JOUVENEL, ADOLPHE CHRISTIAN (Belg.). Sculptor and Medallist, born at Lille on the 10th May, 1798, died at Brussels on the 9th September, 1867. He was the son of the Sculptor and Medallist Jean Baptiste Clément Jouvenel, and pupil of Rude. In 1846, Jouvenel undertook the publication of a Series of Portrait-medals of the celebrities of his country. This collection was to comprise a first set of 25 bronze medals of 45 mill, in diameter, to be issued one each month at the price of 5 Francs. The prospectus of this Medallic series describes it thus : " Histoire populaire et métallique des grands hommes de la Belgique, ou collection de médailles représentant leurs portraits, exécutées d'aprés les monuments les plus authentiques et enrichies d' inscriptions historiques sur leur vie, leur caractére, leurs actions ou leurs ouvrages, gravées et éditées par Ad. Jouvenel, graveur en médailles du Roi. " In 1847 the artist took part in the competition of the Belgian Monetary commission and obtained a prize of 1000 Francs, with the title of Engraver to the King and a membership of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium. No less than seventy-five medals are known by this Engraver : 1818. Jeton de Présence for the Members of the Regency of Brussels ; — 1824. Medal for the Construction of Brussels Hospital ; — 1825. Jubilee of St. Romwald at Malines; — 1826. Clinical School of Brussels; — 1828. Masonic medal, on the Death of M. Honorez; — 1829. Protection given by the King to Arts and Sciences; — 1830. Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Monument on the Place des Martyrs at Brussels; — 1831. The King takes the Constitutional Oath ; — 1832. Inauguration of the Grand Orient of Belgium ; — Semi-secular Jubilee of the Lodge of True Friends of the Union; — 1833. Birth of the Royal Prince; — Independence of Belgium; — Exhibition of Silk Industries; — 1835. M. de Stassart installed as Grand Master of the Free Masons; — A. Wappers and Geefs ;— Birth of Prince Leopold ; — Louis Philippe Marie Victor; — Belgian Industrial Exhibition; — 1836. Belgian Fine Art Exhibition ; — Ticket of the Lodge of True Friends ; — Medal of the Surveying Commission of the Bank of Belgium; — The Poor of Tournay ; — 1840. National Award for Life-saving ; — Medal for Horse-breeding; — Agricultural Society of Malines; — 1841. Medal of the Royal Academy of Belgium; — Installation of the Royal Clinical Academy of Belgium ; — Building of St. Joseph's Church at Brussels; — 1844. Gaming Counter of H. S. H. The Duke of Arenberg; — 1844. To the memory of Arthur Hennebert; — Medal of the Society " Cercle des Arts"; — Erection of Louvain University; — F. Henri Bickes; — 1846. Abd-el-Kader; — The Liberal Congress; — 1847. Van der Haert, painter; — Pattern Five Franc piece; — Medal of the Choral Society; — 1848. Belgian retains her Independence and Nationality; — Leopold I., Constitutional Monarch; — 1848. Series of twelve Portrait-medals and Jetons of celebrated Belgians : Juste-Lipse ; — Margaret of Austria (illustrated) ; — Dodonaeus; — Jean sans Peur; — Charles V.; — Van Dyck ; — Vesalius ; — P. P. Rubens ; — Stevin ; — Philip the Good ; — Duquesnoy ; — Albert and Isabella; — 1850. Medal of the Law on Public Teaching of 1. May 1850 ; — Consecration of the Church of St. John and Nicholas at Schaerbeck ; — Death of Queen Louise-Marie ; — 1851. Charles Rogier; — Frére Orban ; — H. R. H. Philip, Count of Flanders, President of the Central Belgian Agricultural Society (2 var.) ; — Medal of the National Bank; — 1855. J. P. Stevens; — Ferd. Jos. Nicolay ; — Armand de Perceval; — 1856. Ch. Rogier, President of the Artistic and Literary Club of Brussels ; — 25th Anniversary of the King's reign ; — 1859. P. F. X. de Ram, Rector of Louvain University; — 1859. J. F. Loos, Burgomaster of Antwerp; — 1860. Charles de Brouckére, Burgomaster of Brussels ; — Frére-Orban, Finance Minister ; — 1862. The King returns to Brussels ; — 1862. Death of King Leopold I. ; — F. J. Geelhand de Merxem (on the occasion of the purchase by the State of his collection of medals) ; — 1866. J. B. Madou, painter of Brussels; — 1866. General Baron F. Emm. Chazal, Minister of State ; — Roland de Lassus de Lattre; — Schola " Medica practica", Brussels, 1833; — Royal Belgian Academy of Medicine, 1841 ; — Seal of the Royal Academy of Medicine ; — Prize Medal of William I. of Holland; — Prize Medal of the Royal Horticultural Society of Malines, 1841, &c. Both Jouvenel and Constant Jéhotte had intended to publish a Medallic Gallery of Belgian Celebrities &c, but either from want of support or other reasons, they did not complete their task. Jouvenel executed a series of twelve medals towards his, and Jéhotte even fewer, but I have not been able to ascertain the exact number. Bibliography. — Guioth, Catalogue des OEuvres des graveurs belges vivants, Revue de la num. belge, 1850, p. 199. — Weber, op. cit. — Thomson Catalogue. — Piot, Catalogue des Coins, Poincons el Matrices appartenant á I'État, Bruxelles, 1861. — Mitth. des Klubs, 1900, p. 150. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Private Notes of M. Alph. de Witte. — Various Sale Catalogues. — Biographie nationale de Belgique, 1887.
