DELOGE (French). Sculptor and Medallist of the first half of the eighteenth century. His signature occurs on a Prize medal of Queen Maria Leszczynska, 1725. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, Skizzen zur Kunstgeschichte der modernen Medaillen Arbeit (1429- 1840), Berlin, 1840. — Rondot, 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
DANFRIE, PHILIPPE
DANFRIE, PHILIPPE (French). Son of the preceding, was appointed Engraver-general of the coins of Bearn and Lower Navarre, on his father's resignation, in 1598. He was received at the Court of Henry IV. on the 7th of June, 1596, and is mentioned as a Paris Medallist, between 1602 and 1604. He was no doubt employed at the Paris Mint also ; Barre even says that after the death of Gervais Pillon, 1595, Philippe Danfrie the younger held the combined functions of Comptroller and Engraver-general of t...
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DANFRIE, PHILIPPE (French). Son of the preceding, was appointed Engraver-general of the coins of Bearn and Lower Navarre, on his father's resignation, in 1598. He was received at the Court of Henry IV. on the 7th of June, 1596, and is mentioned as a Paris Medallist, between 1602 and 1604. He was no doubt employed at the Paris Mint also ; Barre even says that after the death of Gervais Pillon, 1595, Philippe Danfrie the younger held the combined functions of Comptroller and Engraver-general of t...
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DANFRIE, PHILIPPE (2.)
DANFRIE, PHILIPPE the Elder (French). Engraver-general of the French coins, appointed on January 2. 1582, in succession to Claude de Héry. On the 3. February 1583 he presented to the Mint a puncheon with the King's bust for Francs and Half Francs. His appointment was disputed by Olivier Codoré, Gem-engraver, and Alexandre Olivier, Director of the Mill, but unsuccessfully. During the troubles of 1589, Danfrie followed the King to Tours, where he established a Mill similar to the one in charge of ...
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DANFRIE, PHILIPPE the Elder (French). Engraver-general of the French coins, appointed on January 2. 1582, in succession to Claude de Héry. On the 3. February 1583 he presented to the Mint a puncheon with the King's bust for Francs and Half Francs. His appointment was disputed by Olivier Codoré, Gem-engraver, and Alexandre Olivier, Director of the Mill, but unsuccessfully. During the troubles of 1589, Danfrie followed the King to Tours, where he established a Mill similar to the one in charge of ...
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DANTAN, JEAN PIERRE
DANTAN, JEAN PIERRE (French) 1800-1869. Sculptor; pupil of Bosio. To him we owe some fine Portrait-medallions, such as those of Dr Marchesseaux ; — Auber ; — Meyerbeer ; — Verdi ; — Cherubini ; — Marquis and Marchioness of Turgot, &c. He is the author of a statue of Queen Victoria, in bronzed zinc, which was exhibited at the Crystal Palace, in 1851, and he also executed a commemorative medal of the Visit of the French National Guards to London, 1848, illustrated in Roger Marx, Médailleurs contem...
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DANTAN, JEAN PIERRE (French) 1800-1869. Sculptor; pupil of Bosio. To him we owe some fine Portrait-medallions, such as those of Dr Marchesseaux ; — Auber ; — Meyerbeer ; — Verdi ; — Cherubini ; — Marquis and Marchioness of Turgot, &c. He is the author of a statue of Queen Victoria, in bronzed zinc, which was exhibited at the Crystal Palace, in 1851, and he also executed a commemorative medal of the Visit of the French National Guards to London, 1848, illustrated in Roger Marx, Médailleurs contem...
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DANTZELL, JOSEPH
DANTZELL, JOSEPH (French). Medallist, born at Lyons in 1805, died in Paris in 1877. One of his first works was the medal commissioned by the city of Lyons in 1826 on the Rising of the Hellenes. He executed a number of Portrait-medallions and commemorative Medals, amongst which the best known are : Comte de Montalembert, 1846; — Blaise Pascal, 1848; — Medal of the Society of the Friends of Arts at Lyons, 1851 ; — Jeton of the Academical Society of Architecture of Lyons, 1843 ; — Commemorative med...
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DANTZELL, JOSEPH (French). Medallist, born at Lyons in 1805, died in Paris in 1877. One of his first works was the medal commissioned by the city of Lyons in 1826 on the Rising of the Hellenes. He executed a number of Portrait-medallions and commemorative Medals, amongst which the best known are : Comte de Montalembert, 1846; — Blaise Pascal, 1848; — Medal of the Society of the Friends of Arts at Lyons, 1851 ; — Jeton of the Academical Society of Architecture of Lyons, 1843 ; — Commemorative med...
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