DENON, DOMINIQUE VIVANT (French). Medallist, Engraver, Draughtsman, Archaeologist, and Writer, born at Chalon-sur-Saône on the 4th of January, 1747, died at Paris on the 27th of April, 1825. He was a member of the Institut de France, associate of the Academy of Dijon, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Orders of Saint-Anne of Russia and of the Crown of Bavaria, and held in succession the posts of diplomatist, and public administrator. He took part in the expedition to Egypt under the First Consul, and on his return to Paris (1804) was appointed Director of the Museums, and of the Mint, an office which he filled up to 1815. Under Louis XVI., this artist had already occupied the place of Keeper of the Medal Cabinet. He was one of the first to practise lithography ; he has left three hundred and seventeen engravings, which may not as a whole be worthy of serious attention, except perhaps those after Rembrandt. Denon also made himself noted by various literary works, the last of which, a History of Art, he began after the return of the Bourbons, and left unfinished. Napoleon raised him to the rank of a baron. Nearly all the medals, forming the Medallic History of Napoleon I. , which were struck at the Paris Medal Mint, and engraved by the artists Andrieu, Brenet, Droz, Dupré, Duvivier, Gatteaux, &c. bear Denon's signature; his bust appears on two or three of the earlier ones, commemorating his having taken part in the Egyptian expedition and subsequent election to the Directorship of the Mint. One of the pavilions of the Louvre bears his name. Bibliography. — Chavignerie et Auvray, op. cit. — A. dela Fizeliére, L'?uvre originate de Vivant Denon, Paris, 1872- 1873. — J. Renouvier, Histoire de l'Art pendant la Révolution. — Roger-Portalis, Les Dessinateurs d' illustrations au XVIIIe siécle. — R. Marx, Les Médailleurs francais, Paris, 1897. — Nouveau Larousse illustré.
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
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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DARDANI
DARDANI or TARDANI (Ital.). Contemporary Modeller and Diesinker, residing at Rome. He has produced a number of very clever imitations of Greek, Roman and Mediaeval Coins. By him are probably the following : Greek. AR. Tetradrachm of Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, obv. Head of Zeus R Dione enthroned; — AR. Tetradr. of Aenus, obv. Facing head of Hermes R Goat ; &c. ; also a " Kimon " Medallion of Syracuse (from a Brit. Mus. electrotype), &c. Roman. Otho R. SECVRIT . ORBIS Securitas ; — Vitellius R LIBE...
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DARDANI or TARDANI (Ital.). Contemporary Modeller and Diesinker, residing at Rome. He has produced a number of very clever imitations of Greek, Roman and Mediaeval Coins. By him are probably the following : Greek. AR. Tetradrachm of Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, obv. Head of Zeus R Dione enthroned; — AR. Tetradr. of Aenus, obv. Facing head of Hermes R Goat ; &c. ; also a " Kimon " Medallion of Syracuse (from a Brit. Mus. electrotype), &c. Roman. Otho R. SECVRIT . ORBIS Securitas ; — Vitellius R LIBE...
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DARGENT
DARGENT (Belg.). Die-sinker of Brussels; produced in 1847 some pattern 5 Franc pieces of Leopold I., with bust on Obv. and signature, and crowned shield of arms on R., date, and indication of value. He was still working in 1857. There is a Prize medal for Musical composition, engraved by him, in 1840, and various Belgian commemorative medals. Bibuography. — P. Cuypers, Notice sur les Monnaies belges frappées depuis 1832 jusqu'a 1850, Revue de la Numismatique belge, 1850. — Ch. Piot, Catalogue du...
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DARGENT (Belg.). Die-sinker of Brussels; produced in 1847 some pattern 5 Franc pieces of Leopold I., with bust on Obv. and signature, and crowned shield of arms on R., date, and indication of value. He was still working in 1857. There is a Prize medal for Musical composition, engraved by him, in 1840, and various Belgian commemorative medals. Bibuography. — P. Cuypers, Notice sur les Monnaies belges frappées depuis 1832 jusqu'a 1850, Revue de la Numismatique belge, 1850. — Ch. Piot, Catalogue du...
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