L'HUILIER, ADOLPHE (French). Contemporary Gem-engraver, born at Breteuil (Eure). At the Salon of 1898 he exhibited a Plaque representing the facade of the Paris Opera House.
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
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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LECLERC, ISAAC
LECLERC, ISAAC (Swiss). Probably a son of Gabriel Leclerc, and a brother of David L., ; also Court medallist at Cassel, during the first half of the eighteenth century, until about 1746. He engraved a number of medals, the two best known commemorating the Centenary of the foundation of Marburg University; also Jubilee of the University of Rinteln (Hesse-Cassel), 1721. Isaac Leclerc was also a skilled Gem-engraver. He died at Cassel in 1746. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Michaud, Biog. U...
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LECLERC, ISAAC (Swiss). Probably a son of Gabriel Leclerc, and a brother of David L., ; also Court medallist at Cassel, during the first half of the eighteenth century, until about 1746. He engraved a number of medals, the two best known commemorating the Centenary of the foundation of Marburg University; also Jubilee of the University of Rinteln (Hesse-Cassel), 1721. Isaac Leclerc was also a skilled Gem-engraver. He died at Cassel in 1746. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Michaud, Biog. U...
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LECLERC, NICOLAS
LECLERC, NICOLAS (French). Sculptor and Medallist of Lyons (maître tailleur d'images et macon) 1487-1508. He was instructed, in conjunction with Jehan de Saint-Priest, to prepare models of the medal, cast by Jean Lep?re and his brother Colin, in commemoration of the Visit to Lyons of King Louis XII. and Anne of Brittany, "1500. Nicolas Leclerc is called, in a document of March 1499, “ tailleur d'ymaiges ", and in another, it is said that he made " la taille et facon des portraictz et molles ". R...
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LECLERC, NICOLAS (French). Sculptor and Medallist of Lyons (maître tailleur d'images et macon) 1487-1508. He was instructed, in conjunction with Jehan de Saint-Priest, to prepare models of the medal, cast by Jean Lep?re and his brother Colin, in commemoration of the Visit to Lyons of King Louis XII. and Anne of Brittany, "1500. Nicolas Leclerc is called, in a document of March 1499, “ tailleur d'ymaiges ", and in another, it is said that he made " la taille et facon des portraictz et molles ". R...
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LECLERC, SEBASTIAN
LECLERC, SEBASTIAN (French). Draughtsman and Engraver of the second half of the seventeenth century. " He was born at Metz in 1637 ", say Franks & Grueber, " studied at first under his father, a Goldsmith, and in 1665 came to Paris where he worked with Charles Le Brun. In 1672 he was appointed Professor of perspective at the Royal Academy of Painting, and later on, private Engraver to Louis XIV. He designed a large number of types for the medallic series of that monarch, and there is in the Bri...
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LECLERC, SEBASTIAN (French). Draughtsman and Engraver of the second half of the seventeenth century. " He was born at Metz in 1637 ", say Franks & Grueber, " studied at first under his father, a Goldsmith, and in 1665 came to Paris where he worked with Charles Le Brun. In 1672 he was appointed Professor of perspective at the Royal Academy of Painting, and later on, private Engraver to Louis XIV. He designed a large number of types for the medallic series of that monarch, and there is in the Bri...
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