He appears to have worked chiefly in France and th e Netherlands, bu t
never to have visited England, although he executed medals of Elizabeth
and Mary Queen of Scots. Died about th e year 1600.—i. 117, 118.
PU YM A U R IN , Je an Pierre Oasimir de Marcassus, Baron de, b. a t
Toulouse in 1757, in 1816 was appointed Master of th e Mint a t Paris,
was deprived of his office in 1830, and died in 1841.—ii. 268.
RANTWIC, Bernard, goldsmith and medallist, worked in London, in
th e first h a lf of th e sixteenth century. He made medallic p o rtraits which
were cast and afterwards chased.—i. 127.
RAV ASCH IERO , Giovanni Baptista, was Director of th e Mint a t
Naples from 1525 to 1560.—i. 68-70.
RAW L IN S , Thomas, an English engraver, b. about 1600, was a pupil of
Nicholas Briot, appoiuted Engraver to th e Mint in 1643, a ttached himself
to th e person of th e Kin g during th e Civil War, and executed dies for
th e local mints, th e most remarkable being those for th e Oxford crown.
A t th e Restoration Rawlins was reinstated in his former place a t the
Mint, and held i t till his death in 1670, a t which time he was engaged on
new dies for th e sovereign.—i. 289, 293, 299, 301-303, 306-308, 311, 319,
324, 330, 339-344, 352,354,356, 357, 359, 369,370, 371, 373-375, 420, 428,
474, 475, 506.
R E IN H A R D , Stephan Andreas, a native of Goslar and a pupil of
Christian Wermuth, entered the service of th e House of Brunswick.
H is works date from 1704 to 1718— ii. 253.
R E IT Z , Heinrich, th e younger, a German medallist of some note who
flourished during th e first half of th e seventeenth century. He worked
chiefly for th e Princes of th e Houses of Brandenburg and Brunswick.—
—i. 279, 350, 370, 452.
R ICH T ER , Benif^"medallist, b. a t Stockholm in 1670, was a pupil of
Karlsteen, and a t ah early age visited Pa ris where he was engaged on th e
medallic series of Louis X IV . H e came also to England for a short time
in 1703, and executed medals for th e Swedish C lu b : on his return to
Stockholm he found employment a t th e Royal Mint. I n 1712 he was
appointed Engraver to th e Mint a t Vienna, and died in th a t city in 1737.
—ii. 248, 249, 441.
R ISW ICK , Deric Van, a Dutch medallist of whom very little is known.
His works date from 1650 to 1653, and are of good execution.—i. 404,405.
R. M. G., probably th e initials of a Mint Master of Cuelderland. They
occur on a medalet commemorating th e Peace of 1544.—i. 46.
ROEG, Michael, a Danish medallist who worked a t Copenhagen till
1715, when he went to Pa ris and earned there a considerable reputation.
—ii.' 334, 335.
ROETTIER, James, second son of John Roettier, born in London in
1663, was appointed one of th e engravers a t the Mint on the death of
Bower in 1690. He died in 1698 from th e effects of a fall from his horse.
—i. 617; ii. 64, 65, 111, 112, 122, 123, 197.
RO E T T IER , or RO E T TIER S, James, son of Norbert Roettier, born
a t St. Germain in 1707, came to London in Jan . 1731, and brought over
several dies of medals. Having shortly afterwards returned to France, he
was appointed goldsmith to Louis XV.—ii. 271, 471, 494, 495, 529.
ROE T TIER , John, th e eldest son of a goldsmith of Antwerp, came
to England soon after th e Restoration, and was appointed one of the
engravers a t th e Mint, and Chief Engraver on the death of Rawlins. He
was deprived of his office in 1697, died in 1703, and was buried in the
Tower. His medallic works, with th e exception of a few pieces made by
th e Simons, are the finest produced in England since the Restoration.—
i. 315, 333, 346, 457, 458, 460, 461, 470, 489, 490, 503-505, 507, 517, 536-
538, 542, 547-549, 551, 556-558, 565, 582, 589, 595, 600-602,604-606,616,
617, 646, 663, 704; ii. 121,179.
ROE T TIER , Joseph, younger brother of th e preceding, came to E n g land
about th e same time, and was appointed one of th e engravers a t th e
Mint. In 1672, on the death of Varin, Roettier was appointed Chief
Engraver to th e Mint a t Paris, where he died in 1703.—i. 497.
R O E T T IER , Joseph Charles or Charles Joseph, was th e son of th e
preceding, and was born in Paris in 1691. He succeeded Norbert
Roettier as Engraver to the Mint a t Paris in 1727, and died in 1770.—ii.
294, 407, 487, 600, 621, 649, 680, 690.
RO E T TIER , Norbert, th ird son of Jo h n Roettier, b. a t Antwerp, in
1665, was appointed one of th e engravers to th e Mint in London in 1690;
b u t being accused in 1695 of abstracting certain dies he fled to France,
and in 1703 was appointed Engraver General of th e Monies of France.
He executed after his departure from England a number of dies for coins,
medals, and medalets for th e exiled S tu a rt family. Died in 1727.—i. 346,
347, 617; ii. 65,106, 111, 145,147,192, 193, 195, 201-204, 216, 219, 221,
231, 266, 270, 313-316, 380, 388, 389, 453.
RO E T TIER , Philip, was th e youngest brother of Jo h n Roettier. Like
him he came to England a t th e Restoration and was engaged a t the
Mint. I n 1678 he quitted England, and was placed a t th e head of
the coinage for Flanders. He died a t Antwerp and was succeeded by his
son, Philip.—i. 540, 541,554.
ROE T TIER, Philip, Ju n r., resided a t first a t Brussels, b u t afterwards
removed to Antwerp, where he died in 1732.—ii. 142, 179,180-182.
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