Biographical dictionary of medallists: coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, &c., ancient and modern, with references to their works B. C. 500-A. D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer ...

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Archduke Albert of Austria and Count Philipp Wilhelm of Nassau
(1596); - Louis Perez (I597); - King Henry IV. of France;
- Chancellor Brulart de Sillery; - Pomponius de Bellievre; -
Francisco de Mendoza, and King Philip II. of Spain ( 598) and other
medals, mentioned before.
Sometimes Bloc cut dies in steel, from which medals were then
struck, as those of Philip II. of Spain.
Cf. F. Alvin, in Dr Thieme's, Allgem. Kiinstler-Lexikon.
BLOCH, ARMAND LUCIEN (French). Contemporary Sculptor, born
at Montbeliard (Doubs); pupil of Falguiere and Mercie. At the
Salon of I907 he exhibited a Portrait-medallion in gilt bronze of
Mlle Maria Anne Bohn, and another Portrait-medallion in I912.
BLOCK, BRAUN (Germ.). Mint-master at Wernigerode, I620-2I.
BLOCKH (also BLACK), JOHANN HEINRICH (Austr.). Pupil of
Daniel Warou; Mint-engraver at Kremnitz, I707- I3. October
1712.
BLOEMART, NICOLAS (Flem.). Mint-master at Bois-le-Duc, I6I4 -i6i8.
BLONDEAU, PETER (B.D.M., Vol. I, 90o4, p. 198). Messrs.
Spink & Son Ld had recently in their collection a unique and
unpublished Pattern Halfcrown of the Commonwealth, I65I, by
this artist. It differs from the ordinary coin in various points ot
detail, and is quite distinct from it in that the II.vi above the
shields on rev. is omitted.
BLONDELET, EUGENE (B.D.M., Vol. I, I904, p. 200). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born in Paris; pupil of M. Lachaussee.
At the Paris Salon I913 he exhibited a frame containing four
Medallions and two Portrait-plaquettes in bronze and silver.
BLOT, CHARLES FERNAND (French). Contemporary Sculptor and
Medallist, born at Boulogne-sur-Mer; pupil of Hector Lemaire and
Mercie. At the Paris Salon (Soc. des Art. fr.) I914 he exhibited a
Portrait medal in bronze.
BLUM, JOHANN (B.D.M., Vol. I, 1904, p. 20I). Further medals
by him are: Peace of Bromsebro between Denmark and Sweden,
3I. August I645; signed: I. BL.
BOBES (Span.). Editor of medals of Oviedo (Asturias). The
medallists Martinez and Ruis have worked for him.
BOCKHOLT, JURGEN (Germ.). Mint-master at Liibeck, 530-1544.