I. C. MÜLLER. Medallist at Stuttgart, 1670- 1695. Also I. C. M.
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
CHAMBARD, LOUIS LÉOPOLD
CHAMBARD, LOUIS LÉOPOLD (French). Sculptor, and Medallist ; born 25th August, 1811, at St. Amour (Jura); pupil of Ingres and David d'Angers ; entered the Ecole des Beaux Arts in 1836 ; obtained the prix de Rome in 1837 for his "Marius on the ruins of Carthage", and a second-class medal in 1842. His medallic work is confined to two or three Portrait- medallions, after the style of David d'Angers ; the only one known to me being that of M. André. As a sculptor, Chambard is well-known ; I will only...
[ More about CHAMBARD, LOUIS LÉOPOLD ]
CHAMBARD, LOUIS LÉOPOLD (French). Sculptor, and Medallist ; born 25th August, 1811, at St. Amour (Jura); pupil of Ingres and David d'Angers ; entered the Ecole des Beaux Arts in 1836 ; obtained the prix de Rome in 1837 for his "Marius on the ruins of Carthage", and a second-class medal in 1842. His medallic work is confined to two or three Portrait- medallions, after the style of David d'Angers ; the only one known to me being that of M. André. As a sculptor, Chambard is well-known ; I will only...
[ More about CHAMBARD, LOUIS LÉOPOLD ]
CHANTREY, SIR FRANCIS LEGATT
CHANTREY, SIR FRANCIS LEGATT (Brit.), 1781-1841. Sculptor of merit, born near Norton (Derbyshire), studied art at the Royal Academy of which he was elected a member in 1818, and knighted by William IV. in 1830. This artist earned the distinction of being the finest bust-sculptor of his time : it was to portrait sculpture that he owed his fortune and fame ; he was also a good monumental sculptor; the most celebrated of all his works is a group of sleeping children in Lichfield cathedral. The bron...
[ More about CHANTREY, SIR FRANCIS LEGATT ]
CHANTREY, SIR FRANCIS LEGATT (Brit.), 1781-1841. Sculptor of merit, born near Norton (Derbyshire), studied art at the Royal Academy of which he was elected a member in 1818, and knighted by William IV. in 1830. This artist earned the distinction of being the finest bust-sculptor of his time : it was to portrait sculpture that he owed his fortune and fame ; he was also a good monumental sculptor; the most celebrated of all his works is a group of sleeping children in Lichfield cathedral. The bron...
[ More about CHANTREY, SIR FRANCIS LEGATT ]
CHAPAT, LOUIS
CHAPAT, LOUIS (French). Gem-engraver and Writer, born at Orange towards the end of the seventeenth century, resided at Geneva and then at Berlin. The Geneva Library possesses two works by this artist : Portraits of Calvin and Theodore Beza, on silex; — Portrait of Calvin, on a serpentine, 1771. By him are also : Portrait of the Empress Maria Theresa; — Louis XV.; — The Great Elector; — William III. of Great Britain. Chapat published the Catalogue of the antique medals of M. Eller, councillor of ...
[ More about CHAPAT, LOUIS ]
CHAPAT, LOUIS (French). Gem-engraver and Writer, born at Orange towards the end of the seventeenth century, resided at Geneva and then at Berlin. The Geneva Library possesses two works by this artist : Portraits of Calvin and Theodore Beza, on silex; — Portrait of Calvin, on a serpentine, 1771. By him are also : Portrait of the Empress Maria Theresa; — Louis XV.; — The Great Elector; — William III. of Great Britain. Chapat published the Catalogue of the antique medals of M. Eller, councillor of ...
[ More about CHAPAT, LOUIS ]
CHAPLAIN, JULES CLÉMENT
CHAPLAIN, JULES CLÉMENT (French). Contemporary Medallist, residing at Paris, and one of the glorious leaders of the present renaissance of medallic art. He was born at Mortagne (Orne), on the 12th of July, 1839, studied under the sculptor Jouffroy, and the medal-engraver Oudiné, and entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1857. He obtained in 1860 the second prize at the " Concours de Rome " for gem and medal-engraving ; the subject was a Warrior depositing the palm of Victory on the altar of Mars; ...
[ More about CHAPLAIN, JULES CLÉMENT ]
CHAPLAIN, JULES CLÉMENT (French). Contemporary Medallist, residing at Paris, and one of the glorious leaders of the present renaissance of medallic art. He was born at Mortagne (Orne), on the 12th of July, 1839, studied under the sculptor Jouffroy, and the medal-engraver Oudiné, and entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1857. He obtained in 1860 the second prize at the " Concours de Rome " for gem and medal-engraving ; the subject was a Warrior depositing the palm of Victory on the altar of Mars; ...
[ More about CHAPLAIN, JULES CLÉMENT ]