Maurice Valentin Borrel

Historic bronze medal from Borrel 1845 at the beginning of the "Entente Cordiale" with the visit of Victoria to Louis-Philippe

Maurice Valentin Borrel (born July 24, 1804 in Montataire , Oise department ; † March 29, 1882 in Chevilly-Larue , Val-de-Marne department ) was a French medalist .

Life

Maurice Valentin Borrel spent his youth in very poor circumstances in Savoy and came to Paris in 1816 , where he became a student of the coin engraver Jean-Jacques Barre and made his debut in 1833. In 1836 he became a coin engraver in Monaco and from 1840 onwards he created an important series of highly valued portrait and commemorative medals that came to the Musée de la Monnaie and were widely recognized at the 1867 World's Fair .

His son Alfred Borrel also became a coin engraver.

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Ut omnes unum sint .
On the edge: Borrel fecit 1845

Individual evidence

^ L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . Borrel, Valentin Maurice. Volume I. Spink & Son Ltd, London 1904, pp. 222 ff .
↑ Borrel, Maurice Valentin . In: Hermann Alex. Müller: Biographical Artist Lexicon . Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig, 1882, p. 67.

personal data
SURNAME	Borrel, Maurice Valentin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French medalist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 24, 1804
PLACE OF BIRTH	Montataire
DATE OF DEATH	March 29, 1882
Place of death	Chevilly-Larue

[1] L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . Borrel, Valentin Maurice. Volume I. Spink & Son Ltd, London 1904, pp. 222 ff .

[2] Borrel, Maurice Valentin . In: Hermann Alex. Müller: Biographical Artist Lexicon . Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig, 1882, p. 67.