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
JOHN, WILLIAM GOSCOMBE
JOHN, WILLIAM GOSCOMBE (Brit.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Cardiff; Associate of the Royal Academy. “The son of the sculptural carver to the late Marquess of Bute, Mr. John early followed his father's craft ", says Mr. Spielmann. “ In 1882 he left Cardiff for London, obtained employment with Farmer and Brindley's, and attended Mr. Frith's class at Lambeth. In 1884 he entered the Royal Academy Schools, but, after a successful career, he failed to secure the gold medal with his g...
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JOHN, WILLIAM GOSCOMBE (Brit.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Cardiff; Associate of the Royal Academy. “The son of the sculptural carver to the late Marquess of Bute, Mr. John early followed his father's craft ", says Mr. Spielmann. “ In 1882 he left Cardiff for London, obtained employment with Farmer and Brindley's, and attended Mr. Frith's class at Lambeth. In 1884 he entered the Royal Academy Schools, but, after a successful career, he failed to secure the gold medal with his g...
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JOHNSON, STEFANO
JOHNSON, STEFANO (Ital.). Die-sinking establishment at Milan, founded in 1868 by Stefano Johnson, father of the actual proprietor, Commendatore Federigo Johnson, who since 1880, has the complete direction of the Works, and who gave the firm its present importance and extension. Furnished with up-to-date machinery, a reducing-machine of the latest type and a chemical laboratory for the colouring of metals, the Johnson works are able to cope with the keenest competition inland and abroad. Not a sm...
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JOHNSON, STEFANO (Ital.). Die-sinking establishment at Milan, founded in 1868 by Stefano Johnson, father of the actual proprietor, Commendatore Federigo Johnson, who since 1880, has the complete direction of the Works, and who gave the firm its present importance and extension. Furnished with up-to-date machinery, a reducing-machine of the latest type and a chemical laboratory for the colouring of metals, the Johnson works are able to cope with the keenest competition inland and abroad. Not a sm...
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JONES, JOHN
JONES, JOHN (Brit.). Medallist of the nineteenth century, who died at Dublin, circa 1880. " He would deserve slight notice except for his continuing to strike medals trom Mossop's designs and dies after the death of that artist. He is reported to have come from Liverpool, and commenced his career by pulling the rope for Mossop's Coining press. At one period of his life he went to America and made some money. Strange stories are told of the mode in which he dissipated his earnings ". The followin...
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JONES, JOHN (Brit.). Medallist of the nineteenth century, who died at Dublin, circa 1880. " He would deserve slight notice except for his continuing to strike medals trom Mossop's designs and dies after the death of that artist. He is reported to have come from Liverpool, and commenced his career by pulling the rope for Mossop's Coining press. At one period of his life he went to America and made some money. Strange stories are told of the mode in which he dissipated his earnings ". The followin...
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JONGHELINCK, JACQUES
JONGHELINCK, JACQUES (Belg.). Medallist, Seal-engraver, Sculptor and Caster of bronze statues, born at Antwerp, 21. October 1530, died there, 31. May 1606. As early as 1556, he was entrusted with the cutting of seals for various chanceries of Philip II. 's government and, in 1559, he executed the monument erected at Bruges to the memory of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. He is also the author of a colossal statue of the Duke of Alva in the centre of Antwerp citadel, which was destroyed some ...
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JONGHELINCK, JACQUES (Belg.). Medallist, Seal-engraver, Sculptor and Caster of bronze statues, born at Antwerp, 21. October 1530, died there, 31. May 1606. As early as 1556, he was entrusted with the cutting of seals for various chanceries of Philip II. 's government and, in 1559, he executed the monument erected at Bruges to the memory of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. He is also the author of a colossal statue of the Duke of Alva in the centre of Antwerp citadel, which was destroyed some ...
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