EICHHAUSER, STENZEL (Germ.). In conjunction with his brother-in- law, Isaias Jessensky, he worked theTroppau Mint from 1614 to 1617, and afterwards the Vienna Mint from 1617 to 1619.
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
DROZ, JEAN-PIERRE
DROZ, JEAN-PIERRE (Swiss). A celebrated Coin-engraver and Medallist, born at La Chaux-de-Fonds (canton Neuchâtel) on the 17th of April, 1746, died at Paris on the 2nd of March, 1823. His father, Daniel Droz, was a manufacturer of agricultural implements; his mother's name was Suzanne Esther Brandt dit Gruérin. Quite young, he was apprenticed to his father and learned the first elements of working on metal. Thanks to an extraordinary aptitude for drawing, a taste which was sedulously cultivated b...
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DROZ, JEAN-PIERRE (Swiss). A celebrated Coin-engraver and Medallist, born at La Chaux-de-Fonds (canton Neuchâtel) on the 17th of April, 1746, died at Paris on the 2nd of March, 1823. His father, Daniel Droz, was a manufacturer of agricultural implements; his mother's name was Suzanne Esther Brandt dit Gruérin. Quite young, he was apprenticed to his father and learned the first elements of working on metal. Thanks to an extraordinary aptitude for drawing, a taste which was sedulously cultivated b...
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DRURY, ALFRED
DRURY, ALFRED (Brit.). Contemporary Sculptor, Medallist, and Chaser, Member of the Society of Medallists of London. Born in 1857; A.R.A. 1900; a pupil of Dalou, whose assistant he became. The first result was the curious echo of the master's style, "The Triumph of Silenus " (1885), "The Genius of Sculpture'' and "The First Reflection" (bought by the Queen of Saxony), and " The Evening Prayer" were followed by the statue of " Circe " (1893), which through its grace, elegance of line, and symbolic...
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DRURY, ALFRED (Brit.). Contemporary Sculptor, Medallist, and Chaser, Member of the Society of Medallists of London. Born in 1857; A.R.A. 1900; a pupil of Dalou, whose assistant he became. The first result was the curious echo of the master's style, "The Triumph of Silenus " (1885), "The Genius of Sculpture'' and "The First Reflection" (bought by the Queen of Saxony), and " The Evening Prayer" were followed by the statue of " Circe " (1893), which through its grace, elegance of line, and symbolic...
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DUBOIS, ALPHÉE
DUBOIS, ALPHÉE (French). Medallist and Sculptor, born at Paris in 1831. Pupil of J. J. Barre and Duret. He won the Prix de Rome in 1855, and medals at the Salons of 1868 and 1869. In 1883 he was elected a Knight of the Legion of Honour. His father was the medallist Joseph Eugéne Dubois. Among this artist's best known works are the following medals : Pope Pius IX. blessing the Prince Imperial, 1859; — The Siamese ambassadors, 1861 ; — Portrait of E. J. Menier; — Portrait of C.L.N. M. de Montégny ...
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DUBOIS, ALPHÉE (French). Medallist and Sculptor, born at Paris in 1831. Pupil of J. J. Barre and Duret. He won the Prix de Rome in 1855, and medals at the Salons of 1868 and 1869. In 1883 he was elected a Knight of the Legion of Honour. His father was the medallist Joseph Eugéne Dubois. Among this artist's best known works are the following medals : Pope Pius IX. blessing the Prince Imperial, 1859; — The Siamese ambassadors, 1861 ; — Portrait of E. J. Menier; — Portrait of C.L.N. M. de Montégny ...
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DUBOIS, ÉTIENNE JACQUES
DUBOIS, ÉTIENNE JACQUES (French). Medallist of the first half of the nineteenth century. He obtained in 1809 the second Grand Prix de Rome for medal-engraving, the subject being : Mars followed by Victory. The medals signed DUBOIS F. are mostly his work. He is the author of two medals commemorating the Crossing of the river Raab, and the capture of the town of Raab, in 1809, and also of the following, which were engraved for Mudie's National Series : Scottish Valour in the Napoleonic Wars (obv. ...
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DUBOIS, ÉTIENNE JACQUES (French). Medallist of the first half of the nineteenth century. He obtained in 1809 the second Grand Prix de Rome for medal-engraving, the subject being : Mars followed by Victory. The medals signed DUBOIS F. are mostly his work. He is the author of two medals commemorating the Crossing of the river Raab, and the capture of the town of Raab, in 1809, and also of the following, which were engraved for Mudie's National Series : Scottish Valour in the Napoleonic Wars (obv. ...
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