LAVAU, ANDRÉ (French). Gem-engraver, and Die-sinker of Bordeaux, born in 1722, died on the 28th of February, 1808. He was a pupil of Roettiers of Antwerp. By him are five jetons of the College of Surgeons of Bordeaux, one of which, signed on both sides, represents on obv. SS. Cosmus and Damianus and on R. a view of the College. He also engraved a signet with a head of Hercules, executed after the antique, and to wnich he devoted ten years; M. de Fayolle terms this " unpur chef-d'?uvre " ; and a medal with R. Dr de la Martini?re, Bordeaux, 1753, signed : LAVAV A BOR. Lavau largely contributed to the foundation of the Académie de Peinture et Sculpture of Bordeaux, and was appointed Rector of that Institution several times. Among his pupils are the great medallist Andrieu, who studied for eight years under him, the painters Lacour, Taillasson, the brothers Polli?res, Monbrun- Barincou, &c. The artist was intimately acquainted with Gatteaux and other contemporaneous medallists. His portrait was painted by Sicardi. Bibliography. — Inormation kindly supplied by M. A. Evrard de Fayolle, of Bordeaux.
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
LALIQUE, RENÉ
LALIQUE, RENÉ (French). Artist Goldsmith and Jeweller, born at Ay-en-Champagne (Marne); pupil of the Ecole des Arts décoratifs; worked first for many years as a Designer of jewellery and practical Goldsmith for various firms; started business on his. own account in 1885 and won various distinctions at English exhibitions, but owes his fame partly to the patronage and encouragement of the great French actress, Mme Sarah Bernhard, who brought his genius and talent before the public notice, by wear...
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LALIQUE, RENÉ (French). Artist Goldsmith and Jeweller, born at Ay-en-Champagne (Marne); pupil of the Ecole des Arts décoratifs; worked first for many years as a Designer of jewellery and practical Goldsmith for various firms; started business on his. own account in 1885 and won various distinctions at English exhibitions, but owes his fame partly to the patronage and encouragement of the great French actress, Mme Sarah Bernhard, who brought his genius and talent before the public notice, by wear...
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LALYAME
LALYAME, PHILIPPE or PHILIBERT (French). Sculptor and Medallist of Lyons, 1602-1622. He is the author of a fine cast Portraitmedallion of Pierre de Monconys, which bears his signature, and perhaps also of the following, although they are unsigned : Balthazar de Villars; — Marcel Bozon; — Nicolas de Lange, etc. By him are a bronze bust of Henry IV., and three statues of St. John and St. Stephen. The artist was still living in 1622. Bibliography. — N. Rondot, Médailleurs lyonnais. — Mazerolle, op....
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LALYAME, PHILIPPE or PHILIBERT (French). Sculptor and Medallist of Lyons, 1602-1622. He is the author of a fine cast Portraitmedallion of Pierre de Monconys, which bears his signature, and perhaps also of the following, although they are unsigned : Balthazar de Villars; — Marcel Bozon; — Nicolas de Lange, etc. By him are a bronze bust of Henry IV., and three statues of St. John and St. Stephen. The artist was still living in 1622. Bibliography. — N. Rondot, Médailleurs lyonnais. — Mazerolle, op....
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LAMBELET, SAMUEL
LAMBELET, SAMUEL (Germ.). Medallist of the latter end of the seventeenth century, and first three decades of the eighteenth, circ. 1698-1727. He was a native of Clausthal, but his family must have originally come from Neuchâtel. Previous to 1699 he may have worked for some time at Paris and is said to have been engaged on the medallic series of Louis XIV., as some of his signed medals show, and from 1699 to 1727 he was Medallist to the House of Brunswick- Lüneburg. Ammon calls him a clever Engra...
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LAMBELET, SAMUEL (Germ.). Medallist of the latter end of the seventeenth century, and first three decades of the eighteenth, circ. 1698-1727. He was a native of Clausthal, but his family must have originally come from Neuchâtel. Previous to 1699 he may have worked for some time at Paris and is said to have been engaged on the medallic series of Louis XIV., as some of his signed medals show, and from 1699 to 1727 he was Medallist to the House of Brunswick- Lüneburg. Ammon calls him a clever Engra...
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LAMBERT DE ROISIN
LAMBERT DE ROISIN (Belg.). Die-sinker of Brussels, born on 24 June 1808, who in 1847 submitted to the Belgian Monetary Commission a Pattern Five-Franc piece with bust of Leopold I. By him are also various commemorative medals : The Cholera Visitation at Namur, 1849 (2 var. ; one in Boston Colln); — Francois Gérard Pirson, 1848; — Provincial Exhibition of Namur, 1849 (sev. var.); — Francois Joseph Cornet, 1852 ; — To H. J. B. van de Resse, in commemoration of his services during the Cholera Epide...
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LAMBERT DE ROISIN (Belg.). Die-sinker of Brussels, born on 24 June 1808, who in 1847 submitted to the Belgian Monetary Commission a Pattern Five-Franc piece with bust of Leopold I. By him are also various commemorative medals : The Cholera Visitation at Namur, 1849 (2 var. ; one in Boston Colln); — Francois Gérard Pirson, 1848; — Provincial Exhibition of Namur, 1849 (sev. var.); — Francois Joseph Cornet, 1852 ; — To H. J. B. van de Resse, in commemoration of his services during the Cholera Epide...
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