LAVY, CARLO (ltal.). Medallist, and Mint-engraver at Turin, born in 1765, died in 1813 ;a brother of Amadeo Lavy. He was appointed to the Mint in 1789, but after the French invasion of the Piedmontese territory and the constitution of the Cisalpine Republic, his brother Amadeo was entrusted with the cutting of the coindies, at the Turin Mint, 1801. Carlo Lavy executed several medals from designs by the painter Appiani, some of which celebrate Napoleon I. The two brothers sent in An XI (1803) a pattern Five Franc piece, with bust of Bonaparte, First Consul, to the Paris Monetary Commission. Denise (Le Concours de l' An XI) quotes several letters that were sent by the French Administration des Monnaies to the Brothers Lavy. Their Pattern was not approved of. Carlo Lavy's signature on medals is usually LAVY : Commemorative medal of the Battle of Marengo, Anno VIII (1800); — The Cisalpine Republic (an VIII) ; — Marriage of Princess Josephine of Sardinia with Louis Stanislas, Count of Provence, 177 1 ; — Victor Amadeus III., founder of Carouge, 1773 ; — Foundation of the Academy of Fine Arts at Turin, 1778 ; — Foundation of the Academy of Sciences, at Turin, 1783 ; — Agricultural Society Prize Medals, with bust of King Victor Amadeus III. ; — Prize Medal for Horse- racing, &c. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Durand, MS. List of Medallists. — Thomsen Medal Catalogue.
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
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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