LIPPOMANO, ZUANO (Ital.). Mint-overseer at Cattaro, 1592-1594.
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
LEMAIRE, GEORGES HENRI
LEMAIRE, GEORGES HENRI (French). Contemporary Gem-engraver, born at Bailly (Seine-et-Oise) on the 19th February 1853, was apprenticed to a Paris engraver, and studied under the sculptor Jacques Perrin ; also a pupil of Grivel, Lambert, and J. Lequien. He has obtained a Mention honorable at the Salon of 1882, a Medal of the third class in 1885, Medal of the second class in 1886, Silver Medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1889, Medal of the first Mme CI. Desclers ; — M. de la Pinelais; — Xavier G...
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LEMAIRE, GEORGES HENRI (French). Contemporary Gem-engraver, born at Bailly (Seine-et-Oise) on the 19th February 1853, was apprenticed to a Paris engraver, and studied under the sculptor Jacques Perrin ; also a pupil of Grivel, Lambert, and J. Lequien. He has obtained a Mention honorable at the Salon of 1882, a Medal of the third class in 1885, Medal of the second class in 1886, Silver Medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1889, Medal of the first Mme CI. Desclers ; — M. de la Pinelais; — Xavier G...
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LEMAIRE, VICTOR
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 hi...
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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 hi...
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LEMAY, CLAUDE
LEMAY, CLAUDE (sometimes called DE MAY). (French). Mintengraver at Paris, from before 1527 to 1552; he was born circa 1495; brother of Jean Lemay, Jeton Engraver (1515-1555), and no doubt a relative of Guillaume Lemay (1493-1523) and François Lemay (1532). He filled the office of Mint-engraver for at least twenty-five years; on the 11th of March 1552, the Cour des Monnaies allowed him an assistant, in consideration of his failing eyesight, in the person of his son-in-law, Jean I. Beaucousin. Cla...
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LEMAY, CLAUDE (sometimes called DE MAY). (French). Mintengraver at Paris, from before 1527 to 1552; he was born circa 1495; brother of Jean Lemay, Jeton Engraver (1515-1555), and no doubt a relative of Guillaume Lemay (1493-1523) and François Lemay (1532). He filled the office of Mint-engraver for at least twenty-five years; on the 11th of March 1552, the Cour des Monnaies allowed him an assistant, in consideration of his failing eyesight, in the person of his son-in-law, Jean I. Beaucousin. Cla...
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LEMAY, GUILLAUME III
LEMAY, GUILLAUME III (French). Mint-engraver at Paris, 1511-1523. He also executed a number of jetons and méreaux, the earliest of which are dated 1493. M. Mazerolle describes the following : 1493. Jetons for Louis de Nemours; — 1511. Jetons for the Chaplains of Notre-Dame of Paris; — Jetons for Francois, Duke of Valois and Brittany, Count of Angoul?me, and Charles de Bourbon, Count of Vendôme; — 1515 . Jetons for the King's maîtres d'hôtel; — 1517. Jetons for J. J. Robertet, Bishop of Albi; — ...
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LEMAY, GUILLAUME III (French). Mint-engraver at Paris, 1511-1523. He also executed a number of jetons and méreaux, the earliest of which are dated 1493. M. Mazerolle describes the following : 1493. Jetons for Louis de Nemours; — 1511. Jetons for the Chaplains of Notre-Dame of Paris; — Jetons for Francois, Duke of Valois and Brittany, Count of Angoul?me, and Charles de Bourbon, Count of Vendôme; — 1515 . Jetons for the King's maîtres d'hôtel; — 1517. Jetons for J. J. Robertet, Bishop of Albi; — ...
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