Romain-Vincent Jeuffroy
Portrait by Julien-Léopold Boilly
Born(1749-07-16)16 July 1749
Rouen, France
Died2 August 1826(1826-08-02) (aged 77)
Bas-Prunay, near Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationEngraver

Romain-Vincent Jeuffroy (16 July 1749 – 2 August 1826) was a French gemstone engraver and medalist.[1] He was active before and during the French Revolution and the First French Empire, and made many medals for Napoleon.[2]

Life

1803 medal of Napoleon

Romain-Vincent Jeuffroy was born on 16 July 1749 in Rouen.[3] He learned his art without a master, imitating an engraved stone that had come into his hands. He made his own tools. He became known, and was sponsored to go to Rome to perfect his art.[4] In 1770 Jeuffroy went to Rome and then to Naples, where he lived for ten years. He worked with Johannes Pichler.[3] He produced many engraved or embossed works, including much work for the French ambassador, the Marquis Jean-Baptiste-Charles-François de Clermont-d'Amboise.[5]

After returning to France he made Paris his home.[4] After Jacques Guay (1715–1787) stopped working, Charles-Claude Flahaut de la Billaderie (1730–1809) tried to revive gemstone engraving. He promised to give the work to Jeuffroy, but did not keep his engagement.[5] Jeuffroy engraved several portraits, which made his reputation. In 1790 he accepted an offer from King Stanislaus II of Poland and moved to Warsaw.[5]

Jeuffroy returned to Paris and was appointed a member of the Institut de France in 1803.[5] He created a commemorative medal for Napoleon entitled "The Treaty of Amiens Broken by England, May 1803".[6] Jeuffroy was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour.[7] In 1805 Napoleon founded a school of gemstone engraving, headed by Jeuffroy.[8] The school was established in the deaf-mute institution.[9] In 1816 Jeuffroy was made a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in the engraving section.[4]

Jeuffroy died on 2 August 1826 in Bas-Prunay near Saint-Germain-en-Laye at the age of 77.[3] Pierre-Amédée Dupaty, the medal engraver and sculptor, was one of his pupils.[10] Nicolas-Pierre Tiolier, who became the official engraver of coins, was another pupil.[11]

Work

Victory to the Arts. Fourth year of Bonaparte's consulate

Jeuffroy made masterpieces in his genre, particularly the heads of women.[4] His portrait subjects include the King of Poland, Prince Lubomirski and Julie Clary, Queen Consort of Naples.[5]

Gemstone engravings

  • Head of Jupiter
  • Louis XVI
  • Marie Antoinette
  • Military piety
  • Love floating on his quiver
  • Head of Regulus.
  • Angel worshiping
  • Medusa
  • The genius of Bacchus
  • Victor drinking from a cup
  • Bacchante

Medals

  • The Dauphin
  • Fourcroy
  • Madame d'Epremesnil
  • Mirabeau
  • Dancarville
  • Mme. Regnault de Saint-Jean d'Angely
  • Mme. Cosway
  • The conquest of Hanover
  • Peace of Amiens
  • Coronation of Napoleon
  • Bonaparte armed.
  • Capitulation of Spandau and Magdeburg.
  • Death of Louis XVII.
  • Accession of Louis XVIII, March 20.
  • Petrarch.
  • Heads of the three consuls.
  • Venus de Medici.
  • The Temple prison.
  • Medal of the Legislature.
  • Seal of the Legion of Honor.

References

  1. ↑ Forrer, L. (1907). "Jeuffroy, Romain Vincent". Biographical Dictionary of Medallists. Vol. III. London: Spink & Son Ltd. pp. 71–75.
  2. ↑ Forrer, L. (1923). "Jeuffroy, Romain Vincent". Biographical Dictionary of Medallists. Vol. VII. London: Spink & Son Ltd. pp. 479–480.
  3. 1 2 3 Tassinari 2013, p. 35.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Hossard & Delmas 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Dussieux 1850, pp. 390–391.
  6. ↑ Hernon 2013, p. 359.
  7. ↑ Hennin 1826, p. 647.
  8. ↑ Bourhis 1989, p. 129.
  9. ↑ Pradier 1984, p. 5.
  10. ↑ Schwartz, Steiner & Sénéchal 2005, p. 330.
  11. ↑ Webb 1907, p. 259.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Romain Vincent Jeuffroy.

Sources

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.