Martin-Guillaume Biennais

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Bavarian crown insignia from the workshop of the Parisian goldsmith Martin-Guillaume Biennais

Martin-Guillaume Biennais (born April 29, 1764 at La Cochère , Département Orne ; † March 27, 1843 in Paris ) was a well-known Parisian cabinet maker and goldsmith and silversmith who had a shop in rue Saint-Honore since 1789. Biennais was, alongside Thomire and Jean Baptiste Claude Odiot, one of the most famous Empire goldsmiths in Paris. Napoleon Bonaparte appointed him royal goldsmith after his coronation as emperor.

literature

  • Christophe Levadoux: Martin-Guillaume Biennais (1764-1843): orfèvre et tabletier de Napoléon I ; 2001
  • Anne Dion-Tenenbaum: L'Orfèvre de Napoléon ; Réunion des musées nationaux, 2003
personal data
SURNAME Biennais, Martin-Guillaume
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French cabinet maker and goldsmith and silversmith
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1764
PLACE OF BIRTH near La Cochère , Orne
DATE OF DEATH March 27, 1843
Place of death Paris