GIL, GERONIMO ANTONIO (Mexican). Coin-engraver and Medallist, employed at the Mint of Mexico, during the last quarter of the eighteenth century. Besides the coins struck at Mexico under Charles III. and Charles IV. of Spain, this clever artist executed a large number of fine medals of which the following are best known : Mexican Academy Prize Medal, undated; — Proclamation of Charles IV. at Durango, 1790; — Proclamation of Charles IV. at Guanajuato, 1790 (2 var.) ; — Another, of Guadalaxara, 1789; — Another, of Vera Cruz, 1789; — Another, of San Luis Potosi, 1790; — Another of Mexico, 1789 (illustrated); — Marquis de San Juan de Rayas, 1790; — The Miners of Guanajuato to Charles IV. 1790; — Mexican Accession Medal of King Charles IV. (5 var. of type and size); — Mexican Archiepiscopal Proclamation Medal of Charles IV., 1789 (2 var.); — Proclama- tion Medal of the Mexican Consulate, undated ; — Mining Proclamation Medal of Charles IV., 1789; — The Mexican Academy, 1790; — Orizava Proclamation Medal, 1790; — Procla- mation Medal of the Inhabitants of Los Angeles (2 var.); — Proc- lamation Medal of the City of Los Angeles, 1790; — Queretaro Proclamation Medal, 1790 ; — Another of San Miguel el Grande, I791; — Another of Valladolid de Michoacan, 1791 ; — Another of Veracruz, 1791 ; — Another of Zacatecas; — Charles III., Pro- tector of Sciences; The Royal Academy of Mexico founded, 1778; — Another, with the King as Protector of the Academy, 1777; — Birth of Prince D. Carlos, 1780 ; — Prosperity of the Royal Family (2 types of 1784 and 1785); — The Mexican Acad- emy to the memory of its founder, King Charles III., 1788; — Agricultural Prize Medal for the Philippine Islands, 1782; — The Mexican Mines to King Charles III. on the birth of his nephew Ferdinand (2 types of 1784 and 1785); — Royal Spanish Order of Noble Ladies, 1793; — Erection of a statue to Charles IV. at Mexico, 1796 (sev. varieties of type and size), etc. The signature of this Medallist appears variously as GIL ; G. A. GIL ; GERONI. ANTONI. GIL ; GERONIMO A. GIL ; or GERONIMO ANTONIO GIL. Bibliography. — Rosa, Monetario Americano, Buenos-Aires, 1892. — Betts, Contemporary Medals, illustrating American Colonial History, New- York, 1894. — Thomsen Catalogue. — Arturo Pedrals y Moliné, Catalogo de la colleccion de Monedas y Medallas de Manuel Vidal Quadras y Ramon, de Barcelona, 1892. — Dupriez, Gazette numismatique, Oct. 1898. — Medina, Medallas coloniales hispano-amcricanas Santiago de Chile, 1900.
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
GARDET, JOSEPH ANTOINE
GARDET, JOSEPH ANTOINE (French). Contemporary Medallist of the modern school of Chaplain and Roty, born at Paris in 1857 where he died in 1891. Some of his medallic productions are exhibited at the Luxemburg Museum, and the artist is held in great esteem. Medal-engraving does not however seem to have been his favourite branch, which no doubt accounts for the scarcity of his medals. There is one at the Luxemburg Museum, a cast Portrait-medal of the engraver, Jean Patricot, which exhibits beautifu...
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GARDET, JOSEPH ANTOINE (French). Contemporary Medallist of the modern school of Chaplain and Roty, born at Paris in 1857 where he died in 1891. Some of his medallic productions are exhibited at the Luxemburg Museum, and the artist is held in great esteem. Medal-engraving does not however seem to have been his favourite branch, which no doubt accounts for the scarcity of his medals. There is one at the Luxemburg Museum, a cast Portrait-medal of the engraver, Jean Patricot, which exhibits beautifu...
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GARNIER, HENRI ADOLPHE
GARNIER, HENRI ADOLPHE (French). Sculptor and Medallist, of the middle years of the nineteenth century. At the Salon of 1834 he exhibited several Portrait-medallions, one of the finest being that of M. Armand de Vaudricourt. Between 1830 and 1870, he executed a large number of busts, and in 1835 a colossal statue representing the Nymph Echo. After that date he does not seem to have taken a very active part in the yearly art competitions, as 1835. His monument to General Marceaux, 1869, deserves ...
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GARNIER, HENRI ADOLPHE (French). Sculptor and Medallist, of the middle years of the nineteenth century. At the Salon of 1834 he exhibited several Portrait-medallions, one of the finest being that of M. Armand de Vaudricourt. Between 1830 and 1870, he executed a large number of busts, and in 1835 a colossal statue representing the Nymph Echo. After that date he does not seem to have taken a very active part in the yearly art competitions, as 1835. His monument to General Marceaux, 1869, deserves ...
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GASS, F. W.
GASS, F. W. (Russ.). Son of the preceding, and also aMedallist. He resided at St Petersburg and was employed at the Mint there in the capacity of Coin-engraver and Medallist from 1787; pupil of his father and of the Mineralogical College of St Petersburg. In 1794 he entered upon the definite service of the Government, but died three years after, in October 1797. By him are a number of historical medals and portrait-pieces of Russian celebrities, including several types of Peter the Great and Cat...
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GASS, F. W. (Russ.). Son of the preceding, and also aMedallist. He resided at St Petersburg and was employed at the Mint there in the capacity of Coin-engraver and Medallist from 1787; pupil of his father and of the Mineralogical College of St Petersburg. In 1794 he entered upon the definite service of the Government, but died three years after, in October 1797. By him are a number of historical medals and portrait-pieces of Russian celebrities, including several types of Peter the Great and Cat...
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GATTEAUX, JACQUES ÉDOUARD
GATTEAUX, JACQUES ÉDOUARD (French). Sculptor and Medallist, son of N. M. Gatteaux, was born at Paris on the 4th November 1788, where he died on the 9th February, 188 1. He learned medal-engraving with his father, and sculpture under Moitte. In 1809, he obtained the Prix de Rome, and as a pupil of the French Academy at Rome, greatly distinguished himself. On his return to France he was called to the office of Medallist to Louis XVIII. and executed a number of fine medals on the Peace of 1814, the...
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GATTEAUX, JACQUES ÉDOUARD (French). Sculptor and Medallist, son of N. M. Gatteaux, was born at Paris on the 4th November 1788, where he died on the 9th February, 188 1. He learned medal-engraving with his father, and sculpture under Moitte. In 1809, he obtained the Prix de Rome, and as a pupil of the French Academy at Rome, greatly distinguished himself. On his return to France he was called to the office of Medallist to Louis XVIII. and executed a number of fine medals on the Peace of 1814, the...
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