DESVARENNES, GUILLAUME I (French). Mint-engraver at Dijon, 1636-1671. Another Engraver of the same name officiated in the same capacity between 1668 and 1671.
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
DAUSSIN, ÉMILE
DAUSSIN, ÉMILE (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Paris, 18. Feb. 1870; pupil of Bouguereau and Ponscarme. He is the author of the following medals : Agriculture; — Rifle Meeting Prize Medal; — Exhibition of 1900; — Joan of Arc; — Portrait of M. D***; — Birth of a Child; — The Prodigal Child; — Prof. Bouguereau; — The Round of the Hours; — Archaeological Congress of Tournai; — Medal of the Photographic Society; — Prize Medal for Agriculture in the East of Belgium; — Cyrano ; ...
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DAUSSIN, ÉMILE (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Paris, 18. Feb. 1870; pupil of Bouguereau and Ponscarme. He is the author of the following medals : Agriculture; — Rifle Meeting Prize Medal; — Exhibition of 1900; — Joan of Arc; — Portrait of M. D***; — Birth of a Child; — The Prodigal Child; — Prof. Bouguereau; — The Round of the Hours; — Archaeological Congress of Tournai; — Medal of the Photographic Society; — Prize Medal for Agriculture in the East of Belgium; — Cyrano ; ...
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DAVAU, VICTOR
DAVAU, VICTOR (French). Contemporary Medallist, and Gemengraver, born at Paris ; pupil of Burdy, Fromentin, Bissinger, and Gaillouette. The following are his best known works : Bacchanalia, cameo, 1875; — Dancing, cameo on precious stone, 1876; — Portrait of M. Diaz ; — The Rape of Proserpina, sardonyx, 1877; — Bacchante, sardonyx, 1878; — Faun playing with Bacchante, sard., 1879; — Arms of France, gem on precious stones, 1880; — Cupid, sard., 1881 ; — Passez muscade, sard., 1882; — Love disarme...
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DAVAU, VICTOR (French). Contemporary Medallist, and Gemengraver, born at Paris ; pupil of Burdy, Fromentin, Bissinger, and Gaillouette. The following are his best known works : Bacchanalia, cameo, 1875; — Dancing, cameo on precious stone, 1876; — Portrait of M. Diaz ; — The Rape of Proserpina, sardonyx, 1877; — Bacchante, sardonyx, 1878; — Faun playing with Bacchante, sard., 1879; — Arms of France, gem on precious stones, 1880; — Cupid, sard., 1881 ; — Passez muscade, sard., 1882; — Love disarme...
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DAVID D'ANGERS, PIERRE JEAN
DAVID D'ANGERS, PIERRE JEAN (French). Sculptor and Medallist, born at Angers in 1788, died at Paris, 6 Jan. 1856. His father was a wood sculptor of some merit, and from him, young David acquired the taste for the art which was to bring him so prominently before his countrymen. He learned drawing under Delusse, and sculpture under the eminent statuary Roland in Paris. Obliged to work during the day to earn his daily bread, he used to devote the night hours to the pursuit of his favourite avocatio...
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DAVID D'ANGERS, PIERRE JEAN (French). Sculptor and Medallist, born at Angers in 1788, died at Paris, 6 Jan. 1856. His father was a wood sculptor of some merit, and from him, young David acquired the taste for the art which was to bring him so prominently before his countrymen. He learned drawing under Delusse, and sculpture under the eminent statuary Roland in Paris. Obliged to work during the day to earn his daily bread, he used to devote the night hours to the pursuit of his favourite avocatio...
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DAVID, ADOLPHE
DAVID, ADOLPHE (French). Gem-engraver and Medallist, born at Baugé (Maine-et-Loire), 1828, died at Paris in 1896; pupil of Jouffrov. At the Salon of 1857, he exhibited three Portrait-camei, and a fourth representing the Wreck of the Medusa, and in 1863. Pudicitia resisting Love ; but the work which has rendered the name of the artist famous is the very large cameo — Apotheosis of Napoleon I. — a sardonyx of 24 by 22 centimétres. It reproduces the ceiling painted by Ingres in 1854 in the grand re...
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DAVID, ADOLPHE (French). Gem-engraver and Medallist, born at Baugé (Maine-et-Loire), 1828, died at Paris in 1896; pupil of Jouffrov. At the Salon of 1857, he exhibited three Portrait-camei, and a fourth representing the Wreck of the Medusa, and in 1863. Pudicitia resisting Love ; but the work which has rendered the name of the artist famous is the very large cameo — Apotheosis of Napoleon I. — a sardonyx of 24 by 22 centimétres. It reproduces the ceiling painted by Ingres in 1854 in the grand re...
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