CLARK, JAMES (Scotch). Coin-engraver at the Edinburgh Mint, 1 686- 1 707. He executed the dies for the copper coins of William and Mary for Scotland. See also CLERK.
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
CAQUÉ, ARMAND AUGUSTE
CAQUÉ, ARMAND AUGUSTE (French). Medallist, born at Saintes in 1793 ; pupil of the Royal School at Rochefort, the Ecole d'application at Metz, and of Raymond Gayrard. From 1817-1818, he was employed as Assistant-engraver at the Mint of the Hague. Under Napoleon III., he was appointed Engraver to the Imperial Cabinet, a post which he held from 1853 to 1868. He died in Paris in December, 1881. Caqué largely contributed to Durand's " Series Numismatica Universalis Virorum Illustrium". Dr Weber menti...
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CAQUÉ, ARMAND AUGUSTE (French). Medallist, born at Saintes in 1793 ; pupil of the Royal School at Rochefort, the Ecole d'application at Metz, and of Raymond Gayrard. From 1817-1818, he was employed as Assistant-engraver at the Mint of the Hague. Under Napoleon III., he was appointed Engraver to the Imperial Cabinet, a post which he held from 1853 to 1868. He died in Paris in December, 1881. Caqué largely contributed to Durand's " Series Numismatica Universalis Virorum Illustrium". Dr Weber menti...
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CARADOSSO, CRISTOFANO
CARADOSSO, CRISTOFANO (Ital.). Goldsmith, Medallist, Coin-, and Gem-engraver. He was born at Mondonico, in the province of Como, circa 1445, and died at the beginning of 1527. He usually styled himself " Caradosso del Mundo". This celebrated artist flourished at Milan under Ludovico ll Moro, and after the fall of this prince, worked at Rome under the popes Julius II., Leo X., and Clement VII. Benvenuto Cellini praises him in very high terms as one of the greatest artists of his time and extols h...
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CARADOSSO, CRISTOFANO (Ital.). Goldsmith, Medallist, Coin-, and Gem-engraver. He was born at Mondonico, in the province of Como, circa 1445, and died at the beginning of 1527. He usually styled himself " Caradosso del Mundo". This celebrated artist flourished at Milan under Ludovico ll Moro, and after the fall of this prince, worked at Rome under the popes Julius II., Leo X., and Clement VII. Benvenuto Cellini praises him in very high terms as one of the greatest artists of his time and extols h...
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CARAGLIO, GIOVAN JACOPO
CARAGLIO, GIOVAN JACOPO (Ital.). Line, and Gem-engraver, Medallist, and Architect. He was a native of Verona, where we find him working as early as 1526, and where he also died in 1570 (or 1571). He spent about thirty years at the court of Sigismund I. of Poland, and while there (circa 1540) executed medals of this King, and of his consort, Bona Sforza, which have not come down to us, and one of Alessandro Pesenti, a Veronese, in the service of Bona Sforza, with bust on obv., and musical instrum...
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CARAGLIO, GIOVAN JACOPO (Ital.). Line, and Gem-engraver, Medallist, and Architect. He was a native of Verona, where we find him working as early as 1526, and where he also died in 1570 (or 1571). He spent about thirty years at the court of Sigismund I. of Poland, and while there (circa 1540) executed medals of this King, and of his consort, Bona Sforza, which have not come down to us, and one of Alessandro Pesenti, a Veronese, in the service of Bona Sforza, with bust on obv., and musical instrum...
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CARIAT, LUCIEN JEAN HENRI
CARIAT, LUCIEN JEAN HENRI (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Paris ; pupil of Ponscarme, and Thomas. The jury of the Salon of the " Société des Artistes francais" awarded him a Mention honorable for medal engraving on the 3rd of June 1898. At the Salon of 1903 he exhibited : Portrait-medals of J. Bourdais; — P. Buquet; — M. Peyrou ; — Mme Bertrand ; — Christening Medal; — The French Republic; — The marble player, &c. Amongst his previous works are : 1897. Portrait-medallions ...
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CARIAT, LUCIEN JEAN HENRI (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Paris ; pupil of Ponscarme, and Thomas. The jury of the Salon of the " Société des Artistes francais" awarded him a Mention honorable for medal engraving on the 3rd of June 1898. At the Salon of 1903 he exhibited : Portrait-medals of J. Bourdais; — P. Buquet; — M. Peyrou ; — Mme Bertrand ; — Christening Medal; — The French Republic; — The marble player, &c. Amongst his previous works are : 1897. Portrait-medallions ...
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