DAEDALOS (Greek). Vide ?A suprâ. Sculptor, of Sicyon, the son and disciple of Patrocles, and mentioned by Pliny among the artists of the 95th Olympiad. Daedalos erected a trophy for the Eleians in the Altis after a victory over the Lacedaemonians in the war which lasted B.C. 401-399. Besides this trophy, he made several statues of athletes and some other works (Smith's Diet, of Greek and Roman Biog.) " Professor Gardner ", says Dr B. V. Head, " has even ventured to suggest that Daedalos may actually have been employed to engrave coins for the Eleians about this time, and that the letters ?A which he reads on some specimens may stand for his name, but Dr Imhoof-Blumer disputes the reading ?A and prefers to read ?A ". The coins on which these letters appear belong to the period of circ. B. C. 421-365, and bear, the one, on Obv. an eagle's head of noble style, and on R. a fulmen in wreath of wild olive (illustrated) and the other, obv. Eagle standing devouring serpent; ?A in the field. R. FA Winged fulmen (illustrated). Dr. Arthur J. Evans, in a most valuable paper (Rev. Arch. 1898 pp. 337-350) suggests Dexamenos as the possible Engraver of the Eleian coin-dies. Vide DEXAMENOS. Another coin, the type of which Dr Head calls“ one of the most striking compositions in Greek numismatic art ", probably represents a monument, the work of Daedalos, set up about B. C. 400 in the altis at Olympia. This seated figure of Victory has served as the prototype for Wyon's Waterloo Medal. Bibliography. — Dr B. V. Head, Historia Numorum, London 1887. — P. Gardner, The Types of Greek Coins. Cambridge, 1883. — Arthur J. Evans, The Athenian portrait-head by Dexamenos of Chios, Revue archéologie, Paris, 1898.
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
CONRADSEN, JOHANNES
CONRADSEN, JOHANNES (Danish). Medallist, born in 1782, died in 1856. He usually signed his productions I. C. or I. CONRADSEN, and he appears to have been employed at the Copenhagen Mint, 1809-1840. Conradsen engraved, amongst others, medals in honour of N. Treschow, a professor of philosophy at Christiania, and other Danish celebrities, also one to commemorate the Third Centenary of the Reformation, 1817, with bust of Luther, and another, struck at the Mint in 1822, on the visit of the Swedish C...
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CONRADSEN, JOHANNES (Danish). Medallist, born in 1782, died in 1856. He usually signed his productions I. C. or I. CONRADSEN, and he appears to have been employed at the Copenhagen Mint, 1809-1840. Conradsen engraved, amongst others, medals in honour of N. Treschow, a professor of philosophy at Christiania, and other Danish celebrities, also one to commemorate the Third Centenary of the Reformation, 1817, with bust of Luther, and another, struck at the Mint in 1822, on the visit of the Swedish C...
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CONSTANT, J. B. J.
CONSTANT, J. B. J. (French). Die-sinker of Bordeaux, of the nineteenth century. He engraved : Octagonal jeton of the Bank of Bordeaux ; — Octagonal Jeton of the Agents de change of Bordeaux ; — Octagonal Jeton of the Hospital of St Andrew at Bordeaux ; — Octagonal Jeton of the Conseil de surveillance of the Cattle Market at Bordeaux; — R. of the Medal of the Bordeaux Cattle Market; — R. of the Medal on the completion of the Bordeaux Exchange ; — R. of the Medal of the Philomatic Society of Borde...
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CONSTANT, J. B. J. (French). Die-sinker of Bordeaux, of the nineteenth century. He engraved : Octagonal jeton of the Bank of Bordeaux ; — Octagonal Jeton of the Agents de change of Bordeaux ; — Octagonal Jeton of the Hospital of St Andrew at Bordeaux ; — Octagonal Jeton of the Conseil de surveillance of the Cattle Market at Bordeaux; — R. of the Medal of the Bordeaux Cattle Market; — R. of the Medal on the completion of the Bordeaux Exchange ; — R. of the Medal of the Philomatic Society of Borde...
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CONTAMIN
CONTAMIN (French). Improver of the Reducing Machine, which has been so strong a factor in the present revival of Medallic Art. Hulot's tour á portrait, brought out in 1766, rendered possible the exact reproduction of any given model, and as such was used with success by the engravers Michaut, Jouvenel, Hart, and others. Contamin improved this machine, by adding to it some ingenious mechanical dispositions, which permitted the obtaining of reductions from any models, and so greatly simplified the...
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CONTAMIN (French). Improver of the Reducing Machine, which has been so strong a factor in the present revival of Medallic Art. Hulot's tour á portrait, brought out in 1766, rendered possible the exact reproduction of any given model, and as such was used with success by the engravers Michaut, Jouvenel, Hart, and others. Contamin improved this machine, by adding to it some ingenious mechanical dispositions, which permitted the obtaining of reductions from any models, and so greatly simplified the...
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CORADINI, LUDOVICO
CORADINI, LUDOVICO (ltal.). Medallist, and Scultore de terre, of Modena, who worked at Ferrara, for Duke Ercole d'Este, circa 1471. His signature on the following medals is : OPVS CORADINI M. : Ercole I. d'Este, 1471-1505. R. (a) Young Hercules standing near the three columns of Gades; (b) Ring set with pointed diamond; in the centre, a flower; — Charles VIII. of France. R. Same as last (the obv. of this medal is probably by a later artist). Another medal, with similar R., unsigned, and bearing ...
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CORADINI, LUDOVICO (ltal.). Medallist, and Scultore de terre, of Modena, who worked at Ferrara, for Duke Ercole d'Este, circa 1471. His signature on the following medals is : OPVS CORADINI M. : Ercole I. d'Este, 1471-1505. R. (a) Young Hercules standing near the three columns of Gades; (b) Ring set with pointed diamond; in the centre, a flower; — Charles VIII. of France. R. Same as last (the obv. of this medal is probably by a later artist). Another medal, with similar R., unsigned, and bearing ...
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