DORCIÉRE, LOUIS ÉTIENNE ANDRÉ (Swiss). Sculptor and Medallist, born at Geneva in 1805, where he died on the 30th August 1879. He was a pupil of Detallaz, Reverdin, Jaquet, and Bovet, and spent some time in Paris at a medallist's. From 1831 to 1872, he occupied the chair of Professor of Modelling at the Geneva School of Art, and was a member of the Grand Conseil. During his few leisure moments, Dorciére produced terra-cotta models, portraits, busts, &c ; his statues of Hornung, Diday, and Samuel Darier are well known; his best work is a group representing Hagar and Ishmael, now at the Musée Rath ; the bust he executed of F. J. Pictet de la Rive adorns the Hall of the Natural History Museum at Geneva. This artist engraved a very small number of medals ; the best known is the official Federal Shooting Festival Thaler of Geneva, 1851 (illustrated), and a medal commemorating the Inauguration of a Monument to Calvin, in 1835. Bibliography. — Bulletin suisse de numismatique. — Dr C. Brun, Scbweizerisches Künstler-Lexikou, 1705.
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
DENON, DOMINIQUE VIVANT
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...
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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...
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DEPAULIS, ALEXIS JOSEPH
DEPAULIS, ALEXIS JOSEPH (French) 1790-1867. Medallist, born at Paris ; pupil of Andrieu and Cartellier ; entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts on the 24th of August, 1813 ; obtained a second-class medal in 1827, and a first class in 1833 ; decorated with the Legion of Honour in 1834. Amongst the numerous medals exhibited by him at the Salon from 1819 to the year of his death, I may note the following : Louis XVIII. ; — Martin Luther, after Holbein ; — Suger; — Ambroise Paré; — Jacques Amyot, 1819; — ...
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DEPAULIS, ALEXIS JOSEPH (French) 1790-1867. Medallist, born at Paris ; pupil of Andrieu and Cartellier ; entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts on the 24th of August, 1813 ; obtained a second-class medal in 1827, and a first class in 1833 ; decorated with the Legion of Honour in 1834. Amongst the numerous medals exhibited by him at the Salon from 1819 to the year of his death, I may note the following : Louis XVIII. ; — Martin Luther, after Holbein ; — Suger; — Ambroise Paré; — Jacques Amyot, 1819; — ...
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DERICK, ANTHONIE
DERICK, ANTHONIE (Brit.). Engraver at the London Mint under Edward VI. (anno 6), and from the second to the eighteenth year of Elizabeth. He is said to have succeeded Robert, on the latter's decease (Harl. MSS. n° 698, folio 51). In the same document, when the name of this engraver reappears under Elizabeth, it is spelt Anthony Derick. During his tenure of office, important alterations were made in the currency, which had become so debased as to give rise to general discontent, which found vent ...
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DERICK, ANTHONIE (Brit.). Engraver at the London Mint under Edward VI. (anno 6), and from the second to the eighteenth year of Elizabeth. He is said to have succeeded Robert, on the latter's decease (Harl. MSS. n° 698, folio 51). In the same document, when the name of this engraver reappears under Elizabeth, it is spelt Anthony Derick. During his tenure of office, important alterations were made in the currency, which had become so debased as to give rise to general discontent, which found vent ...
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DERNBACH, BERNHARD
DERNBACH, BERNHARD (Genu.). Warden of the Mint of Frankfort on Main, 1452-54. He coined Tournois, Englische, and Hellers, also Half Hellers or Hälblings. On some of these coins appears which Rüppel has taken to be the initial of Dernbach ; it really stands for Conrad von Weinsberg, Mint-master, as the following record from a document of 1432 proves beyond doubt : " Conrat herre zu Winsperg... möge Stempel schneiden lassen...Bibliography. — Paul Joseph u. Ed. Fellner, Die Münzen von Frankfurt am...
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DERNBACH, BERNHARD (Genu.). Warden of the Mint of Frankfort on Main, 1452-54. He coined Tournois, Englische, and Hellers, also Half Hellers or Hälblings. On some of these coins appears which Rüppel has taken to be the initial of Dernbach ; it really stands for Conrad von Weinsberg, Mint-master, as the following record from a document of 1432 proves beyond doubt : " Conrat herre zu Winsperg... möge Stempel schneiden lassen...Bibliography. — Paul Joseph u. Ed. Fellner, Die Münzen von Frankfurt am...
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