Jacques-Jean Barre
Illustration — Portrait of Jacques-Jean Barre, from Album du Salon de 1840 by Jean Baptiste Marius Augustin Challamel, Paris, 1840 • Illustration — Ceres series designed by Jacques-Jean Barre / 1849 1850 / 3e stamp of France Jacques-Jean Barre (3 August 1793 – 10 June 1855) was the 17th chief coin engraver (graveur général) at the Monnaie de Paris between 1842 and 1855. In this position, he engraved and designed French medals, the Great Seal of France, bank notes and postage stamps, as well as the first Swiss coinage which was initially minted there. From the late 1840s until 1855, he created the first two French postage stamp designs: the Ceres series and Napoleon III series.
Also recorded as Jean Jacques Barre · Jean-Jacques Barré · Jean-Jacques Barre
Jacques-Jean Barre
Alophe, d'après Amaury-Duval · Jules Robert [Augustin Chalamel], Album du Salon de 1840, Paris, Challamel, 1840. · Public domain
- Born
- 1793 · Paris.
- Died
- 1855 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- printmaker · postage stamp designer · medalist · artist
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Portrait of Jacques-Jean Barre, from Album du Salon de 1840 by Jean Baptiste Marius Augustin Challamel, Paris, 1840 • Illustration — Ceres series designed by Jacques-Jean Barre / 1849 1850 / 3e stamp of France Jacques-Jean Barre (3 August 1793 – 10 June 1855) was the 17th chief coin engraver (graveur général) at the Monnaie de Paris between 1842 and 1855. In this position, he engraved and designed French medals, the Great Seal of France, bank notes and postage stamps, as well as the first Swiss coinage which was initially minted there. From the late 1840s until 1855, he created the first two French postage stamp designs: the Ceres series and Napoleon III series.
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His two sons, artists themselves, succeeded him at the post of general engraver: • Albert Désiré Barre • and Jean-Auguste Barre (for only one year).
Alphée Dubois, Joseph Dantzell and Maurice Borrel are recorded as having studied under Jacques-Jean Barre. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Positions recorded include Chief Engraver of the Paris Mint. Work by Jacques-Jean Barre is recorded in the collections of The Frick Collection, Musée de la Vie romantique, National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina and STAM Ghent City Museum.
The authorities additionally record the headings Jean Jacques Barre, Jean-Jacques Barré and Jean-Jacques Barre. His recorded language was French. 2 children are recorded: Jean-Auguste Barre and Albert Désiré Barre.
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Jacques-Jean Barre is recorded as printmaker, postage stamp designer, medalist and artist.
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1793
Jacques-Jean Barre born at Paris.
1855
Jacques-Jean Barre died at Paris.
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