Blondeau, Pierre
Contenu
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Nom
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Blondeau, Pierre
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Date de mort
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1672-00-00
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Couverture temporelle
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3/4 17th century
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Biographie
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Towards the end of the 1630s, Pierre Blondeau was working in Italy from which period may date a pair of dividers (1). He received premises in the Louvre, jointly with his brother Baptiste Blondeau (q.v.), 3 February 1642, a grant which was confirmed in 1645. A silver sundial by him is dated 1646 (2). He is probably to be identified with the Pierre Blondeau (d. 1672) who from 1649 onwards, on an invitation from the Council of State, worked in England on the reform of the English coinage and was responsible for the very high quality Cromwellian coins produced in the last months of the Protectorate (3). Returning to France at the Restoration, Blondeau was recalled to London in 1662 to resume his work. A brief description of this is given by the painter Willem Schellinks who visited the Tower to see the new money at the mint on 28 March 1663 (4). He was the father of Jean Blondeau (q.v.).
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Notes biographiques
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1. Nessi collection 73.
2. Bonhams London, 28 November 2007, lot 127.
3. For an account of Blondeau's work see Webster 404-11. According to Launay, Rocca & Blanchard 2024, 7, he went to England to escape from his creditors.
4. Exwood & Lehman 177. For a pearl gauge by Blondeau see Tesseract 103, N° 52.
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Identifiant
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256
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