LEGASTELOIS, JULES PROSPER JOSEPH MARIE EDMOND (French). Sculptor and Medallist, born at Paris in 1855; pupil of Eug. Levasseur (Director of the Municipal School of the third arrondissement of Paris) Emile Carlier, statuary, Roty, and Tonnellier, medallists and gem-engravers. Among the Prizes which have been awarded to the artist are : Silver and Bronze medals at the Universal Exhibition of 1889; Mention honorable at the Salon des Artistes francais, 1896 ; Medal of the Third class, Salon of 1898 ; Bronze Medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1900, &c. In 1888, he was made an Officier d' Académic, and in 1894, Officier d'instruction publique. Legastelois is the author of numerous works of sculpture : Bust of Fenelon (commissioned by the State, and now in the Lycée of Chambéry) ; — Bust of Clara d'Anduze, bronze (erected at Anduze, Gard) ; — Bust of Dr Tourasse, bronze, &c. The following are his principal medallic productions : La Jeunesse, Plaquette commissioned by the " Société des Amis de la médaille francaise " (illustrated) ; — Portrait-plaquette : Duvauchel, poet ; — Mme Legastelois ; — Mme V. P*** ; — Deblois p?re, French Engraver ; — Mme V. L***, solfeggio ; — Gilbert, decorator ; — Portraits de mon P?re et de ma Mere ; — Renée ; — Minerva; — Jupiter; — M. & Mme B*** (two plaquettes exhibited at the Luxembourg Museum) ; — E. Molinier, formerly Assistantkeeper at the Louvre (illustrated) ; — Deblois p?re et fils; — The Child with the rose ; — Portraits of Courtin, Domergue, Gautruche, Belard ; — Christ on the Cross ; — Deblois p?re.; — Chicou's Dream ; — Mme Ve Chi?ze ; — John the Baptist ; — Gloria Virginis ; — Enfants G***; — Renée G***; — Spinner and Child ; — L'Habitation ; — Le Mobilier ; — La " Zurich " ; — The Duc de Dino ; — The. Paris Fair ; — Embarcations at Sea ; — Birthday Medal (the last seven were exhibited at the Salon of 1904 and are the property of the Paris Mint). The artist made the following medallic exhibits between 1890 and 1900 : 1890. Three Portrait-medallions in bronze; — 1898. M. L***; — Grand-mother; — V. P***; — M. & Mme Martin ; — Portrait of Gilbert ; — Autumn ; — Poetry ; — D'Hervilly ; — Gounod; — Gabrielle-Lucienne; — Lucie et Alice; -— Renée; — Vierge; — Bury; — Jupiter; — Lucie; — Minerva; — Roussel ; — 1899. Twenty-eight Portrait-plaquettes in silver and bronze (belonging to M. Quercia junr, editor) ; — M. Lecomte ; — M. Garrido; — 1901. Mes Parents; — 1903. Léon Duvauchel; — 1905. M. C***; — Robert Planquette; — 1905 and 1906. Various Medals and Plaquettes, &c. The plaquette " La Jeunesse" is considered, with reason, one of the finest examples of modern medallic art ; the effect is charming, and" the patina very clever. “On ne peut négliger ", says a writer in Art ? Décoration, 1899, II, p. 53, " de relever les tentatives de M. Legastelois pour varier les aspects de la médaille famili?re par les découpures des formes, la dorure en -ors variés, &c. Sans doute, ses reliefs sont-ils trop effacés, ses effets trop pittoresques et cette fantaisie tend-elle ? ôter ? la médaille un peu de sa dignité. Mais tels morceaux, comme plusieurs de ses portraits, n'en sont pas moins des effigies qui ont leur réel intér?t d'art. " Bibliography. — Information kindly furnished by the artist. — Catalogues du Salon, 1900-1904. — Gazette numismatique francaise, 1898, p. 284; 1900, p. 429. — Roger Marx, Médailleurs francais. — D°, Médailleurs contemporains. — Art et Décoration, 1899, Il, 53. — Moderne Medaille, 1900, p. 14. — Dr J. de Dompierre de Chaufepié, Médailles et Plaquettes modernes, II, p. 66.
