Antoine Bovy

Jean François Antoine Bovy (* ≈ December 14, 1795 in Geneva ; † September 18, 1877 ibid) was a Geneva medalist who invented an embossing mechanism with which he could produce medals in previously unknown sizes. He is the punchcutter three today in circulation Swiss coins of fifty cents piece , the Einfrankenstücks and the two-franc piece .

Obverse of the 1840 medal commemorating the Escalade in 1602.

Life

Bovy was born in Geneva to Jean-Samuel Bovy, who was also a jeweler. Jean-Samuel had three sons in total. Antoine Bovy started out as a die cutter in his father's company. In 1824 he was sent to Paris to study with the famous sculptor James Pradier . In 1835 he was naturalized in France and won a gold medal in engraving. He also became a member of the Legion of Honor , because of his medals and the building of railways. Particularly noteworthy is his large medal for Jean Calvin from 1835 on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the Reformation in Geneva.

Known objects

Fête de l'Escalade 1840. Reverse side of the medal with the 17 names of the citizens of Geneva who died in the battle of 1602.

Medal Johann Wolfgang von Goethe from 1824. This medal was designed by Antoine Bovy at the instigation of the Swiss prince educator in Weimar , Frédéric Soret .
Jean Calvin medal from 1835, commemorating the 300th anniversary of the Reformation in Geneva.
Medal Frédéric Chopin from 1837.
Medal Johann Lukas Schönlein from 1839.
Medal Escalade de Genève from 1840. This small medallion is not signed. But it is attributed to Antoine Bovy.
Louis Philippe I medal from 1842 because of the railway laws.
Franz Liszt medal from 1844.
Medal Louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac 1850.
Medal Baron Pierre Charles François Dupin from 1852.
Medal Georges Cuvier 1862.
Swiss coins in circulation : ½ Fr. , 1 Fr. , 2 Fr. , as well as the old 5 Fr. coin, which was minted only in 1850/51, 1873 and 1874. All based on designs by Albert Walch

literature

Hortensia von Roten: Bovy, Antoine. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Olivier Chaponnière: Antoine Bovy & the creation of the Swiss franc. The gold of Switzerland, a unique collection of evidence of monetary history . Wil auction house Rapp / Chaponnière & Firmenich, St. Gallen / Geneva 2017, ISBN 978-2-940574-05-6 .

Web links

Commons : Antoine Bovy - collection of images, videos and audio files

Publications by and about Antoine Bovy in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
gen-gen.ch - Bovys family tree

Individual evidence

↑ textlog.de - Collection of historical texts and dictionaries
↑ historicalartmedals.com - Dassier Family (see below)
↑ Description and illustration of the medal from the collection of the Goethe Museum Düsseldorf
↑ historicalartmedals.com - Description and illustration of the medal
↑ New York Philharmonic Digital Archives ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Henseler, Ant .: Supplément à mon travail intitulé: Ant. Bovy, sa vie et ses principales oevres 2nd Bulletin de la Société suisse de Numismatique. In: Volume 3 (1884), Issue 2-3. P. 24 f , accessed on June 18, 2014 .
↑ stacksarchive.com - Passage of Railroad Legislation Medal, 1842 ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ ISIS Vol 9 No 2 "Medallic Illustrations of the History of Science", June 1927, medaille 10, p. 361.
^ Collection of the Royal Museums Greenwich
↑ ISIS Vol 9 No 2 "Medallic Illustrations of the History of Science", June 1927, medaille 12, p. 361.
↑ swissmint.ch - Views of the coins in circulation ( Memento of April 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
↑ swissmint.ch - embossing list ( memento of February 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 211 kB)

personal data
SURNAME	Bovy, Antoine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bovy, Jean François Antoine (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Geneva medalist
DATE OF BIRTH	uncertain: December 14, 1795
PLACE OF BIRTH	Geneva
DATE OF DEATH	September 18, 1877
Place of death	Geneva

[1] textlog.de - Collection of historical texts and dictionaries

[2] storicalartmedals.com - Dassier Family (see below)

[3] Description and illustration of the medal from the collection of the Goethe Museum Düsseldorf

[4] storicalartmedals.com - Description and illustration of the medal

[5] New York Philharmonic Digital Archives ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[6] Henseler, Ant .: Supplément à mon travail intitulé: Ant. Bovy, sa vie et ses principales oevres 2nd Bulletin de la Société suisse de Numismatique. In: Volume 3 (1884), Issue 2-3. P. 24 f , accessed on June 18, 2014 .

[7] stacksarchive.com - Passage of Railroad Legislation Medal, 1842 ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[8] ISIS Vol 9 No 2 "Medallic Illustrations of the History of Science", June 1927, medaille 10, p. 361.

[9] Collection of the Royal Museums Greenwich

[10] ISIS Vol 9 No 2 "Medallic Illustrations of the History of Science", June 1927, medaille 12, p. 361.

[11] swissmint.ch - Views of the coins in circulation ( Memento of April 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

[12] swissmint.ch - embossing list ( memento of February 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 211 kB)