ERIZZO, FRANCESCO. This artist's name is absolutely legendary ; its existence rests with a faulty reading of the authors of "Tresor de Numismatique et de Glyptique (Medailles italiennes, t. I. pl. xv, n° 3)", who have read the name ERIX instead of BRIX on a medal.
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
DUPRÉ, GIOVANNI
DUPRÉ, GIOVANNI (Ital.). Sculptor of French origin, born at Sienna on the 1st of March, 1817. His father was an intagliatore, or wood-carver, and with him the young artist learnt the first elements of sculpture. Dupré died on the 10th of January, 1882. His principal works are : Abel (in the Pitti Palace); — Allegorical Tazza ; — The Ferrari Monument in San Lorenzo ; — Statue of Sappho ; — The Cavour Monument in Turin ; — Statues of Pope Pius IX., Victor Emanuel II., Raimondo Lullo, and St. Fran...
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DUPRÉ, GIOVANNI (Ital.). Sculptor of French origin, born at Sienna on the 1st of March, 1817. His father was an intagliatore, or wood-carver, and with him the young artist learnt the first elements of sculpture. Dupré died on the 10th of January, 1882. His principal works are : Abel (in the Pitti Palace); — Allegorical Tazza ; — The Ferrari Monument in San Lorenzo ; — Statue of Sappho ; — The Cavour Monument in Turin ; — Statues of Pope Pius IX., Victor Emanuel II., Raimondo Lullo, and St. Fran...
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DUPRÉ, GUILLAUME
DUPRÉ, GUILLAUME (French). Sculptor, Medallist, and Coinengraver, born at Sissonne, near Laon, in 1574, died on the 8th of June, 1647. He married in 1600, Madeleine, the daughter of his master, the sculptor Barthélemy Prieur, who, like him, belonged to the reformed religion. As early as 1597, Henry IV., pleased with the medal representing him as Hercules with Gabrielle d'Estrées on R, gave him the title of Sculptor in ordinary to His Majesty, and Dupré records in the following terms his august p...
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DUPRÉ, GUILLAUME (French). Sculptor, Medallist, and Coinengraver, born at Sissonne, near Laon, in 1574, died on the 8th of June, 1647. He married in 1600, Madeleine, the daughter of his master, the sculptor Barthélemy Prieur, who, like him, belonged to the reformed religion. As early as 1597, Henry IV., pleased with the medal representing him as Hercules with Gabrielle d'Estrées on R, gave him the title of Sculptor in ordinary to His Majesty, and Dupré records in the following terms his august p...
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DUPUIS, DANIEL JEAN-BAPTISTE
DUPUIS, DANIEL JEAN-BAPTISTE (French). Medallist, born at Blois on the 15th of February, 1849; died at Paris, on the 14th of November, 1899. He was received at the age of sixteen at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and obtained three years later the second Prix de Rome for medal- engraving; at the same time he was selected to the post of Drawing-master at the Municipal Schools of Paris. In 1872, he won the first Grand Prix de Rome. During his residence at Rome, the artist executed the portraits of his ...
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DUPUIS, DANIEL JEAN-BAPTISTE (French). Medallist, born at Blois on the 15th of February, 1849; died at Paris, on the 14th of November, 1899. He was received at the age of sixteen at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and obtained three years later the second Prix de Rome for medal- engraving; at the same time he was selected to the post of Drawing-master at the Municipal Schools of Paris. In 1872, he won the first Grand Prix de Rome. During his residence at Rome, the artist executed the portraits of his ...
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DUQUESNOY, JÉROME
DUQUESNOY, JÉROME (Belg.). Architect, Sculptor, and Medallist, born at Brussels in 1602, suffered capital punishment at Ghent on the 24th of October, 1654. Only one medal by him is known; it bears on obv. a portrait of Archduke Leopold William of Austria, and on R. an emblem consisting of a cross, a lion, a sheep, &c. and the inscription TIMORE DOMINI. The signature of the artist : HIER.DV QVESNOY.F. on the obv. leaves no doubt as to the authorship of the medal. Bibliography. — Pinchart, Biograp...
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DUQUESNOY, JÉROME (Belg.). Architect, Sculptor, and Medallist, born at Brussels in 1602, suffered capital punishment at Ghent on the 24th of October, 1654. Only one medal by him is known; it bears on obv. a portrait of Archduke Leopold William of Austria, and on R. an emblem consisting of a cross, a lion, a sheep, &c. and the inscription TIMORE DOMINI. The signature of the artist : HIER.DV QVESNOY.F. on the obv. leaves no doubt as to the authorship of the medal. Bibliography. — Pinchart, Biograp...
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