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Nicolas-Marie Gatteaux (2 August 1751, Paris - 24 June 1832, Paris) was a French medal engraver, also notable as the father of the sculptor and medallist

Jacques-Édouard Gatteaux Jacques-Édouard Gatteaux (4 November 1788 – 9 February 1881) was a French sculptor and medal engraver. Born in Paris, he studied under his father Nicolas-Marie Gatteaux (also a medal engraver) and Jean-Guillaume Moitte. He won first prize in t ...

(1788–1881). In 1781 he was appointed graveur des médailles du Roi. A student of Delorme and Gros, he designed a large number of medals, largely referring to public events, such as the death of

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, the coronation of

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, the birth of the Dauphin, the invention of the hot air balloon by the

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, the voyage of Lapeyrouse, the Federation of the Départements of France, the Abolition of Privileges, and Moreau's crossing of the Rhine in year VIII. Other medals designed by him shown notable figures such as

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, le comte de

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, d'Alambert and the Three Consuls (including Bonaparte). He also designed

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s, lottery tickets and stamps. Gatteaux is also credited as the inventor of the

pointing machine A pointing machine is a measuring tool used by stone sculptors and woodcarvers to accurately copy plaster, clay or wax sculpture models into wood or stone. In essence the device is a pointing needle that can be set to any position and then f ...

, a tool used for copying sculpture. Gatteaux is also well known as a playing card maker. In 1809, just after the French Revolution, Napoleon asked the famous French painter David to develop a new design of the Paris pattern. This deck was however not accepted. In 1811 Gatteaux adapted the design and it was produced until 1853. In 1813 Gatteaux made a new design which eventually became the new base Paris pattern This continued to be the standard Paris pattern until now. The only change that was made hereafter was that it became a design with double honour cards instead of single ones.The History of the Playing Card by Han Janssen

References

* Les Assignats de la Révolution Française, Maurice Muszynski, éd. Le Landit, Paris, 1981 * E. Bénézit. Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs. 1976. Tome 4, page 631.

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