DUVIVIER, JEAN (French). Medallist of the first half of the eighteenth century, born at Liége, on the 7th of February 1687, died in Paris, on the 30th of April 1761. He learned the first elements of engraving with his father, and at the age of eighteen gave himself up to the study of painting. There is a portrait in existence he made of himself four years later, and good engravings after well known pictures of the same period. In 1710, the young artist went to Paris, where he soon began to draw attention, and was chosen to engrave the King's plate. About 1712, he found a protector and patron in the person of Jean-Baptiste de Valdor, ambassador of the Prince of Liége, at Paris, who gave him the first order in medallic work ; this was a commemoration piece of the Treaty of Baden, with portrait of Joseph Clement, Elector of Bavaria, Bishop of Liége and Archbishop of Cologne. In 1714, Jean Duvivier was introduced to M. de Launay, Director of the Mint, who took him in his service. The first medal he engraved for the Mint represents Louis XIV. on horseback. From that period to the time of his death, Duvivier devoted himself almost exclusively to the medallic art. Louis XV., in 1719, selected him to succeed Mauger, and until 1729, the artist was connected with the Medal Mint. Duvivier is the author of the following medals : 1715, Engagements in the Channel; — 1715, Strassburg fortified ; — 1720, Jeton for Buildings; — Trin and Pont de Strure taken; — Campaign of Flanders of 1649; — Peace of Utrecht; — Majority of Louis XIV. ; — Ypres taken in 1648; — Lerida taken in 1707; — 1721, Jeton for Buildings; — Taking of Roses in 1645; — Raising of the Siege of Guise in 1650; — 1722, Jetons for Buildings; — Peace of Westphalia ; — Campaign of 1712; — Portrait of Louis XV. ; — Marriage of the King; — Coronation; — 1723. Death of Louis XIV. ; — Surgical Academy of Paris, 1723 ; — Académie et École de Chirurgie; — 1724, Laureate bust of Louis XV. ; — Coronation Ceremony of the King; — 1726, Repression of the Chamber of Justice in 1669; — 1725, Congress of Cambrai in 1721; — Building of a Bridge at Blois in 1724; — Promotion of the Knights of Saint-Esprit in 1724 ; — Bust of Louis XV. in hunting costume ; — Jeton for the King's Buildings; — Bust of the Duke of Bourbon R. Abundance leaning on Peace; — 1726, Education of the King; — Head of the King; — 1727, and 1729, Busts of the King; — 1729, Bombardment of Tripoli, &c. On these medals the artist signed himself DV or Duvivier, f., also J. Duvivier f. The signature J. D. is taken to be that of J. Dollin who was employed at the Medal Mint under Louis XIV. To Duvivier, M. Guiffrey attributes also: Taking of Brisach (1703); — Peace of Utrecht (1713); — Bust of the Archbishop of Cologne (3 var); — Paris Chamber of Justice; — Progress of the King; — Fontarabie taken; — The Plague at Marseilles ; — Marriage of the King ; — Head of Louis XV. with flowing hair; — Heads of the King and Queen ; — Birth of the Ladies of France ; — Recovery of the King ; —The Regent, Philip, Duke of Orleans ; — Birth of the Dauphin ; — Birth of the Duke of Anjou; — J. Barthélemy, numismatist; — Academic Society of Surgery, 1731 (2 var.); — Recovery of Louis XV., 1721 and 1728; — Plague at Marseilles, 1723 ; — — 685 — Académie royale de chirurgie; — Illness of Louis XV. at Metz, 1744; — Bust of the King; — Reunion of Lorraine with France; — Don Carlos, King of the Two-Sicilies ; — Head of the King wearing laurel-wreath ; — Visit of Peter the Great to Paris ; — Fall of the Evil Angels; — Bust of Louis XV. crowned with laurel-wreath, &c. Thus the work of Jean Duvivier at the Mint consists of sixty-one medals, the dies of twenty-five of which still exist. Duvivier exhibited at the Paris Salons of 1737, 1739, 1740, 1746 and 1750. About 1738, the artist quarrelled with Bouchardon, who had hitherto furnished him with most of the subjects from which he engraved the King's medals ; on this account he lost the King's patronage, and to earn a living was obliged to take to seal and line-engräving. Of this period dates a medal executed for the city of Rouen, representing Mercury pouring over the town the contents of a horn of plenty. In 1743, Duvivier returned into favour, and in 1747, was entrusted by the Academy of painting and sculpture with the engraving of a medal, or seal, bearing the head of the King, accompanied by the inscription Protecteur de I' Académie. Jean Duvivier is also the author of the following medals : 1715, Society of Merchants; — 1720, Louisburg founded (sev. varieties) ; — 1711, Guadeloupe fortified. The work of Jean Duvivier is considerable. He engraved over four hundred dies, amongst which were 17 heads of the King, at various ages, 3 of the Queen, over 200 jetons, which are characterized by his graceful designs, and a number of the reigns of Louis XIV. and XV. His son, Benjamin, executed in 1798 a Portrait-medal of the artist, which is one of the very few likenessess that exist of him. Duvivier was the medallist of Louis XV.'s reign, as Warin, his predecessor, was that of Louis XIV.'s, but although theformer never attained the high degree of art of the latter, he nevertheless remains one of the greatest medallists of the eighteenth century. Bibliography. — Chavignerie et Auvray, op. cit. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Guitfrey, La Monnaie des médailles, Revue numismatique, 1887. — Notices sur Jean et Benjamin Duvivier, graveurs de médailles et de jetons. Réunion des Sociétes des Beaux-Arts des Départements en 1889. — Betts, Historical Medals of America.
