LEMAIRE, VICTOR (Belg.). Sculptor, Gem- and Line engraver, and Medallist, born at Li?ge, 5. February 1826, died at Brussels, 23. February 1882. He was apprenticed at the age of eleven to a goldsmith, and began life as an Engraver when he was nineteen years old. His first trial in die-sinking dates from 1850, when he engraved the reverse of a medal, but his first medal of note commemorates the Inauguration at Ghent of a statue to Jacob van Artevelde, and is dated 1863. M. Alvin considers it as his best work; although the artist himself gives the first rank to a Portrait-medal of Christopher Colombus. He engraved numerous seals, coats of arms, and even some cameos in onyx which are of some merit. In 1880 he was one of the four Engravers who were entrusted individually with the execution of the official medals issued on the occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of Belgian Independence; the portrait of Leopold II. pleased the King so much that he desired Lemaire to reproduce it on the great Seal of State, which is still in use. From that date, Lemaire paid more attention to medalengraving, and he was favoured with commissions for medals from various parts of the country. His best known medallic productions, described by M. Alvin, are : 1860. Société royale des Mélomanes of Ghent, 1860 (with bust of the Count ot Flanders); — 1863. Inauguration of the Monument to Jakob van Artevelde at Ghent (2 var.); — 1870. Portrait-medal of Dr Joseph Francois Kluyskens, 1771 -1843 ; — 1875. Medal of the "Association belge de photographie " founded in 1874; — 1879. Medal presented to the Educational Staff at Ghent; — 1880. Medal of the "Société royale des choeurs " presented to M. de Maere Limnander of Ghent, 1855-1880 ; — Fiftieth Anniversary of the Independence of Belgium (60 mill.); — Medal of the " Société pour le progr?s des études philologiques et historiques" (4 var., struck for presentation to MM. J. Gantrelle, E. Benoist, J. Dufief, and E. Discailles); — 1881. Ghent Naval Installations; — Fiftieth Anniversary of the Royal family of Belgium; - 1883. Medal of Ghent University; — 1884. Horticultural Society " Flora" at Mont-St.-Amand ; — 1885. Ghent receives in her port the first steamer from America ; — Inauguration of the Liévin Bauwens monument at Ghent; — Provincial Syndical Chamber of Industrial Arts at Ghent ; — Horticultural Show at Courtrai; — 1886. 25th Anniversary of the Inauguration of the Railway from Eccloo to Ghent ; — Royal Flemish Academy of Arts and Letters; — 1887. To Massenet, the composer; — 1890. P. O. Vander Chijs, numismatist; — 1891. Scientific Society of Brusses -, — 1893. Royal Agricultural and Botanical Society of Ghent (signed : L) ; — "Exposition internationale de boissons fermentées hygiéniques" at Brussels; — Bakery Show at Ghent; — World's Hygienic Exposition at Chicago (with bust of Christopher Columbus); — 1894. Jeton of the Royal Numismatic Society of Belgium (with bust of P. O. Vander Chijs); — Others, of 1895, and 1896; — 1897. Ticket of the Members of the Communal Council of Ghent ; — Presentation medal to Charles Harlaux ; — 1898. The city of Ghent to General Van Loo; — Agricultural Show at Ghent: — 1899. Member's Ticket of the Provincial Exhibition of Ghent; — Prize Medal of the Provincial Exhibition; — 1900. Exhibition of the ancient Guilds and Corporations, at Li?ge (with bust of Prince Albert of Belgium); — 1901 John Cockerill, 1790-1840; — 1902. To Prosper Claeys; — Undated. Royal Society for the Encouragement of Art ; — Jan Frans Willems, 1793-1846 ; — Portrait-medal of Leopold II. ; — Tir aux pigeons, Gentbrugge, &c. The Columbus medal is reproduced in Dr Dompierre de Chaufepié's Médailles et Plaquettes modernes, Pl. XXXIII. This artist was a Knight of the Order of Leopold. Bibliography. — F. Alvin, Victor Lemaire, Gazette numismatique, 1905, pp. 78-96. — A. de Witte, La Médaille en Belgique au XIXe siécle, 1905 . — Gazette numismatique, 1905.
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
LAUNE, ÉTIENNE DE
LAUNE, ÉTIENNE DE, also STEPHANUS LAUNUS ; — ETIENNE DE LAULNE, or DELAULNE (French). A celebrated Goldsmith, Medallist, and Line-engraver, born at Paris circ. 1519, died there in 1583. By letters patent of the 31. January 1552, he was appointed Mintengraver at Paris, in conjunction with Jean Erondelle, but already deposed, in favour of Jacques Béguin, on the 25. June of the same year. Towards the end of his lite, he went over to Germany ; in 1573 and 1580 he was working at " Argentina " (Strass...
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LAUNE, ÉTIENNE DE, also STEPHANUS LAUNUS ; — ETIENNE DE LAULNE, or DELAULNE (French). A celebrated Goldsmith, Medallist, and Line-engraver, born at Paris circ. 1519, died there in 1583. By letters patent of the 31. January 1552, he was appointed Mintengraver at Paris, in conjunction with Jean Erondelle, but already deposed, in favour of Jacques Béguin, on the 25. June of the same year. Towards the end of his lite, he went over to Germany ; in 1573 and 1580 he was working at " Argentina " (Strass...
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LAUNE, CHISTOPHE DE
LAUNE, CHISTOPHE DE (French). Mint-master at Paris (1540-1541), Mint-master and Engraver and Tours (1539-1540 and 1542-1553). He was still living in 1556. In 1540 he had some differences with Claude Lemay, a Paris Mint-engraver, in connection with an issue of jetons. An official of the name of ANTOINE LAUNE filled the post of secretary under his administration. Christoph Laune's distinctive mark occurs on Petits Deniers of the Paris Mint, 1541, and Testons and Douzains of Tours, 1549. He is the ...
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LAUNE, CHISTOPHE DE (French). Mint-master at Paris (1540-1541), Mint-master and Engraver and Tours (1539-1540 and 1542-1553). He was still living in 1556. In 1540 he had some differences with Claude Lemay, a Paris Mint-engraver, in connection with an issue of jetons. An official of the name of ANTOINE LAUNE filled the post of secretary under his administration. Christoph Laune's distinctive mark occurs on Petits Deniers of the Paris Mint, 1541, and Testons and Douzains of Tours, 1549. He is the ...
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LAURANA, FRANCESCO
LAURANA, FRANCESCO (Ital.). Painter, Sculptor and Medallist, circ. 1430-1501; a native of the ancient fortified city of the Templars, La Vrana or Laurana, near Zara. In Neapolitan documents his name occurs also as Francesco Adzara (for Francesco da Zara). Laurana, the favourite Sculptor and Medallist of René of Anjou, Count of Provence and King of Naples (1458-1480) is the first champion of the Renaissance in France. Between 1468 and 1471, a Franciscus Laurana, habitator urbis Panormi et civitat...
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LAURANA, FRANCESCO (Ital.). Painter, Sculptor and Medallist, circ. 1430-1501; a native of the ancient fortified city of the Templars, La Vrana or Laurana, near Zara. In Neapolitan documents his name occurs also as Francesco Adzara (for Francesco da Zara). Laurana, the favourite Sculptor and Medallist of René of Anjou, Count of Provence and King of Naples (1458-1480) is the first champion of the Renaissance in France. Between 1468 and 1471, a Franciscus Laurana, habitator urbis Panormi et civitat...
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LAVAU, ANDRÉ
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 ...
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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 ...
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