COTTE, JULES ROBERT DE (French). Director of the Paris Medal Mint, 1727-1767.
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
CITTADELLA, ALFONSO
CITTADELLA, ALFONSO, surnamed LOMBARDI (Ital.). Died in 1537. Sculptor, who flourished at the beginning of the sixteenth century at Ferrara. His works are dated 1519' and 1529. A medal of Andrea Tectori, a Milanese architect, obv. Bust R. Fortified bridge, bears his signature : ALFONSVS. LOMB. F. Milanesi attributes also to this artist the following medals : Giulia Gonzaga, widow of Vespasiano ; — Cardinal Ippolito de' Medici ; — Molza ; — Pope Paul III. ; — Tebaldeo. From two letters addressed...
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CITTADELLA, ALFONSO, surnamed LOMBARDI (Ital.). Died in 1537. Sculptor, who flourished at the beginning of the sixteenth century at Ferrara. His works are dated 1519' and 1529. A medal of Andrea Tectori, a Milanese architect, obv. Bust R. Fortified bridge, bears his signature : ALFONSVS. LOMB. F. Milanesi attributes also to this artist the following medals : Giulia Gonzaga, widow of Vespasiano ; — Cardinal Ippolito de' Medici ; — Molza ; — Pope Paul III. ; — Tebaldeo. From two letters addressed...
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CLAUS, JULIANUS EBERHARD VOLKMAR
CLAUS, JULIANUS EBERHARD VOLKMAR (Germ.). Mint-master at Stolberg, 1750; Director of the Mint at Erfurt, 1799-1801 ; died in 1804. The coins issued under him are often signed C or I. E. V. C. His signature appears also on medals, notably on that of Sophie Charlotte, consort of George III. There is a pattern Pistole for George III. 's Electorate, 1768, afterwards adopted as a coin in that country, which probably is the work of this engraver. Bibliography. — Schlickeysen-Pallmann, op. cit. — Numis...
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CLAUS, JULIANUS EBERHARD VOLKMAR (Germ.). Mint-master at Stolberg, 1750; Director of the Mint at Erfurt, 1799-1801 ; died in 1804. The coins issued under him are often signed C or I. E. V. C. His signature appears also on medals, notably on that of Sophie Charlotte, consort of George III. There is a pattern Pistole for George III. 's Electorate, 1768, afterwards adopted as a coin in that country, which probably is the work of this engraver. Bibliography. — Schlickeysen-Pallmann, op. cit. — Numis...
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CLÉMANSON & Cie
CLÉMANSON & Cie (French). Iron-merchants at Lyons, who, in 1791, struck coins, in imitation of Monneron's issues. Clemanson's Double Sols bear a trophy on obv. with the legend : CLEMANSON ET Cp — Nes — PLACE CONFORT A LYON, and in exergue : L'AN IV DE LA LIBERTE —, and on R. the inscription : VIVRE LIBRE OU MOURIR «»« »» MÉDAILLE DE CONFIANCE DE 25. A ÉCHANGER CONTRE DES ASSIGNAT ET MANDAT DE TOUTE VALEUR.M.DCC.XCII. The Monnerons were struck at the Soho Mint, Birmingham, and engraved by J. P. D...
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CLÉMANSON & Cie (French). Iron-merchants at Lyons, who, in 1791, struck coins, in imitation of Monneron's issues. Clemanson's Double Sols bear a trophy on obv. with the legend : CLEMANSON ET Cp — Nes — PLACE CONFORT A LYON, and in exergue : L'AN IV DE LA LIBERTE —, and on R. the inscription : VIVRE LIBRE OU MOURIR «»« »» MÉDAILLE DE CONFIANCE DE 25. A ÉCHANGER CONTRE DES ASSIGNAT ET MANDAT DE TOUTE VALEUR.M.DCC.XCII. The Monnerons were struck at the Soho Mint, Birmingham, and engraved by J. P. D...
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CLÉRION, JEAN JACQUES
CLÉRION, JEAN JACQUES (French). Engraver of the second half of the eighteenth century. He worked for the Paris Medal Mint from 1674 to 1678 and contributed to the Medallic series of Louis XIV. There is a medal by him of the famous Jesuit Pére Lachaise, 1699. His name is mentioned in 1674, 1676, and 1678 in connection with payments which he received for medals and puncheons executed by him. It is surmised that the sculptor who, at about the same time, did numerous works for the gardens of Versail...
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CLÉRION, JEAN JACQUES (French). Engraver of the second half of the eighteenth century. He worked for the Paris Medal Mint from 1674 to 1678 and contributed to the Medallic series of Louis XIV. There is a medal by him of the famous Jesuit Pére Lachaise, 1699. His name is mentioned in 1674, 1676, and 1678 in connection with payments which he received for medals and puncheons executed by him. It is surmised that the sculptor who, at about the same time, did numerous works for the gardens of Versail...
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