DRENTWETT, SEBALD (Germ.). Die-sinker at Augsburg, 1845- 1860, and afterwards at Nuremberg. The present firm is under the management of C. Drentwett, at Augsburg. In a catalogue issued in 1897 a large number of medals issued by Sebald Drentwett and his successors, from 1828 to the present day, are offered for sale. Of the 230 specimens mentioned in the list, I can only enumerate a few : BADEN, Dr Carl v. Rotteck, 1832; — General von Auerswald, 1848; — Archbishop Hermann of Freiburg, 1850; — 5th Centenary of the Heidelberg University, 1886; — BAVARIA. 3rd Centenary of the Augsburg Confession, 1830; — Gutenberg Jubilee, 1840; — Inauguration of the Augsburg Railway Station, 1846 ; — 9th Centenary of the Victories of the Germans over the Hungarians, 1855 ;— Building of the Stock Exchange at Augsburg, 1828; — Suabian Exhibition, 1886; — St. Ulrich's Cross, 1893; — Commemoration of Sedan, 1895; — Richard Wagner R. Opera House at Bayreuth ; — Archbishop Mich. v. Deinlein, of Bamberg, 1852; — 5th Centenary of the Discovery of the Holy Treasure, 1888; — The Walhalla of Kelheim, 1842; — DanubeMain Canal; — Portrait of King Maximilian Joseph, 1828; — Ludwig-Wilhelms Bridge at Ulm, 1832 ;— Cardinal Carl Aug. Graf v. Reisach; — International Exhibition of Arts and Industries, 1869; — Exhibition at Munich, 1888; — Duke Otho I., Wittelsbach Jubilee, 1880; — King Lewis I., 1888; — Prince Regent Luitpold, 1891 ;— Nuremberg Railway Station, 1846; — Monument to Max. Joseph I. at Passau; — Ratisbon Cathedral; — Bishop von Senestrey, 1883 ;— Nuremberg Literary Society, 1885 ; — St. Wolfgang's Jubilee, 1894; — 4th Centenary of the Rosen heim Shooting Society, 1886; — Straubing Shooting Festival, 1880; — Speyer Evangelical Bundestag, 1892; — Portrait of Seb. Kneipp; — Würtzburg University Jubilee, 1882; — BREMEN. Victory of the Germans over the Danes, 1849 ;— FRANKFURT-ON-MAIN. Archduke John ; — Germania; — Portrait of E. M. Arndt ;— General von Auerswald ;— Robert Blum ;— Heinrich von Gagern; — Prince von Lichnowsky; — German Federal Shooting F?te, 1862; — HESSEN. Grand Duke Lewis IV., 1891 ; — Rochus Kapelle, Bingen, 1895 ;— ITALY. Garibaldi; — Pope Pius IX.; — Pope Leo XIII. ;— AUSTRIA. Death of Francis I., 1835; — Coronation of Francis Joseph I. , 1848; — Constitution of 1848; — Archduke Albrecht; — Freiherr von Haynau; — Freiherr Jos. von Jellachich ;— Lewis Kossuth and Jos. Behm ;— Cardinal v. Rauscher; — Cardinal Prince Schwarzenberg, 1850; — Graf von Radetzky ;— Graf F. von Schlick ;— Alfred, Prince Windischgrätz ; — Mausoleum of St. Nepomuk, 1852; — Monument to Leopold — 1300th Anniversary of the Archbishopric of Salzburg, 1882 ;— INNSBRUCK. Second Austrian Federal Shooting F?te, 1885 ;— Franciszek H. Duchinski, Kijowianin, 1885 ;— Death of Crown-prince Rudolph, 1889; — PRUSSIA. Emperor William I., 1870; — William the Glorious, 1871; — Namslau Monument, 1878; — William I., 90th Anniversary, 1887 ;— Death of William I., 1888; — Victory Medal, 1870/71 (several types); — Crown-prince Frederick of Germany ;— Fisheries-Exhibition at Berlin., 1880; — Emperor Frederick III., 1888; — Accession of William II., 1888; — Second Federal Shooting F?te, 1890; — Reconciliation of William II. and Bismark, 1894; — 25th Anniversary of the restored German Empire, 1896; — 70th Birthday of Prince Bismark, 1885; — Bismark Commemoration Medal, 1888; — Resignation of Bismark, 1890; — Bismark's 80th Birthday, 1895; — 90th Birthday of Fieldmarshal v. Moltke, 1890; — Death of Moltke, 1891 ; — Cologne Cathedral, 1880; — The Holy Coat at Treves, 1891; — RUSSIA. The Russo-Turkish War, 1877-8; — SAXONY. King Albert's Jubilee, 1893 ; — Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe- Weimar ; — Goethe and Schiller Monument at Weimar; THURINGIA. Erfurt Cathedral; — The Hermann Monument, 1875 ; — Ernest von Bandel, 1875 ; — WURTTEMBERG. Ulm Cathedral ; — 5th Centenary of Ulm Cathedral ;— Dr Victor von Bruns, 1883; — Death of King Charles, 1891 ;— SWITZERLAND. Federal Choral Festival at St. Gall, 1856; — Federal Choral Festival at Zurich, 1859; — Federal Shooting F?tes at Zurich, 1859, and Stanz, 1861; — Federal Music Festival at Zurich, 1867; — Federal Shooting F?te at Schwytz, 1867 ;— New Federal Constitution, 1874; — Federal Shooting F?te at Lausanne, 1876, &c. The present firm of Drentwett has issued a number of religious medals, and Pilgrims' Badges of Altötting, Amberg, Andechs, Birkenstein, Bücklberg, Bozja-pot-na-Brezjah-na-Gorenskem, Ettal, Georgenberg, Goessweinstein, Kreuzberg, Maria Eich, Innsbruck, Maria Plain, Maria Zell, Oberammergau, Ottobeuren, Steinbach, Vierzehnheiligen zu Frankenthal, Violau, Wies, near Steingaden, and HI. Wasser in Tyrol. Drentwett has also issued medals of St. Aloisius Gonzaga, St. Anne, St. Anthony of Padua, the Holy Family, The Holy Heart of Jesus, The Holy Heart of Mary, St. Joseph, St. Isidorus, The Holy Supper, Birth of Christ, Salvator Mundi, &c.,and his name appears on the following Swiss medals : Federal Shooting F?te at Lausanne, 1896; — Choral Festivals at Zurich, 1869, and Basle, 1875; — Goethe-Schiller Monument at Weimar (sev. var.); — F. L. Jahn, of Freiburg; — Richard Wag ner, etc. Some of the productions of the Drentwetts are praiseworthy, but as a rule their medals were issued at very low prices and not enough care has been taken to ensure artistic execution. Bibliography. — Schlickeysen-Pallmann, op. at. — Sammel List über die aus der C. Drentwett' schen Prägeanstalt in Augsburg hert orgegangenen Medaillen und Denkmünzen, Augsburg, 1897.
