ISLER, LUIGI (Ital.). Roman Gem-engraver, who resided in London, towards the end of the eighteenth century and beginning of the nineteenth. He is the author of the following gems : Portrait of a Parsee, cameo in sardonyx ; — Perseus with head of Medusa, cameo in sardonyx ; — Omphale dressed in the lion's skin, sardonyx of five strata ; — Achilles, translucent Oriental chalcedonyx (illustrated) ; — Chloe, carnelian coloured sardonyx (illustrated) ; — Judith, before she slew Holofernes, cameo in chalcedonyx ; — Various Portrait cameos, &c. Bibliography. — Archibald Billing, The Science of Gems, Jewels, Coins and Medals, Ancient and Modern, London, 1875.
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
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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CHEVALIER, NICOLAS
CHEVALIER, NICOLAS (French). Medallist, born at Sedan, died at Utrecht in 1720. He was a protestant minister, and obliged to take refuge in Holland on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. He resided for some time at Amsterdam 1694-1705, and afterwards settled at Utrecht, where he was granted the privilege of striking medals in his own house. Several of his medals belong to the English series, and some are only copies of those by other artists : Marriage of William III., Prince of Orange, and P...
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CHEVALIER, NICOLAS (French). Medallist, born at Sedan, died at Utrecht in 1720. He was a protestant minister, and obliged to take refuge in Holland on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. He resided for some time at Amsterdam 1694-1705, and afterwards settled at Utrecht, where he was granted the privilege of striking medals in his own house. Several of his medals belong to the English series, and some are only copies of those by other artists : Marriage of William III., Prince of Orange, and P...
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CHOIRION
CHOIRION (XOIPI?N) (Greek). Coin-engraver at Catana, during the latter end of the fifth century B.C. (Circ. B.C. 415-403); his signature appears in full on a Tetradrachm, and abbreviated to XOI on a Drachm. 1. AR. Tetradrachm. Obv. Head of Apollo, laur., facing, between a bow and a lyre ; beneath, AMO???N ; artist's name, XOPI?N. R. KATANAI?N. Fast quadriga; in the background an Ionic column (the meta); in ex. crayfish. B. M. Cat., Sicily, n° 34. 2. AR. Drachm. Obv. AMENANO?. Full-face head...
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CHOIRION (XOIPI?N) (Greek). Coin-engraver at Catana, during the latter end of the fifth century B.C. (Circ. B.C. 415-403); his signature appears in full on a Tetradrachm, and abbreviated to XOI on a Drachm. 1. AR. Tetradrachm. Obv. Head of Apollo, laur., facing, between a bow and a lyre ; beneath, AMO???N ; artist's name, XOPI?N. R. KATANAI?N. Fast quadriga; in the background an Ionic column (the meta); in ex. crayfish. B. M. Cat., Sicily, n° 34. 2. AR. Drachm. Obv. AMENANO?. Full-face head...
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