IRNFRIEDVS (Germ.). Money er at Passau, 1209.
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
CHÉREAU, EUGÉNE JEAN
CHÉREAU, EUGÉNE JEAN (French). Medallist, and Gem-engraver, born at Mamers, residing at Paris ; he was a pupil of Caillouette and Garreaud. At the Salon of 1877, he exhibited a cameo on onyx, representing Zephyrus ; — 1878. Milo of Croton; — 1879. The Rape of Psyche; — 1881. Psyche; — 1882. Eos; — 1883. Le Fil rompu, cameo in carnelian; — Cupid disarmed ; — 1886. Ceres and Triptolemos, cameo in chalcedonyx ; — 1887. Herakles strangling the lion ; — 1888. The Judgment of Solomon ; — 1889. Various...
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CHÉREAU, EUGÉNE JEAN (French). Medallist, and Gem-engraver, born at Mamers, residing at Paris ; he was a pupil of Caillouette and Garreaud. At the Salon of 1877, he exhibited a cameo on onyx, representing Zephyrus ; — 1878. Milo of Croton; — 1879. The Rape of Psyche; — 1881. Psyche; — 1882. Eos; — 1883. Le Fil rompu, cameo in carnelian; — Cupid disarmed ; — 1886. Ceres and Triptolemos, cameo in chalcedonyx ; — 1887. Herakles strangling the lion ; — 1888. The Judgment of Solomon ; — 1889. Various...
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CHÉRET, JULES
CHÉRET, JULES (French). Contemporary Painter and Sculptor. He has produced some fine works. Two medals representing Maenads are illustrated in Les Médailleurs francais contemporains. M. Lecomte writes in Revue de Paris, 1899, p. 893 : " M. Jules Cheret, le poéte délicieux des f?tes de la vie, le peintre des r?ves de joie, nous a donné déjá quelques médailles fort séduisantes oú se retrouvent toute la grâce, tout le charme décoratif de son ?uvre. " Bibliography. — R. Marx, op. cit....
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CHÉRET, JULES (French). Contemporary Painter and Sculptor. He has produced some fine works. Two medals representing Maenads are illustrated in Les Médailleurs francais contemporains. M. Lecomte writes in Revue de Paris, 1899, p. 893 : " M. Jules Cheret, le poéte délicieux des f?tes de la vie, le peintre des r?ves de joie, nous a donné déjá quelques médailles fort séduisantes oú se retrouvent toute la grâce, tout le charme décoratif de son ?uvre. " Bibliography. — R. Marx, op. cit....
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CHÉRON, CHARLES JEAN FRANCOIS
CHÉRON, CHARLES JEAN FRANCOIS (French). Medallist, 1643-1648; born at Nancy ; son of a jeweller and engraver in the service of the Duke of Lorraine; first Engraver of medals at the Papal court, under Clement IX. and Innocent X., when he was called to Paris by Louis XIV., on the recommendation of Colbert and Le Brun. He largely contributed to the medallic series of this monarch, and was employed at the Medal Mint at Paris for about twelve years. He was one of the most distinguished artists of the...
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CHÉRON, CHARLES JEAN FRANCOIS (French). Medallist, 1643-1648; born at Nancy ; son of a jeweller and engraver in the service of the Duke of Lorraine; first Engraver of medals at the Papal court, under Clement IX. and Innocent X., when he was called to Paris by Louis XIV., on the recommendation of Colbert and Le Brun. He largely contributed to the medallic series of this monarch, and was employed at the Medal Mint at Paris for about twelve years. He was one of the most distinguished artists of the...
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CHEVALIER, JEAN
CHEVALIER, JEAN (French). Medallist and worker in ivory, resided in London in 1690, ana then at Berlin, where he entered the service of the House of Brandenburg. Later on, he returned to Paris where he died. His portraits in ivory are very numerous, and one of them, preserved in the Museum of Nils Keder at Stockholm, is of especial interest to English collectors : Robert Boyle, seventh son of Richard, Earl of Cork, 1627-1692, one of the greatest natural philosophers of the seventeenth century. B...
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CHEVALIER, JEAN (French). Medallist and worker in ivory, resided in London in 1690, ana then at Berlin, where he entered the service of the House of Brandenburg. Later on, he returned to Paris where he died. His portraits in ivory are very numerous, and one of them, preserved in the Museum of Nils Keder at Stockholm, is of especial interest to English collectors : Robert Boyle, seventh son of Richard, Earl of Cork, 1627-1692, one of the greatest natural philosophers of the seventeenth century. B...
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