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
DESCHAMPS, LÉON
DESCHAMPS, LÉON (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Paris. Pupil of Dumont, Thomas, Hippolyte Moreau and L. Delhomme. He also studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and in various industrial and artistic centres. He is now Professor at the "Ecole supérieure profession nelle Estienne". Since 1887, he has been exhibiting every year at the "Salon des Champs-Elysées". Amongst his most noteworthy productions, I may mention : 1889. Bust of Paul Bert; — Portrait-medallion of a gentleman...
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DESCHAMPS, LÉON (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Paris. Pupil of Dumont, Thomas, Hippolyte Moreau and L. Delhomme. He also studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and in various industrial and artistic centres. He is now Professor at the "Ecole supérieure profession nelle Estienne". Since 1887, he has been exhibiting every year at the "Salon des Champs-Elysées". Amongst his most noteworthy productions, I may mention : 1889. Bust of Paul Bert; — Portrait-medallion of a gentleman...
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DESCHLER, JOACHIM
DESCHLER, JOACHIM (Germ.). A Nuremberg Architect and Medallist of the sixteenth century. He was born circa 1 500, and is mentioned as Court-architect in Vienna about 1564, and died in 157 1. The following medals are by this artist : Emperor Ferdinand I. and consort Empress Anna, 1548 (Cast and chased); — Another, undated, R. Maximilian II. and Maria ; — Another, medallion in stone, 1561 ; — Archduke Maximilian, 1548 (chased); — Emperor Maximilian II. and consort Empress Maria, 1548 (Cast and cha...
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DESCHLER, JOACHIM (Germ.). A Nuremberg Architect and Medallist of the sixteenth century. He was born circa 1 500, and is mentioned as Court-architect in Vienna about 1564, and died in 157 1. The following medals are by this artist : Emperor Ferdinand I. and consort Empress Anna, 1548 (Cast and chased); — Another, undated, R. Maximilian II. and Maria ; — Another, medallion in stone, 1561 ; — Archduke Maximilian, 1548 (chased); — Emperor Maximilian II. and consort Empress Maria, 1548 (Cast and cha...
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DESNOYERS, PIERRE HUBERT
DESNOYERS, PIERRE HUBERT (French). Medallist of the end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth centuries circ. 1792-1820. He was born in 1767, and trained under the architect Girard. His productions are not very numerous; some were exhibited at the Salons, amongst which I may mention Portraits of the French Royal Family, one of Lafont, and a jeton of the Paris Chamber of Commerce. His signature appears also on a medal of the " Société helvétique de Bienfaisance " of Paris, 1821, and o...
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DESNOYERS, PIERRE HUBERT (French). Medallist of the end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth centuries circ. 1792-1820. He was born in 1767, and trained under the architect Girard. His productions are not very numerous; some were exhibited at the Salons, amongst which I may mention Portraits of the French Royal Family, one of Lafont, and a jeton of the Paris Chamber of Commerce. His signature appears also on a medal of the " Société helvétique de Bienfaisance " of Paris, 1821, and o...
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DESTOUCHES, CAJETAN
DESTOUCHES, CAJETAN (French). Medallist who was working at Munich from 1784 to 1807. His signature appears as C. D.,C. D. F., and D. He was employed at the Bavarian Mint, and engraved coins and medals for various rulers and cities ; thus : Convention Thaler of 1796, for Joseph, Count Stubenberg, Prince Bishop of Eichstätt ; — Currency of Charles Theodore, 1784- 1799, and Maximilian Joseph, 1799- 1807, of Bavaria; — Medal of 1795 on the Marriage of Charles Theodore with Maria Leopoldina of Austri...
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DESTOUCHES, CAJETAN (French). Medallist who was working at Munich from 1784 to 1807. His signature appears as C. D.,C. D. F., and D. He was employed at the Bavarian Mint, and engraved coins and medals for various rulers and cities ; thus : Convention Thaler of 1796, for Joseph, Count Stubenberg, Prince Bishop of Eichstätt ; — Currency of Charles Theodore, 1784- 1799, and Maximilian Joseph, 1799- 1807, of Bavaria; — Medal of 1795 on the Marriage of Charles Theodore with Maria Leopoldina of Austri...
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