LIÉNARD, P. G. (French). Medallist of the early part of the nineteenth century, residing at Paris, who issued a large series of oval Portrait-plaques, uniface, of celebrated Men, ancient and modern. One of these bears the reverse inscription : MEDAILLEUR GÉNÉRAL DES HOMMES CÉL?BRES OU FAMEUX ANCIENS ET MODERNES COMMENCÉ EN 1801 PAR P. G. LIÉNARD A PARIS. The series is a very large one ; the plaques are oval in shape and of repoussé work, generally with the name of the person represented. The following have come under my notice : Napoleon I. (many varieties); — Empress Joséphine; — Empress Marie-Louise; — Louis Napoleon, King of Holland ; — Queen Hortense ; — Joseph Napoleon, King of Spain; — Jérôme Napoleon, King of Westphalia ; — Prince Murat ; — Bernadotte, Prince of Ponte Corvo, 1806; — J. B. Jules Bernadotte, Prince Royal of Sweden, 1810; — Queen Caroline ; — Princess Borghese ; — Princess Pauline ; — Marshal Oudinot, Duke of Reggio; — Prince Lebrun, Duke of Placentia; — Massena, Prince of Esslingen; — Marshal Ney; — Marshal Soult; — The Duke of Wellington ; &c., and many other portraits of ancient and modern Emperors and Empresses, Kings and Queens, Princes and Princesses, Generals and Admirals; also Painters, as P. P. Rubens, Sculptors, Architects, &c. Bramsen, Médaillier Napoléon le Grand, Copenhagen, 1904, describes the following productions of Liénard : 1799. Cambaceres; — Lebrun; — 1800. Death of General Desaix at Marengo (5 var.); — Assassination of Kleber (4 var.) ; — Homage to Napoleon (3 var.); — 1806. Louis Napoleon, King of Holland; — Hortense, Queen of Holland ; — General L. G. Suchet; — 1807. Death of Count de Portalis (2 var.); — The Empress Joséphine; — 1806. Death of Cardinal de Belloy; — Alexander I., Czar of Russia; — The Queen of Prussia; — Camille, Prince Borghese; — Pauline, Princess Borghese; — Amelia, Vice-queen of Italy; — Marshal Ney; — General Junot (2 var.); — General Hullin; — Francais, directeur des droits réunis (2 var.); — 1809. Charles Louis, Archduke of Austria; — The King of Saxony; — The King of Wurtemberg; Henri IV.; — Turenne (2 var.); — Abbé de l'Epée (2 var.), etc.
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
LEFEBVRE, HIPPOLYTE
LEFEBVRE, HIPPOLYTE (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, residing at Paris ; pupil of Cavelier, Barrias, and Coutan ; Prix de Rome. He was born at Lille and is still a young man (1906). Some of this clever artist's medals and plaquettes are very charming : 1889. Marie ; — 1891. Perdriset and Jouguet; — Julie Lefebvre ; — 1897. Le Peignage; — Plaquette for the Chamber of Commerce of Roubaix (44 X 35 mill.) ; — Portrait of Mme Marie Lefebvre (60 mill.); — Portrait of Mme Agache ; — Port...
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LEFEBVRE, HIPPOLYTE (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, residing at Paris ; pupil of Cavelier, Barrias, and Coutan ; Prix de Rome. He was born at Lille and is still a young man (1906). Some of this clever artist's medals and plaquettes are very charming : 1889. Marie ; — 1891. Perdriset and Jouguet; — Julie Lefebvre ; — 1897. Le Peignage; — Plaquette for the Chamber of Commerce of Roubaix (44 X 35 mill.) ; — Portrait of Mme Marie Lefebvre (60 mill.); — Portrait of Mme Agache ; — Port...
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LEFEBVRE, LOUIS
LEFEBVRE, LOUIS (Belg.). Goldsmith of Cambrai ; appointed Engraver at the Mint there, on the 1st May 1564, and replaced by Georges Muenincx on the 1st November 1567. By him are probably the following coins issued during his tenure of office : Al. Denier or Florin of 24 Patards; — Ecu of 48 Patards ; — AR. Dalder, with double-eagle on one side, and arms of the Archbishop of Cambrai on the other; — Dalder, with St. Maximilian on obv., of the value of 36 Patards; — Half Dalder, of both types; — Pie...
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LEFEBVRE, LOUIS (Belg.). Goldsmith of Cambrai ; appointed Engraver at the Mint there, on the 1st May 1564, and replaced by Georges Muenincx on the 1st November 1567. By him are probably the following coins issued during his tenure of office : Al. Denier or Florin of 24 Patards; — Ecu of 48 Patards ; — AR. Dalder, with double-eagle on one side, and arms of the Archbishop of Cambrai on the other; — Dalder, with St. Maximilian on obv., of the value of 36 Patards; — Half Dalder, of both types; — Pie...
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LEGASTELOIS, JULES PROSPER JOSEPH MARIE EDMOND
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...
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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...
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LEGROS, ALPHONSE
LEGROS, ALPHONSE (French). Contemporary Painter, Sculptor and Medallist, born at Dijon, on the 8th May 1837; pupil of Lecoq de Boisbaudran, and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts; medals in 1867 and 1868 ; former Slade Professor in University College, London, 1876- 1894; President of the Society of Medallists. The artist " had no assistance in his education, and encountered many hardships before he was able to send a picture to the Salon ; it was a portrait of his father, exhibited in 1857 ". In 1859, " T...
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LEGROS, ALPHONSE (French). Contemporary Painter, Sculptor and Medallist, born at Dijon, on the 8th May 1837; pupil of Lecoq de Boisbaudran, and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts; medals in 1867 and 1868 ; former Slade Professor in University College, London, 1876- 1894; President of the Society of Medallists. The artist " had no assistance in his education, and encountered many hardships before he was able to send a picture to the Salon ; it was a portrait of his father, exhibited in 1857 ". In 1859, " T...
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