LAVY, AMADEO (Ital.). Medallist, and Mint-engraver at Turin, circ. 1796-1826 ; a son of Lorenzo Lavy and brother of Carlo Lavy, who were both employed in the same capacity at the Turin Mint. Amadeo Lavy usually signed his coins or medals either A. LAVY or A. L., and I believe those signed LAVY only are the work of his brother Carlo, or of the two in conjunction, as the Pattern Five Franc piece of BONAPARTE, PREMIER CONSUL, of An XI. The earliest piece bearing Amadeo's signature is the gold Marengino, obv. L' lTALIE DELIVRE A MARENGO. Laur. and helmeted bust of Minerva to 1. ; beneath : A. L. R. LIBERTÉ EGALITÉ * ERIDANIA * Within wreath : 20 | FRANCS — | L'AN 9. The decimal Piedmontese Scudo, of the same date (illustrated) has LAVY above the exergual line. Specimens of both denominations exist also of An. 10 (1802-3). In 1803 Piedmont was incorporated with France, and coins of the French type were struck at Turin — with mintmark U and the Mint-master, Paroletti's symbol, a heart, — from dies cut by A. Lavy after the puncheons or models by P. Tiolier. On the return of Victor Emmanuel from Sardinia to Turin in 1814, Amadeo Lavy, who, by the death of his brother Carlo in 1813, was left sole Engraver at the Mint, remained in office apparently until 1826, when he was succeeded by Giuseppe Ferraris. His smaller issues are invariably signed A. L. whereas the larger coins have A. LAVY. As far as I have been able to ascertain, the following currency was executed by Amadeo Lavy, after the restoration of King Victor Emmanuel and under his successor Charles Felix : VICTOR EMMANUEL. N. Doppia (24 Lire), 1814, 1815, 1816; — 80 Lire, 1821; — 48 Lire, 1821 ; — 20 Lire, 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820 and 1821; — AR. Mezzo Scuto (of 3 Piedmontese Lire, similar to those struck previous to 1799), 1814, 1815 (with the addition of DVX.IANV? (illustrated), 1816; — Scudo (of 5 Lire), 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, and a new issue (decreed on 4. December, 1820), 1821 ; — Due Lire 1816-1S21 ; — One Lira, 1816-1821; — AR. 2 Soldi 6 Denari, 1814, 1815. Victor Emmanuel resigned in March 1821, and was succeeded by Charles Felix, whose first coinage is dated 1823. CHARLES FELIX. Al. 80 Lire, 1823, 1827; — 40 Lire, 1823, 1827; — 20 Lire, 1823, 1824, 1825, 1826, 1827; — AR. 5 Lire, 1823-1827; — 2 Lire, 1823-1827; — 1 Lira, 1823-1827; — 50 Centesimi, 1824-1827. Although Ferraris was appointed Engraver in 1826, on the death of Amadeo Lavy, the latter artist's dies were still used in 1827 and even later. A. Lavy's best known medallic productions are : Reunion of Piedmont to France, 1802 ; — The city of Turin to General Jourdan, 1801 ; — Uniface Portrait-medallion of Napoleon I. (1809), signed A. LAVY; — Portrait-medallion of Antonio Canova; — Return of King Victor Emmanuel I. to Turin, 1814 ; — Medal of the Turin "Guardia Nobile", struck to commemorate the King's return to Piedmont ; — Vaccination introduced into Italy, 1815 ; — Octagonal Medal, Commissario di Polizia, 1816; — Visit of King Victor Emmanuel to the Turin Mint, 1816 ; — Marriage medal of Prince Charles Louis of Lucca with Princess Maria Theresa of Savoy, 1820 (" celebrated", says Bolzenthal, "on account of the fineness and elegance of the work and the resemblance of the portrait"); Medal conferred by King Charles Felix for loyalty to the House of Savoy at Novara, 1821 ; — Restoration of the Academy of Fine Arts, Turin, 1824; — The course of the river Is?re regulated, 1824; — Prize Medal of Vitt. Amadeo III. R. Minerva ; — Horse Show at Turin, 1821 ; — The Legion of Cuneo ; — Vittorio Alfieri ; — Giovanni Francesco Caccia, &c. Bibliography. — A. Comandini, L' Italia nei cento anni del Secolo XIX, Milano, 1901-2. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Domanig, op. cit. — H. Denise, Le Concours de l' An XI, Gaz. num. franc., 1902. — Dom. Cas. Promis, Monde dei Reali di Savoia, Torino, 1841.
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
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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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LAMBERT, GUSTAVE ALEXANDRE
LAMBERT, GUSTAVE ALEXANDRE (French). Sculptor, Gem-and Seal-engraver, and Medallist; born at Paris ; pupil of Bissinger'. He has exhibited since 1863, at the "Salon des Artistes francais", and was rewarded with a medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1900. Among his best known productions in the branch we are interested in, I may mention : 1879. Mars and Venus, intaglio in sardonyx; — Portrait of M. X***, intaglio in sardonyx ; — Narcissus, intaglio in cornelian; — 1880. Antinoüs, cameo in sardon...
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LAMBERT, GUSTAVE ALEXANDRE (French). Sculptor, Gem-and Seal-engraver, and Medallist; born at Paris ; pupil of Bissinger'. He has exhibited since 1863, at the "Salon des Artistes francais", and was rewarded with a medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1900. Among his best known productions in the branch we are interested in, I may mention : 1879. Mars and Venus, intaglio in sardonyx; — Portrait of M. X***, intaglio in sardonyx ; — Narcissus, intaglio in cornelian; — 1880. Antinoüs, cameo in sardon...
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