GAAB, G. D. (Germ.). Medal-chaser and Embosser, of the middle of the eighteenth century. He was probably a native of Augsburg, and was employed by a Mr Hollis. Mr H. A. Grueber states that Gaab's medal of Sir Christopher Wren is the only one which bears his signature, and that the workmanship is good. The following medals, embossed and chased, are supposed to be the work of this artist : Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond, † 1509; — Philip and Mary, 1555; — John- Ray, naturalist, † 1705, &c. Gaab, as well as Stuart, were much employed upon imitations of fifteenth and sixteenth century medals. Bibliography. — Franks & Grueber, Medallic Illustrations of British History, London, 1885.
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
FOULIS, THOMAS
FOULIS, THOMAS (Scotch). Goldsmith and Die-sinker, who was employed on the Scottish coinage, at the end of the sixteenth and beginning ol the seventeenth centuries. Burns informs us that " on the 2nd August 1598, the profits and casualties of the mint (Edinburgh) were let for six years to Thomas Foulis, goldsmith, and Robert Jowsie, merchant, burgesses of Edinburgh, at an annual rent ot ? 5000 or 7500 merks. The coinage of ten-shilling pieces and their parts, and ot the corresponding gold money,...
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FOULIS, THOMAS (Scotch). Goldsmith and Die-sinker, who was employed on the Scottish coinage, at the end of the sixteenth and beginning ol the seventeenth centuries. Burns informs us that " on the 2nd August 1598, the profits and casualties of the mint (Edinburgh) were let for six years to Thomas Foulis, goldsmith, and Robert Jowsie, merchant, burgesses of Edinburgh, at an annual rent ot ? 5000 or 7500 merks. The coinage of ten-shilling pieces and their parts, and ot the corresponding gold money,...
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FOUQUET, EMILE FRANÇOIS
FOUQUET, EMILE FRANÇOIS (French). Contemporary Sculptor, born at Paris on the 13th of June, 1817. He was a pupil of Foyatier. This artist produced a number of medallions in wax, clay, and bronze, one of which was exhibited at the Salon of 1879. He also appears to have engraved medal-dies. Marvin describes a masonic medal, or rather an octagonal jeton, of the Lodge of the Union of the Family, at Paris, bearing this engraver's signature. Bibliography. — Chavignerie et Auvray, op. cit. — Marvin, Ma...
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FOUQUET, EMILE FRANÇOIS (French). Contemporary Sculptor, born at Paris on the 13th of June, 1817. He was a pupil of Foyatier. This artist produced a number of medallions in wax, clay, and bronze, one of which was exhibited at the Salon of 1879. He also appears to have engraved medal-dies. Marvin describes a masonic medal, or rather an octagonal jeton, of the Lodge of the Union of the Family, at Paris, bearing this engraver's signature. Bibliography. — Chavignerie et Auvray, op. cit. — Marvin, Ma...
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FOURCADE, DOMINIQUE PHILIPPE JEAN
FOURCADE, DOMINIQUE PHILIPPE JEAN (French). Sculptor and Medallist, born on the 29th of August 1871, au Plan (canton de Caz?res, Haute-Garonne) ; studied first at Toulouse under the sculptor A. Belon ; entered the Ecole des Beaux Arts of that city, and worked under A. Fabre, A. Laporte and H. Maurette ; obtained fifteen prizes and a mention at the Toulouse School of Fine Arts ; a diploma of honour at the International Exhibition of Toulouse in 1895 ; a silver medal at the International Exhibitio...
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FOURCADE, DOMINIQUE PHILIPPE JEAN (French). Sculptor and Medallist, born on the 29th of August 1871, au Plan (canton de Caz?res, Haute-Garonne) ; studied first at Toulouse under the sculptor A. Belon ; entered the Ecole des Beaux Arts of that city, and worked under A. Fabre, A. Laporte and H. Maurette ; obtained fifteen prizes and a mention at the Toulouse School of Fine Arts ; a diploma of honour at the International Exhibition of Toulouse in 1895 ; a silver medal at the International Exhibitio...
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FRAGONARD, JEAN HONORÉ or NICOLAS
FRAGONARD, JEAN HONORÉ or NICOLAS (French). Painter of the second half of the eighteenth century; he was born at Grasse in 1732, and died at Paris on the 22nd of August, 1806. He was a pupil of Boucher, Chardin, &c. Thorne says that his pictures are singularly characteristic of Parisian society, immediately preceding the revo- lution of 1789, and adds : "On his return to Paris, Fragonard painted historical subjects; his large picture, " Coresus and Callirhoë ", excited great admiration, and secu...
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FRAGONARD, JEAN HONORÉ or NICOLAS (French). Painter of the second half of the eighteenth century; he was born at Grasse in 1732, and died at Paris on the 22nd of August, 1806. He was a pupil of Boucher, Chardin, &c. Thorne says that his pictures are singularly characteristic of Parisian society, immediately preceding the revo- lution of 1789, and adds : "On his return to Paris, Fragonard painted historical subjects; his large picture, " Coresus and Callirhoë ", excited great admiration, and secu...
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