CHEVALIER, JACQUES LÉOPOLD (French). Mint-masterat Limoges, anni VII to X of the First French Republic ; his distinctive mark on the coins is a marigold.
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
Mint master:
In medieval and early modern Germany, the Münzmeister ("mint master", the Latin term is monetarius) was the director or administrator of a mint, a moneyer with responsibility for the minting of coins, or specie. His duties were defined differently at different locations and ages.
HONDT, FRANÇOIS DE
HONDT, FRANÇOIS DE (Belg.). Goldsmith, Chaser, and Medallist, born at Bruges at the end of October 1786, where he died on the 18th of May 1862. He was first apprenticed to a Goldsmith of the name of Praet, then he entered into the service of another, Des Mys, also of Bruges. On his leaving the last-named firm, de Hondt started business on his own account, and produced several articles of plate, which are of exceptional merit. His first medal is dated 1818; it is a silver plaque with the arms of ...
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HONDT, FRANÇOIS DE (Belg.). Goldsmith, Chaser, and Medallist, born at Bruges at the end of October 1786, where he died on the 18th of May 1862. He was first apprenticed to a Goldsmith of the name of Praet, then he entered into the service of another, Des Mys, also of Bruges. On his leaving the last-named firm, de Hondt started business on his own account, and produced several articles of plate, which are of exceptional merit. His first medal is dated 1818; it is a silver plaque with the arms of ...
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HORVATTE, LOUIS EUGENE
HORVATTE, LOUIS EUGENE (French). Contemporary Medallist and Gem-engraver. He was born, and resides, at Paris. At the Salon of 1879, he exhibited a cameo representing the "Rape of Amymone", after Giacomotti; and another, cut in sardonyx, " La Chiesa, " after Raphael. His latest work was exhibited at the Salon of 1903, a cameo on sardonyx, "Flora pursued by Cupids carrying away Zephyrus. " Bibliography. — Chavignerie et Auvray, op. cit. — Le Salon, 1903. — Babelon, La Gravure en pierres fines et m...
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HORVATTE, LOUIS EUGENE (French). Contemporary Medallist and Gem-engraver. He was born, and resides, at Paris. At the Salon of 1879, he exhibited a cameo representing the "Rape of Amymone", after Giacomotti; and another, cut in sardonyx, " La Chiesa, " after Raphael. His latest work was exhibited at the Salon of 1903, a cameo on sardonyx, "Flora pursued by Cupids carrying away Zephyrus. " Bibliography. — Chavignerie et Auvray, op. cit. — Le Salon, 1903. — Babelon, La Gravure en pierres fines et m...
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HOUDON, JEAN ANTOINE
HOUDON, JEAN ANTOINE (French). Anoted French Sculptor, born at Versailles, about 1741 ; died at Paris, July 16, 1828. " He won the prix de Rome at the age of nineteen, and remained in Italy ten years during the period of Winckelmann and the excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum. While in Rome, he made the famous statue of St. Bruno at Sainte-Marie-des-Anges. On his return to France he exhibited in the Salon of 177 1 a statuette of Morphee which secured his admission to the Academy of France, an...
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HOUDON, JEAN ANTOINE (French). Anoted French Sculptor, born at Versailles, about 1741 ; died at Paris, July 16, 1828. " He won the prix de Rome at the age of nineteen, and remained in Italy ten years during the period of Winckelmann and the excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum. While in Rome, he made the famous statue of St. Bruno at Sainte-Marie-des-Anges. On his return to France he exhibited in the Salon of 177 1 a statuette of Morphee which secured his admission to the Academy of France, an...
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HUBER, JOHANN FRIEDRICH
HUBER, JOHANN FRIEDRICH (Swiss). Medallist and Coin-engraver, born at Basle in 1766. He studied at Rome, and was a pupil of Johann Martin Bückle. Towards the end of the eighteenth century he was working at the mint of Basle, but in 1805 he entered into Eartnership with an art-dealer of his native city, from which time he apparently ceased to do medal-work. Huber's full signature I. F. HVBER appears on a Prize Medal of the City and Republic of Basle, 1792, given to representatives of Swiss States...
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HUBER, JOHANN FRIEDRICH (Swiss). Medallist and Coin-engraver, born at Basle in 1766. He studied at Rome, and was a pupil of Johann Martin Bückle. Towards the end of the eighteenth century he was working at the mint of Basle, but in 1805 he entered into Eartnership with an art-dealer of his native city, from which time he apparently ceased to do medal-work. Huber's full signature I. F. HVBER appears on a Prize Medal of the City and Republic of Basle, 1792, given to representatives of Swiss States...
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