Jean Duvivier
Jean Duvivier (1687 – 30 April 1761) was a French medallist, who was appointed official medallist to King Louis XV. Jean Duvivier was born in 1687 in Liège. He moved to Paris in 1710. In 1719 he was chosen by Louis XV as his official medallist, succeeding Jean Mauger (1648–1722).
Also recorded as Jean Durvivier · Jean De Vivier · Jean Durivier · Jean Dervivier
Jean Duvivier
Probably Jean Duvivier · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Name
- Jean Duvivier
- Born
- 1687
- Birthplace
- Liège
- Died
- 30 April 1761
- Field
- Medallist
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- medalist · painter · copper engraver · medal cutter · artist
- Languages
- French
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Jean Duvivier (1687 – 30 April 1761) was a French medallist, who was appointed official medallist to King Louis XV. Jean Duvivier was born in 1687 in Liège. He moved to Paris in 1710. In 1719 he was chosen by Louis XV as his official medallist, succeeding Jean Mauger (1648–1722).
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Jean Duvivier. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q6170597 · wikipedia · Jean Duvivier
In this article
Biography
Biography
He was extremely prolific and engraved more than four hundred dies. He was made a member of the academy. He died on 30 April 1761 in Paris. Their sons included Pierre-Louis-Isaac (baptized 23 May 1727), Pierre-Simon-Benjamin (baptized 5 November 1730) and Thomas-Germain-Joseph (baptized 31 August 1735). Duvivier's son Benjamin was also a graveur du roi (King's Engraver) and member of the academy. Pierre-Simon-Benjamin Duvivier (1728–1819) may have had more talent than his father. His daughter Jeanne-Louise-Françoise Duvivier married the engraver Jacques-Nicolas Tardieu and is on record as having made several engravings herself.
French; Medal; Medals and Plaquettes
Jean Le Blanc · This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. See the Image and Data Resources Open Access Policy
French; Medal; Medals and Plaquettes
Jean Le Blanc · This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. See the Image and Data Resources Open Access Policy
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Jean Duvivier • Born — 1687 • Birthplace — Liège • Died — 30 April 1761 • Field — Medallist
Works
Works
• Illustration — Louis XV (1715–1723) • Illustration — Royal Education of the Dauphin (1736) • Illustration — Louis XVI (1777)
Identity
Identity
Jean Duvivier is recorded with the occupation copper engraver. Recorded with the occupation visual artist. Recorded with the occupation medal cutter. Recorded as medalist, painter, copper engraver, medal cutter and artist.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1687
Jean Duvivier was born on 7 February 1687.
1761
Jean Duvivier died on 30 April 1761.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
Liège.
Birth place
Paris.
Death place
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- “Jean Duvivier”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q6170597: Jean Duvivier
General reference · Wikidata
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessauthority record
General reference
People, houses and institutions
Knowledge graph
People, houses and institutions
Teachers, collaborators, publishers and institutions recorded against this person, each on a stated basis.
Died at
1- ParisPlace
Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.
Further particulars
Held on the record
Further particulars
Open the remaining particulars
The authorities additionally record the headings Jean Durvivier, Jean De Vivier, Jean Durivier, Jean Dervivier and Jean Guillaume Duvivier. His recorded language was French. One child is recorded: Pierre-Simon-Benjamin Duvivier.
Identity and origins
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 18 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Paintings
18,792 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Jean DiscartArtist
- Jean DucampsArtist
- Jean DufyArtist
- Jean DupasArtist
- Jean EffelArtist
- Jean Émile Van GindertaelArtist
- Jean Galtier-BoissièreArtist
- Jean Germain DrouaisArtist
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Jean Duvivier?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.