DUMOUTET, JEAN (French). Sculptor and Designer, born at Bourges (Cher) ; pupil of Dantan. At the Salon of 1851 he exhibited a number of Portrait-medallions in clay, which are beautifully modelled. His works of sculpture are numerous. Bibliography. Chavignerie et Auvray, 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
DILLENS, JULIAAN
DILLENS, JULIAAN (Belg.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Antwerp, 8 June 1849, died at Saint-Gilles, 24. December 1904, whose fine works were much admired at the Exhibition of Medals which took place at Brussels in 1897. He was a pupil of the French masters and one of the rising artists. One of his latest works is that entitled " Hommage a Joseph Godefroy ", illustrated on pl. XXXIV (n° 165) of Dr H. J. de Dompierre de Chaufepié, Les Médailles et Plaquettts modernes, La Haye, 1899....
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DILLENS, JULIAAN (Belg.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Antwerp, 8 June 1849, died at Saint-Gilles, 24. December 1904, whose fine works were much admired at the Exhibition of Medals which took place at Brussels in 1897. He was a pupil of the French masters and one of the rising artists. One of his latest works is that entitled " Hommage a Joseph Godefroy ", illustrated on pl. XXXIV (n° 165) of Dr H. J. de Dompierre de Chaufepié, Les Médailles et Plaquettts modernes, La Haye, 1899....
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DIODOTOS
DIODOTOS (Greek). The signature ?IO?OTOY, which Prof. Furtwaengler considers antique,is found on a cameo in sardonyx,representing a head of Medusa. This gem belonged to the collection of M. Pauvert de La Chapelle, and was discovered at Rome some years ago. The above-named collector has recently ceded his magnificent collection to the Bibliothéque Nationale (May 1899). Bibliography. — Babelon, Pierres gravées. — Daremberg et Saglio, Dictionnaire des antiquités grecques et romaines. — E. Babelon, ...
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DIODOTOS (Greek). The signature ?IO?OTOY, which Prof. Furtwaengler considers antique,is found on a cameo in sardonyx,representing a head of Medusa. This gem belonged to the collection of M. Pauvert de La Chapelle, and was discovered at Rome some years ago. The above-named collector has recently ceded his magnificent collection to the Bibliothéque Nationale (May 1899). Bibliography. — Babelon, Pierres gravées. — Daremberg et Saglio, Dictionnaire des antiquités grecques et romaines. — E. Babelon, ...
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DIOSCORIDES
DIOSCORIDES (Greek). This artist is perhaps the most famous of all the ancient Gem-engravers. Pyrgoteles was the contemporary of Alexander the Great, and Dioscorides that of Augustus ; both personify the glyptic art under their respective periods, the one in Greek, and the other in Roman, times. But whereas no specimen of the work of Pyrgoteles has come down to us in support of writers' evidence, a sufficient number of undoubtedly genuine examples of that of Dioscorides are extant to excite our ...
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DIOSCORIDES (Greek). This artist is perhaps the most famous of all the ancient Gem-engravers. Pyrgoteles was the contemporary of Alexander the Great, and Dioscorides that of Augustus ; both personify the glyptic art under their respective periods, the one in Greek, and the other in Roman, times. But whereas no specimen of the work of Pyrgoteles has come down to us in support of writers' evidence, a sufficient number of undoubtedly genuine examples of that of Dioscorides are extant to excite our ...
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DIXON, ROGER
DIXON, ROGER (Brit.). A. Birmingham Die-sinker of the end of the eighteenth century. He engraved numerous tokens, amongst which it may be worth while mentioning the following, which exhibit very creditable work : Beccles, 1795 ; — Birmingham Overseers, 1788 ; — Rackham, Bury; — C. Guest, Bury, 1795 ; — B. I. V. Co, Burnt Island, 1797; — J. Matthews, Canterbury, 1794; — A. Simpson, Chesham, 1795; — T. Horn, Cinque Ports (2 var.); — H. Boorman, East Grinstead, 1795 ; — J. Grow, Feversham, 1794; — ...
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DIXON, ROGER (Brit.). A. Birmingham Die-sinker of the end of the eighteenth century. He engraved numerous tokens, amongst which it may be worth while mentioning the following, which exhibit very creditable work : Beccles, 1795 ; — Birmingham Overseers, 1788 ; — Rackham, Bury; — C. Guest, Bury, 1795 ; — B. I. V. Co, Burnt Island, 1797; — J. Matthews, Canterbury, 1794; — A. Simpson, Chesham, 1795; — T. Horn, Cinque Ports (2 var.); — H. Boorman, East Grinstead, 1795 ; — J. Grow, Feversham, 1794; — ...
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