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
DONADIO
DONADIO (Ital.). Medallist of the first half of the nineteenth century. He contributed to Mudie's " Series of National Medals", Durand' "Series", and to the " Galerie métallique des grands hommes francais ". The following are some of his best known works : Francis Henry Egerton, Earl of Bridgewater; — Olivier de Serres; — T. Valperga Caluso ; — Fontenelle, 1819; — Arthur, Duke of Wellington; — Vitt. Alfieri, 1820; — Charles Duclos, 1821; — Jos. Louis Lagrange; — Ennio Quirino Visconti, 1821; ...
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DONADIO (Ital.). Medallist of the first half of the nineteenth century. He contributed to Mudie's " Series of National Medals", Durand' "Series", and to the " Galerie métallique des grands hommes francais ". The following are some of his best known works : Francis Henry Egerton, Earl of Bridgewater; — Olivier de Serres; — T. Valperga Caluso ; — Fontenelle, 1819; — Arthur, Duke of Wellington; — Vitt. Alfieri, 1820; — Charles Duclos, 1821; — Jos. Louis Lagrange; — Ennio Quirino Visconti, 1821; ...
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DONATELLO
DONATELLO (Italian). One of the greatest Sculptors of the early period of the Renaissance. He was born at Florence, probably in 1386. Numerous statues, busts, marble medallions, sepulchral monuments, still extant, attest the genius of his talent, the loftiness of his conceptions, as well as the skilfulness of his chisel. Cellini, speaking of him and Michelangelo, before the Grand Duke of Florence, Cosmo de'Medici, calls them " the two greatest men that ever lived ". Donatello is the first Gem-en...
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DONATELLO (Italian). One of the greatest Sculptors of the early period of the Renaissance. He was born at Florence, probably in 1386. Numerous statues, busts, marble medallions, sepulchral monuments, still extant, attest the genius of his talent, the loftiness of his conceptions, as well as the skilfulness of his chisel. Cellini, speaking of him and Michelangelo, before the Grand Duke of Florence, Cosmo de'Medici, calls them " the two greatest men that ever lived ". Donatello is the first Gem-en...
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DONNER, IGNAZ
DONNER, IGNAZ (Germ.). Medallist and Coin-engraver at the Mint of Vienna, 1776-1804. He was a nephew of Matthäus Donner, and was born at Kremnitz in 1752. His signature appears as I. D. F. or simply D. The following medals and coins are amongst his bestknown productions : Empress Maria Theresa R. by J. N. Wirt; — Francis II. and Consort, Maria Theresa of Sicily, 1799; — Thaler of Francis, Prince Bishop of Gurk, 1801; — Medallion of same, 1775 ; — Prince G. T. von Stahremberg; — Charles Joseph, P...
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DONNER, IGNAZ (Germ.). Medallist and Coin-engraver at the Mint of Vienna, 1776-1804. He was a nephew of Matthäus Donner, and was born at Kremnitz in 1752. His signature appears as I. D. F. or simply D. The following medals and coins are amongst his bestknown productions : Empress Maria Theresa R. by J. N. Wirt; — Francis II. and Consort, Maria Theresa of Sicily, 1799; — Thaler of Francis, Prince Bishop of Gurk, 1801; — Medallion of same, 1775 ; — Prince G. T. von Stahremberg; — Charles Joseph, P...
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DONNER, MATHIAS
DONNER, MATHIAS or MATTHÄUS (Germ.). Medallist to the Imperial Court of Vienna, and Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in that city. He was born at Kremnitz in 1699 or 1704, and he died at Vienna, not before 1767. The period of his greatest activity is comprised between 1734 and 1767. Most of his works are signed : DONNER, but on others his signature appears also as : M. D. F..-M. D.-or D. He is the author of the following medals : Empress Elizabeth Christina, consort of Charles VI. ; —Queen ...
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DONNER, MATHIAS or MATTHÄUS (Germ.). Medallist to the Imperial Court of Vienna, and Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in that city. He was born at Kremnitz in 1699 or 1704, and he died at Vienna, not before 1767. The period of his greatest activity is comprised between 1734 and 1767. Most of his works are signed : DONNER, but on others his signature appears also as : M. D. F..-M. D.-or D. He is the author of the following medals : Empress Elizabeth Christina, consort of Charles VI. ; —Queen ...
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