ANTOINE DENIS (French). Sculptor and Painter, 1763- 1810. His bust of Napoleon I. was used by Andrieu, and afterwards by Droz, on these artists' medals for the profile portrait of the Emperor. He also designed the reverses of the following Napoleonic medals: An XII, The Senate and the People; — 1805, Taking of Presbourg; — Capitulation of Berlin, Warsaw and Koenigsberg; — Distribution of Eagles to the Army ; .— Preserving Fortune, etc. Bibliography. — Blanchet, op. cit., II, p. 389. — R. Marx. Méd. cont. en France et d l'étranger, 1901.
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
HOISON, GUILLAUME
HOISON, GUILLAUME (French). Gem-engraver of the first half of the sixteenth century; probably a pupil of Matteo del Nassaro. Babelon gives the following notice concerning this artist. " Un compte des menus plaisirs du Roi, de 1530, fait mention d'une somme de 448 livres, payée a Guillaume Hoison, lapidaire ? Paris, « pour une Notre-Dame d'agathe garnie de neuf grosses perles, d'ung saphir et de deux rubis... et ung poignart ayant le manche de cristal et garny par la guesne de trois camayeux » "....
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HOISON, GUILLAUME (French). Gem-engraver of the first half of the sixteenth century; probably a pupil of Matteo del Nassaro. Babelon gives the following notice concerning this artist. " Un compte des menus plaisirs du Roi, de 1530, fait mention d'une somme de 448 livres, payée a Guillaume Hoison, lapidaire ? Paris, « pour une Notre-Dame d'agathe garnie de neuf grosses perles, d'ung saphir et de deux rubis... et ung poignart ayant le manche de cristal et garny par la guesne de trois camayeux » "....
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HOLDERMANN, GEORG
HOLDERMANN, GEORG (Germ.). Nuremberg Artist, probably a Goldsmith, of the first half of the seventeenth century ; his medalwork is comprised between 1610 and 1629. Erman observes that Holdermann' s Portrait-medal of himself (illustrated) offers very fine work, but most of his productions are weak. Erman gives the following list of the artist's medals : Undated, Pirkheimer and Dürer (Trés. 1, 5; Berlin Mus.); — 1610, The Artist himself (aet. 25) and his mother (?) Maria Magdalena (Berlin); (illus...
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HOLDERMANN, GEORG (Germ.). Nuremberg Artist, probably a Goldsmith, of the first half of the seventeenth century ; his medalwork is comprised between 1610 and 1629. Erman observes that Holdermann' s Portrait-medal of himself (illustrated) offers very fine work, but most of his productions are weak. Erman gives the following list of the artist's medals : Undated, Pirkheimer and Dürer (Trés. 1, 5; Berlin Mus.); — 1610, The Artist himself (aet. 25) and his mother (?) Maria Magdalena (Berlin); (illus...
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HOLTZHEIMER, KARL LUDWIG
HOLTZHEIMER, KARL LUDWIG (Germ.). Die-sinker at Hanau, circa 1775-1820. He was employed at the Hanau Mint in the capa- city of Engraver of the coins. On a Bieberer mining Thaler, 1796 (illustrated), with bust of Landgrave William IX. of Hesse, his signature H occurs on truncation, and his full name HOLTZEMER is found on a medal of 1803, struck by the town of Hanau to com- memorate the accession to the dignity of a Prince-Elector of William I. of Hesse; also on a medal of 1790 on the Emperor Leop...
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HOLTZHEIMER, KARL LUDWIG (Germ.). Die-sinker at Hanau, circa 1775-1820. He was employed at the Hanau Mint in the capa- city of Engraver of the coins. On a Bieberer mining Thaler, 1796 (illustrated), with bust of Landgrave William IX. of Hesse, his signature H occurs on truncation, and his full name HOLTZEMER is found on a medal of 1803, struck by the town of Hanau to com- memorate the accession to the dignity of a Prince-Elector of William I. of Hesse; also on a medal of 1790 on the Emperor Leop...
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HOLTZHEY, MARTIN
HOLTZHEY, MARTIN (Dutch). Medallist of the first half of the eighteenth century; born at Ulm in 1697, settled at Amsterdam, where he obtained the appointment of Master of the Mint, and died at Middelburg in 1764. Mr. Grueber calls him "an excellent medallist ". By him are numerous medals, amongst which I note : Second Treaty of Vienna, 1731 (2 types). — Projected Marriage of William, Prince of Orange, and Princess Anne, 1733; — Their Marriage, 1734 (4 types); — Arrival of William, Prince of Oran...
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HOLTZHEY, MARTIN (Dutch). Medallist of the first half of the eighteenth century; born at Ulm in 1697, settled at Amsterdam, where he obtained the appointment of Master of the Mint, and died at Middelburg in 1764. Mr. Grueber calls him "an excellent medallist ". By him are numerous medals, amongst which I note : Second Treaty of Vienna, 1731 (2 types). — Projected Marriage of William, Prince of Orange, and Princess Anne, 1733; — Their Marriage, 1734 (4 types); — Arrival of William, Prince of Oran...
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