EBERLEIN, GUSTAV (Germ.). Contemporary Berlin Sculptor. There is a commemorative medal by him of the Silver Wedding of Crown-Prince Frederick of Germany, and Victoria, Princess- Royal of England, 1883. Bibliography. — Dr F. P. Weber, Medals and Medallions of the Nineteenth cen- tury relating to England, by foreign Artists, London, 1894.
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
DORPE, ROMBAUT VAN DEN
DORPE, ROMBAUT VAN DEN (Belg.). Goldsmith of Malines at the beginning of the sixteenth century. He engraved in 1524 a seal for the Emperor Charles V. ; it represents the sovereign seated on throne, surrounded by the arms of the Empire and those of the seventeen provinces of the Netherlands; the legend is : S.CAROLI DEI GRA R'ONOR I'RATOR HISPR REG ARCHD AVST DVC BVRG BRABA LVCEB'GI COI'T FLA'D HO'E. The engraver was paid 120 livres of Flanders for this work, and its accompanying signet. Bibliogr...
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DORPE, ROMBAUT VAN DEN (Belg.). Goldsmith of Malines at the beginning of the sixteenth century. He engraved in 1524 a seal for the Emperor Charles V. ; it represents the sovereign seated on throne, surrounded by the arms of the Empire and those of the seventeen provinces of the Netherlands; the legend is : S.CAROLI DEI GRA R'ONOR I'RATOR HISPR REG ARCHD AVST DVC BVRG BRABA LVCEB'GI COI'T FLA'D HO'E. The engraver was paid 120 livres of Flanders for this work, and its accompanying signet. Bibliogr...
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DORSCH, JOHANN CHRISTOPHER
DORSCH, JOHANN CHRISTOPHER (Germ.). Gem-engraver and Medallist of Nuremberg, 1676-1732. M. Babelon calls him a mediocre artist, who inundated Germany with portraits of Popes, Emperors, Kings of France, and other sovereigns as well as celebrated persons. He also produced "unfaithful copies of famous antiques, with nothing to recommend them in the execution ". A large number of Dorsch's gems were engraved for Ebermayer, who published them. Among these are : Rural Festival; — Bacchanalian Dance (se...
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DORSCH, JOHANN CHRISTOPHER (Germ.). Gem-engraver and Medallist of Nuremberg, 1676-1732. M. Babelon calls him a mediocre artist, who inundated Germany with portraits of Popes, Emperors, Kings of France, and other sovereigns as well as celebrated persons. He also produced "unfaithful copies of famous antiques, with nothing to recommend them in the execution ". A large number of Dorsch's gems were engraved for Ebermayer, who published them. Among these are : Rural Festival; — Bacchanalian Dance (se...
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DOUBLEDAY
DOUBLEDAY (Brit.). Coin-dealer and Forger of ancient and modern coins, of the first half of the nineteenth century. He is the acknowledged author of a copy of the celebrated Oxford crown, cast from the original in the British Museum. Whether he did copies with the intention of deceiving collectors or not is open to doubt; he also produced electrotype impressions of over two thousand seals, from the London and Paris collections, and dealt in these. It appears from a letter I have recently seen th...
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DOUBLEDAY (Brit.). Coin-dealer and Forger of ancient and modern coins, of the first half of the nineteenth century. He is the acknowledged author of a copy of the celebrated Oxford crown, cast from the original in the British Museum. Whether he did copies with the intention of deceiving collectors or not is open to doubt; he also produced electrotype impressions of over two thousand seals, from the London and Paris collections, and dealt in these. It appears from a letter I have recently seen th...
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DRAPPENTIER, D.
DRAPPENTIER, D. (Dutch) Medallist, born at Dordrecht, in which city he worked during the latter half of the seventeenth century. His name is indifferently spelt Drapentier, Trappentier, or Trapentier. Several medals of the English series are signed by this Engraver : Literary Reward, 1691, presented by King William III., during his visit to Holland, to poets who distinguised themselves in celebrating the expedition to Britain ; — Pacification of Ireland, 1691 ; — Peace of Ryswick (medal struck b...
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DRAPPENTIER, D. (Dutch) Medallist, born at Dordrecht, in which city he worked during the latter half of the seventeenth century. His name is indifferently spelt Drapentier, Trappentier, or Trapentier. Several medals of the English series are signed by this Engraver : Literary Reward, 1691, presented by King William III., during his visit to Holland, to poets who distinguised themselves in celebrating the expedition to Britain ; — Pacification of Ireland, 1691 ; — Peace of Ryswick (medal struck b...
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