COENUS and QUINTUS, reading KOINOY and KOINTOY. Fictitious signatures found on gems of the seventeenth or eighteenth century : Adonis nude, onyx (Prince Liechtenstein); — Head of Augustus (Raspe) ; — Faun celebrating the bacchanalia, nicolo (engraved by L. Natter) ; — Figure of Pythagoras, sard (Salinis), &c. Bibliography. — King, op. cit. — Raspe, 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
CAROTO, GIOVAN FRANCESCO
CAROTO, GIOVAN FRANCESCO (ltal.). 1470-1546. Veronese Medallist and Painter, who worked at the court of Monferrato, during the first four decades of the sixteenth century. He died in 1546. A medal of Bonifacio Pal?ologo, Marquis of Monferrato, 1518, with portrait, bears his signature F. CAROTO OP. Four years previously Caroto had been painting frescoes at Monferrato Castle. Bibliography. — Armand, op. cit. — Bolzcnthal, op.cit. — Alex. Wesme, Giovan Francesco Caroto, Archivio storico dell' Arte,...
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CAROTO, GIOVAN FRANCESCO (ltal.). 1470-1546. Veronese Medallist and Painter, who worked at the court of Monferrato, during the first four decades of the sixteenth century. He died in 1546. A medal of Bonifacio Pal?ologo, Marquis of Monferrato, 1518, with portrait, bears his signature F. CAROTO OP. Four years previously Caroto had been painting frescoes at Monferrato Castle. Bibliography. — Armand, op. cit. — Bolzcnthal, op.cit. — Alex. Wesme, Giovan Francesco Caroto, Archivio storico dell' Arte,...
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CARPEAUX, JEAN BAPTISTE
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 Pri...
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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 Pri...
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CARPENTIER, GHISLAIN
CARPENTIER, GHISLAIN (Belg.). Goldsmith and Seal-engraver of Tournai, mentioned between 1382 and 1400. He was employed to engrave the seal of Louis de Mile, for Artois, on the death of the governing Princess, Marguerite, in 1382. In 1400 his name appears again for having executed dies, &c. An impression of one of his seals is preserved at Lille, and exhibits extremely fine work. BIBLIOGRAPHY. — Alex. Pinchart, Biographie des graveurs belges, Revue belge de numismatique, 1861. — Lecoy de la March...
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CARPENTIER, GHISLAIN (Belg.). Goldsmith and Seal-engraver of Tournai, mentioned between 1382 and 1400. He was employed to engrave the seal of Louis de Mile, for Artois, on the death of the governing Princess, Marguerite, in 1382. In 1400 his name appears again for having executed dies, &c. An impression of one of his seals is preserved at Lille, and exhibits extremely fine work. BIBLIOGRAPHY. — Alex. Pinchart, Biographie des graveurs belges, Revue belge de numismatique, 1861. — Lecoy de la March...
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CARRIER DE BELLEUZE, ALBERT ERNEST
CARRIER DE BELLEUZE, ALBERT ERNEST (French). Sculptor and Medallist; pupil of David d'Angers; born at Aisny-le-Château (Aisne) in 1824; entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1840. He is the author of a number of fine medallions, executed in the style of his master : M. Pequenot ; — Auguste Ca?n ; — Moliére, etc. Between 1851 and 1882, he has exhibited almost every year at the Salon, and the latest work we possess a record of, is his statue of Camille Desmoulins, at the Palais-Royal, executed in 18...
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CARRIER DE BELLEUZE, ALBERT ERNEST (French). Sculptor and Medallist; pupil of David d'Angers; born at Aisny-le-Château (Aisne) in 1824; entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1840. He is the author of a number of fine medallions, executed in the style of his master : M. Pequenot ; — Auguste Ca?n ; — Moliére, etc. Between 1851 and 1882, he has exhibited almost every year at the Salon, and the latest work we possess a record of, is his statue of Camille Desmoulins, at the Palais-Royal, executed in 18...
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