Joseph Roettiers

Joseph Roettiers (1635–1703) was a Flemish medallist active in

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, and a member of the celebrated Roettier family of

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s, and engravers. Roettiers was the son of Philip Roettiers, brother of

John Roettiers John Roettiers (4 July 1631 – 1703) was a celebrated English engraver and medallist. Roettiers was the oldest son of Philip Roettiers, a goldsmith of Antwerp. He took up the profession of stonecutter and medallist, with his earliest known prod ...

(1631–1703) and Philip Roettiers (1640–1718), and the father of

Joseph-Charles Roettiers Joseph-Charles Roettiers (13 April 1691 – 14 March 1779) was a noted French engraver and medalist. Roettiers was born in Paris to Joseph Roettiers (1635–1703). He was a member of the celebrated Roettiers family of engravers, medallists, silve ...

(1693–1779), all of whom were medallists whether in

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. Roettiers served as assistant engraver at the British

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in the early 1670s, then went to France where he obtained the post of Engraver-general in 1682. He became ''graveur particulier'' at the Paris Mint from 1694 to 1703, and later ''Primier graveur de l’Histoire en Medailles'', and was one of the first artists to contribute to

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's series of medals (begun in 1680), in collaboration with Jean Mauger,

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, and others. {{DEFAULTSORT:Roettiers, Joseph 1635 births 1703 deaths 17th-century engravers 18th-century engravers French engravers French medallists French goldsmiths French silversmiths