- Joseph Roettiers
Joseph Roettiers (1635-1703) was a Flemish medallist active in
England andFrance , and a member of the celebrated Roettier family ofgoldsmith s,silversmith s, and engravers.Roettiers was the son of Philip Roettiers, brother of
John Roettiers (1631-1703) and Philip Roettiers (1640-1718), and the father ofJoseph-Charles Roettiers (1693-1779), all of whom were medallists whether inEngland or inFrance .Roettiers served as assistant engraver at the British
Royal Mint 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 1694-1703, and later "Primier graveur de l’Histoire en Medailles", and was one the first artists to contribute to Louis XIV's series of medals (begun in 1680), in collaboration withJean Mauger ,Henri Roussel ,Michel Molart , and others.
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