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
LASSERRE, FIRMIN PIERRE
LASSERRE, FIRMIN PIERRE (French). Sculptor and Medallist, born at Barrante (Basses-Pyrénées) ; pupil of A. Millet and Albert Bréauté. At the Salon of 1898, he exhibited : Medal of Marie Antoinette; — A Seal (St. Anthony of Padua); — 1899. Communion of St. John; — Virgin ; — Enfant du lys; — Source ; — Genius; — 1901. A frame containing 20 plaquettes and medals, among which the following : Chapelle; — Aiglon; — Marguerite; — La Perle; — Charmeuse ; — Marriage Souvenir plaquette ; — Virgo purissim...
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LASSERRE, FIRMIN PIERRE (French). Sculptor and Medallist, born at Barrante (Basses-Pyrénées) ; pupil of A. Millet and Albert Bréauté. At the Salon of 1898, he exhibited : Medal of Marie Antoinette; — A Seal (St. Anthony of Padua); — 1899. Communion of St. John; — Virgin ; — Enfant du lys; — Source ; — Genius; — 1901. A frame containing 20 plaquettes and medals, among which the following : Chapelle; — Aiglon; — Marguerite; — La Perle; — Charmeuse ; — Marriage Souvenir plaquette ; — Virgo purissim...
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LASSUS, NICOLAS DE
LASSUS, NICOLAS DE (French). Goldsmith, Medallist and Mintengraver at Nancy, circa 1569-1574. He worked for Charles III., Duke of Lorraine. Lepage quotes various documents recording payments made to him for work done in connection with the Mint. Coins and medals of Charles III. exist by him, and he may be also the author of a medal with his own portrait, and the legend : N.DE.LASSVS.AETATIS.26.1570 (diam. 65 mill.). Bibliography. — Lepage, Notes et Documents sur les Graveurs de Monnaies et Médai...
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LASSUS, NICOLAS DE (French). Goldsmith, Medallist and Mintengraver at Nancy, circa 1569-1574. He worked for Charles III., Duke of Lorraine. Lepage quotes various documents recording payments made to him for work done in connection with the Mint. Coins and medals of Charles III. exist by him, and he may be also the author of a medal with his own portrait, and the legend : N.DE.LASSVS.AETATIS.26.1570 (diam. 65 mill.). Bibliography. — Lepage, Notes et Documents sur les Graveurs de Monnaies et Médai...
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LATHEM, LIEVIN VAN
LATHEM, LIEVIN VAN (Belg.). Goldsmith and Seal-engraver, mentioned from circ. 1493, and who died in 1515, at Antwerp, where he resided. By him are Seals of the Archduke Philip the Fair ; — Gerard Numan ; — Archduchess Margaret of Austria, sister of Philip; — Seals for the Chancery of Brabant (executed in conjunction with Jan Van Nymmegen) ; — Seal of Philip the Fair for the Netherlands, after Philip's inheritance of the crown of Castile, on the death of Isabella, 1504; — Seals with arms of the E...
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LATHEM, LIEVIN VAN (Belg.). Goldsmith and Seal-engraver, mentioned from circ. 1493, and who died in 1515, at Antwerp, where he resided. By him are Seals of the Archduke Philip the Fair ; — Gerard Numan ; — Archduchess Margaret of Austria, sister of Philip; — Seals for the Chancery of Brabant (executed in conjunction with Jan Van Nymmegen) ; — Seal of Philip the Fair for the Netherlands, after Philip's inheritance of the crown of Castile, on the death of Isabella, 1504; — Seals with arms of the E...
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LATIMER, WILLIAM LORD
LATIMER, WILLIAM LORD (Brit.). Mint-engraver in London, under Edward III., and Richard II. (1329-1381). We read in Ruding : " After the death of Lord Boutetourt, in the 18th, year of Edward II., Maud his widow sold this office to William Lord Latimer, for himself and his heirs, in the 3rd. year of Edward III. As he made that purchase without the king's license having been first obtained, he was obliged to sue out his pardon ; which was allowed ; and the king further granted for himself and his h...
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LATIMER, WILLIAM LORD (Brit.). Mint-engraver in London, under Edward III., and Richard II. (1329-1381). We read in Ruding : " After the death of Lord Boutetourt, in the 18th, year of Edward II., Maud his widow sold this office to William Lord Latimer, for himself and his heirs, in the 3rd. year of Edward III. As he made that purchase without the king's license having been first obtained, he was obliged to sue out his pardon ; which was allowed ; and the king further granted for himself and his h...
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