BOGAT, Émile, a French medallist, who worked between 1815 and
1853. He executed several medals for th e Napoleonic series and also for
th e Dnrand series.—i. 53, 424 ; ii. 226, 439, 444.
B O S S I, Giovanni Antonio de’, was born in Milan, b u t worked in
Florence. He was a gem-engraver and medallist, and was much employed
by th e Grand Duke of Tuscany, Cosmo I f his works date from
about 1555 to 1572.—i. 88.
BO U K EN S, W., a Dutch medallist, who worked a t th e end of th e
seventeenth century, b u t of whom no particulars are known. He made
medals of James I I ., and of the death of Queen Mary.—i. 609 ; ii. 113. •
BOU SSEL , Henri, a French medallist of considerable merit, was
much engaged on th e medallic series of Louis X IY . H is works date from
1654 to 1711, or even later. As he excelled in portraiture he confined his
attention chiefly to th e execution of th e obverses of medals.—i. 425, 429,
514, 654, 707, 709, 711; ii. 20, 21, 697 72, 73, 84, 87, 95, 176,177,183, 211.
S., th e initial of an a rtist who made some fine medals of Louis X IV .,
amongst which is a satirical one of th e Treaty of Augsburg, another on
th e taking of Namur, &c. He was probably no t a Frenchman.—ii. 68. .
ST. UBBAN, or ST. UB BA IN, Ferdinand, b. a t Nancy in 1654, was
in 1673 appointed Engraver to th e Mint of Bologna, and in 1683 went to
Borne, and was plaeed by Innocent X I. a t th e head of th e P ap a l coinage
with th e title of Chief Engraver and Architect. I n 1703 he returned
to Nancy, where he died,'11 Ja n . 1738. After his re turn to his native
place St. Urban is said to have executed over 120 medals, which include
a series of th e Dukes of Lorraine, another of th e Popes, &c.—i. 432, 433;
ii. 272, 488.
SCHAUBEN, Nicholas, was an engraver a t Copenhagen, whose works
date from 1590 to 1599. They are few and difficult to a ttribute.—i. 177.
SCH EL , D. I., medallist, and according to Zani an Englishman.
H e worked a t th e end of th e seventeenth century, 1692-1694 : b u t his
only signed medal is one of William I I I ., referring to th e Battle of
L a Hogue.—ii. 60.
SCH IBMEB, Christian, was Warden of th e Mint a t Königsberg in
Prussia from 1718, and M aster from 1742 to 1743. --ii. 577.
SCHULTZ, Walter, a Dutch engraver, who lived a t Haarlem, and
published in 1676 a work on Travels in E a s t India. H e engraved
some of th e plates in th a t work.—i. 376.
SCLATEB, Bobert, a Scottish medallist, lived a t Edinburgh. His
works date from 1826.—i. 231.
SE E LA NDEB , Nicolaus, a native of E rfu rt, was appointed in 1718
F irs t Engraver to th e Mint a t Hanover, which place he held till his
death in 1756. He was th e author of several treatises on numismatics.—
ii. 426, 427.
SE ID L IT Z , Johann Georg, gem-engraver and medallist, worked a t
Vienna from 1699 to 1730.—ii. 342.
SE LV I, Antonio, a Florentine medallist, was a pupil of Massimiliano
Soldani. He made a large number of portrait-medals of th e Grand
Dukes of Tuscany, which are alway3 cast and of poor workmanship.
He is said to have visited England, and to have remained some time in
th is country. He died a t Florence about the year 1750.—i. 689; ii. 390,
391, 433, 621.
SIMON, Abraham, modeller in wax, elder brother of Thomas Simon,
b. in 1622, a t an early age went to Holland, and afterwards to Sweden,
where his reputation as a modeller soon brought him into public notice,
and procured him employment in th e service of Queen Christina. On his
re tu rn to England before th e outbreak of th e Civil War, his portraits
became famous, and during th e Commonwealth he made many of the
leading Parliamentarians. A t the Bestoration he stood high in favour
with th e King, from whom he received on one occasion 100 guineas for a
p o rtrait in wax. Treated with less liberality by th e Duke of York, be
ceased to work altogether. He survived his brother many years and
died in 1692. Of th e many portrait-medals produced by Simon and his
brother, V ertue says th a t they were all modelled by Abraham and chased
by Thomas, th e la tte r usually signing them.—i. 313, 321, 322, 324, 325,
328-332, 396, 397, 399, 401, 406-409, 412, 423, 430,431,465,466,478-480,
493, 502, 512, 546.
SIMON, Je an Henri, h. a t Brussels, 28 Oct. 1752, visited Paris and
was appointed gem-engraver to Prince Charles of Lorraine, th e Due
d ’Orleans, and Louis XV I. I n 1816 he returned to Brussels, and was
appointed Engraver of gems and medals to th e Boyal College of the
Pay s Bas, and in 1817 Engraver to th e King. He died in 1832. His
most important work is his series of medals of illustrious men of th e
Low Countries.—i. 132; ii. 226. ,
SIMON, Thomas, the eminent engraver, and younger brother of Abraham
Simon, b. about 1623, according to Vertue in Yorkshire, was brought
into th e service of th e Mint by S ir Bobert Harley about 1635, and
studied engraving under Briot. I n 1644 he was appointed Join t
Engraver of th e Mint with Edward Wade, b u t was shortly afterwards
promoted to th e post of “ Chief Engraver to th e Mint and Seals,” and
late r on “ Sole Chief Engraver and Medall-Maker ” to th e Protector.
A t th e Bestoration he was deprived of his office, b u t a t the same time
made Engraver of His Majesty’s Seals. Simon is supposed to have died
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