LEULIE, CHARLES ACHILLE (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Gem-engraver, born at Paris on the 12. November 1826. At the Salon of 1867, he exhibited two cameos in agate-onyx : Polyhymnia, study after the antique ; — Portrait of young G. Leulie; — 1868. The Spinner, cameo in oriental carnelian; — 1869. Portrait of Napoleon I., cameo in sardonyx, &c. Bibliography. — Chavignerie et Auvray, op. cit.
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
LEBAS, PAUL VICTO
LEBAS, PAUL VICTOR (French). Sculptor and Gem-engraver, who resided at Paris during the third quarter of the nineteenth century and probably later. He was a pupil of Callouëtte. Between 1852 and 1876 he was a frequent exhibitor at the Paris Salon : 1852. Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, President of the French Republic, cameo; — Prince Lucien Bonaparte, cameo; — 1853. The Empress Eugenie, cameo executed from the directions of Count de Nieuwerkerke and M. Peyre; — 1855. Portrait of Mme X***, shel...
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LEBAS, PAUL VICTOR (French). Sculptor and Gem-engraver, who resided at Paris during the third quarter of the nineteenth century and probably later. He was a pupil of Callouëtte. Between 1852 and 1876 he was a frequent exhibitor at the Paris Salon : 1852. Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, President of the French Republic, cameo; — Prince Lucien Bonaparte, cameo; — 1853. The Empress Eugenie, cameo executed from the directions of Count de Nieuwerkerke and M. Peyre; — 1855. Portrait of Mme X***, shel...
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LEBERECHT, F.
LEBERECHT, F. (Germ.). Medallist, and Gem-engraver, born at Meiningen in 1749, was appointed Engraver to the Russian Mint in 1775 ; in 1794 he became an Academician, and a little later, Chief-Medallist to the Court ; he further rose to the dignity of a Councillor of State, and died in 1827. For several years, previous to his death, the artist had been enjoying retirement in private life on a pension of 1500 Roubles allowed him by the Russian government. Bolzenthal remarks : "Few artists of his k...
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LEBERECHT, F. (Germ.). Medallist, and Gem-engraver, born at Meiningen in 1749, was appointed Engraver to the Russian Mint in 1775 ; in 1794 he became an Academician, and a little later, Chief-Medallist to the Court ; he further rose to the dignity of a Councillor of State, and died in 1827. For several years, previous to his death, the artist had been enjoying retirement in private life on a pension of 1500 Roubles allowed him by the Russian government. Bolzenthal remarks : "Few artists of his k...
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LECLERC, DAVID L.
LECLERC, DAVID L. (Swiss). Court-medallist to the Landgrave of Hesse at Cassel, towards the end of the seventeenth century. He was a native of Berne, in which city he practised at first die-sinking. He usually signed his productions : LE CLERC P. (David Le Clerc Pére), whereas his son, Gabriel Leclerc, who appears to have succeeded him at Cassel, signed LECLERC or GLC. According to Strickler, a D. Leclerc was a Portrait Painter, born at Berne in 1680, died at Franktort-on-M., in 1738. He settle...
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LECLERC, DAVID L. (Swiss). Court-medallist to the Landgrave of Hesse at Cassel, towards the end of the seventeenth century. He was a native of Berne, in which city he practised at first die-sinking. He usually signed his productions : LE CLERC P. (David Le Clerc Pére), whereas his son, Gabriel Leclerc, who appears to have succeeded him at Cassel, signed LECLERC or GLC. According to Strickler, a D. Leclerc was a Portrait Painter, born at Berne in 1680, died at Franktort-on-M., in 1738. He settle...
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LECLERC, GABRIEL
LECLERC, GABRIEL (Swiss). Medallist of the end of the seventeenth and first half of the eighteenth century arc. 1685-1737. He first worked at Basle, then at Cassel, and Berlin, and for some time was Mint-master at Bremen, 1737-1743 (?). His signature : G-L-C or GLC occurs on Thalers of Basle, undated (circ. 1685); — Prize Medal, Adoration of the Shepherds and three Kings (Al and AR.) ; — Prize Medal, obv. Lion R View of Basle (signed GLC) ; — Medallic Thaler, 1691 ; — Medal of George William of ...
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LECLERC, GABRIEL (Swiss). Medallist of the end of the seventeenth and first half of the eighteenth century arc. 1685-1737. He first worked at Basle, then at Cassel, and Berlin, and for some time was Mint-master at Bremen, 1737-1743 (?). His signature : G-L-C or GLC occurs on Thalers of Basle, undated (circ. 1685); — Prize Medal, Adoration of the Shepherds and three Kings (Al and AR.) ; — Prize Medal, obv. Lion R View of Basle (signed GLC) ; — Medallic Thaler, 1691 ; — Medal of George William of ...
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