ORPHELIN or ORFELIN, surname of JEAN D'ARMAND (Vide Vol. I, p. 336, N. E. p. 509). Engraver-in-ordinary to the dowager Queen, Marie de Médicis ; appointed Engraver-general of the French coins in 1630, on his purchase of the office from Nicolas Briot. He resigned in May 1646 in favour of Jean Warin, and died on 6. December 1669. Jean d'Armand distinguished himself also as a Medallist. Among his productions are: Anne of Austria, 1642; medal commemorating the foundation of the Priory of Nanterre; — Another (1642), signed : LORFELIN. F. (illustrated) ; — Another, dated 1642, without signature; — Marie de Médicis, 1644 ; — César, duc de Vendôme, admiral, 1650 (signed : LORFELIN F.); — Representation of a tragedy before the Consulate at Lyons, 1667. Eternity seated on globe ; — Dies for coins of Christina of Sweden, 1648 ; — Seal of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture, 1658; — and Dies for the French coinage of Louis XIII. between 1630 and 1646, although Jean Warin seems to have been employed to cut these from 1628, from models supplied by Guillaume Dupré. Although very inferior to Guillaume Dupré, says Mazerolle, Jean Darmand was nevertheless a talented Engraver. Bibliography. — Mazerolle, op. cit. — N. Rondot, 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
NICHOLYN, LUKE
NICHOLYN, LUKE (Brit.). Mint-master at the Tower of London, from the 17th to the 24th year of Edward III., in conjunction with others. He was a native of Florence, and his name appears in various forms : LOTTO NICHOLYN, JOHN LOTTE NICOLE, LOTTE NICOLI, etc. In a document of 1344, we read : "In the eighteenth year of the king, George Kirkyn and Lotto Nicholyn, of Florence, late masters and workers, were commanded to deliver to Percival de Porche de Lucca, then appointed master and worker, all th...
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NICHOLYN, LUKE (Brit.). Mint-master at the Tower of London, from the 17th to the 24th year of Edward III., in conjunction with others. He was a native of Florence, and his name appears in various forms : LOTTO NICHOLYN, JOHN LOTTE NICOLE, LOTTE NICOLI, etc. In a document of 1344, we read : "In the eighteenth year of the king, George Kirkyn and Lotto Nicholyn, of Florence, late masters and workers, were commanded to deliver to Percival de Porche de Lucca, then appointed master and worker, all th...
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NIKANDROS
NIKANDROS (Greek). Gem-engraver of the hellenistic period, third century B.C. His signature : NIKAN?POC ?MO?l occurs on an amethyst of the old Marlborough collection, representing a female bust, the style of which and arrangement of hair permit us to assign it to the Ptolemaic period. King describes it as a head of Julia Titi. “ Greatly abused ", says King " by Köhler : The portrait without resemblance, executed utterly without taste, and legend and all of modern origin, &c. Dr B., though far ...
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NIKANDROS (Greek). Gem-engraver of the hellenistic period, third century B.C. His signature : NIKAN?POC ?MO?l occurs on an amethyst of the old Marlborough collection, representing a female bust, the style of which and arrangement of hair permit us to assign it to the Ptolemaic period. King describes it as a head of Julia Titi. “ Greatly abused ", says King " by Köhler : The portrait without resemblance, executed utterly without taste, and legend and all of modern origin, &c. Dr B., though far ...
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NILIS, JACQUES
NILIS, JACQUES (French). Medallist of the last quarter of the seventeenth century, about whom little is known, beyond that he engraved several medals of the series of Louis XIV., some of which are signed. His name occurs in documents of the Paris Mint archives, from 1688 to 1693. As Guiffrey suggests, it is possible that Nilis was a relative, and perhaps a brother-in-law of Joseph Roettier, whose first wife's name was Elizabeth Nilis. This artist's usual signature was N, but it also occurs in ot...
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NILIS, JACQUES (French). Medallist of the last quarter of the seventeenth century, about whom little is known, beyond that he engraved several medals of the series of Louis XIV., some of which are signed. His name occurs in documents of the Paris Mint archives, from 1688 to 1693. As Guiffrey suggests, it is possible that Nilis was a relative, and perhaps a brother-in-law of Joseph Roettier, whose first wife's name was Elizabeth Nilis. This artist's usual signature was N, but it also occurs in ot...
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NILLSON, SVANTE EDWIN
NILLSON, SVANTE EDWIN (Swed.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Stockholm ; pupil of Adolph Lindberg, the Academy of Fine Arts of Stockholm ; also of the Paris sculptors, F. Lasserre, and Henri Dubois. At the salon of 1898, he exhibited a Portrait-plaquette ; at the Universal Exhibition, Paris, 1900, several Medals and Plaquettes ; 1901. M. et Mme B***; — President Kruger; — 1902, and 1903. Various Portrait-medallions and Plaquettes. The works of this young artist are in very good t...
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NILLSON, SVANTE EDWIN (Swed.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Stockholm ; pupil of Adolph Lindberg, the Academy of Fine Arts of Stockholm ; also of the Paris sculptors, F. Lasserre, and Henri Dubois. At the salon of 1898, he exhibited a Portrait-plaquette ; at the Universal Exhibition, Paris, 1900, several Medals and Plaquettes ; 1901. M. et Mme B***; — President Kruger; — 1902, and 1903. Various Portrait-medallions and Plaquettes. The works of this young artist are in very good t...
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