Joseph-Pierre Braemt

Joseph-Pierre Braemt studied at Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Ghent and Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels. Places of work recorded in the authority are Brussels and Paris. Work by Joseph-Pierre Braemt is recorded in the collections of Museum De Lakenhal, National Museum Paleis het Loo, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, STAM Ghent City Museum and Het Scheepvaartmuseum.

• Name — Joseph-Pierre Braemt • Born — 15 June 1796 • Birthplace — Ghent, French First Republic • Died — 2 December 1864 • Place of death — Brussels, Belgium • Education — Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts • Occupation — Medalist

After training at the academies of Ghent and then Brussels, Joseph-Pierre Braemt perfected his craft in Paris with the engraver André Galle and Baron François Joseph Bosio, a renowned sculptor of the time. He was appointed general engraver of the Hôtel des Monnaies in Brussels and produced the first Belgian coins. He was a founding member of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium.

• Illustration — Waterloo medal by Braemt His work includes the following: • 1826: medal commemorating the completion of the digging of a canal between the Haine and the Escaut, under the government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, • 1830: medal of recognition to the Garde civique, under the Provisional Government of Belgium, • Starting in 1832: • silver franc coins with the portrait of King Leopold I (5 silver francs, 2 1/2 silver francs, 2 silver francs, 1 silver franc, 1/2 silver franc, 1/4 silver franc, 20 centimes silver), • copper pennies with the Belgian lion and the national motto, in French, "l'union fait la force" (10 cents, 5 cents, 2 cents and 1 penny).