Guillaume Dupré (medalist)

Medal on François de Bonne, Duc de Lesdiguières , 1600

Guillaume Dupré (* 1576 in Sissonne near Laon ; † June 8, 1643 in Paris ) was a French sculptor , medalist , mint master and gem cutter .

Life

Guillaume Dupré was a student of the sculptor Barthélemy Prieur , whose daughter Madeleine Prieur he married in 1600 or 1601. Dupré was mainly active in the fields of sculpture and foundry. At the court of King Henri IV he was ordinaire sculpteur (1597). In 1604 he and Jean Pillon received the office of contrôleur des poinçons et effigies des Monnaies de France , since 1616 he held this position alone. In 1611 he succeeded Barthélemy Prieur Premier sculpteur du Roi . In 1612 he made a trip to Italy. In 1629 he received the title of Commissaire général de l'Artillerie .

His son and student Abraham Dupré (1604–1647) also worked as a medalist.

literature

Frédéric Alvin: Dupré, Guillaume . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 10 : Dubolon – Erlwein . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1914, p. 173–174 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Mark Jones: Guillaume Dupré. In: The Medal. Special issue 9, 1986, pp. 23-47.
Luc Smolderen: Speaking of Guillaume Dupré. In: Revue numismatique. 1990, pp. 232-253.
Jean-Marie Darnis: Dupré, Guillaume . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 31, Saur, Munich a. a. 2001, ISBN 3-598-22771-X , p. 77.

Web links

Commons : Guillaume Dupré - collection of images, videos and audio files

Works by Guillaume Dupré in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Individual evidence

↑ In the older literature of the 19th century, he is sometimes incorrectly found under the name George Dupré , s. about Heinrich Eduard Bolzenthal: Sketches for the art history of modern medal work. 1429-1840. Verlag von Carl Heymann, Berlin 1840, pp. 199 f .; Georg Kaspar Nagler : New general artist lexicon. Volume 4, Fleischmann, Munich 1837, pp. 14-17.
^ L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . Dupré, Guillaume. tape I . Spink & Son Ltd, London 1904, p. 654 ff .
^ Frédéric Alvin: Dupré, Abraham . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 10 : Dubolon – Erlwein . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1914, p. 168 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

personal data
SURNAME	Dupré, Guillaume
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French sculptor, medalist and mint master as well as gem cutter
DATE OF BIRTH	1576
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sissonne (Aisne) near Laon
DATE OF DEATH	June 8, 1643
Place of death	Paris

[1] In the older literature of the 19th century, he is sometimes incorrectly found under the name George Dupré , s. about Heinrich Eduard Bolzenthal: Sketches for the art history of modern medal work. 1429-1840. Verlag von Carl Heymann, Berlin 1840, pp. 199 f .; Georg Kaspar Nagler : New general artist lexicon. Volume 4, Fleischmann, Munich 1837, pp. 14-17.

[2] L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . Dupré, Guillaume. tape I . Spink & Son Ltd, London 1904, p. 654 ff .

[3] Frédéric Alvin: Dupré, Abraham . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 10 : Dubolon – Erlwein . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1914, p. 168 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).