CHEVALIER, NICOLAS (French). Medallist, born at Sedan, died at Utrecht in 1720. He was a protestant minister, and obliged to take refuge in Holland on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. He resided for some time at Amsterdam 1694-1705, and afterwards settled at Utrecht, where he was granted the privilege of striking medals in his own house. Several of his medals belong to the English series, and some are only copies of those by other artists : Marriage of William III., Prince of Orange, and Princess Mary, 1677 ; — Namur retaken, 1695; — Assassination plot against William III., 1696 ; — National Association, 1696 ; — Vigilance of William, 1697 (R. only); — William, commander-in-chief, 1697 (R. only); — William III. and Peter the Great, 1697 ; — Peace of Ryswick, 1697 (3 types); — Rejoicings for Peace, 1697; — Calendar of English Kings, 1700; — Death of William III, 1702 (R. only); — Battle of Bleinhem, 1704; — Brussels relieved, 1708; — Peace of Utrecht, 1713 . There are also some medals by him of Frederick I. of Prussia, and satirical pieces of Louis XIV. He signed his works : N. C, — N. C, INV., — CVM PRIVILEGIO N. C. , — NICOLAVS . CHEVALIER . INVENIT . AMSTELODAMI , &c. He used several of the dies cut by Smeltzing for his own productions. Bibliography. — Franks and Grueber, op. cit. — Bolzenthal, 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
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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HUE, ERNEST
HUE, ERNEST (French). Contemporary Gem-engraver, born at Paris ; a pupil of A. Toussaint and Salmson Senr. He has exhibited the following gems at the Paris Salons: 1861. Cupid chained at the foot of a bust of Minerva by a female who scorns his anger, after Prud'hon's picture, onyx cameo; — 1875. Diane de Poitiers, after Jean Goujon, bust in sardonyx; — Prevost, of the Comédie-Française, cameo in onyx; — Universal Exhibition of 1878. Terpsi chore and Erato, after Prud'hon, sardonyx cameo ;— Galli...
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HUE, ERNEST (French). Contemporary Gem-engraver, born at Paris ; a pupil of A. Toussaint and Salmson Senr. He has exhibited the following gems at the Paris Salons: 1861. Cupid chained at the foot of a bust of Minerva by a female who scorns his anger, after Prud'hon's picture, onyx cameo; — 1875. Diane de Poitiers, after Jean Goujon, bust in sardonyx; — Prevost, of the Comédie-Française, cameo in onyx; — Universal Exhibition of 1878. Terpsi chore and Erato, after Prud'hon, sardonyx cameo ;— Galli...
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