Discover medalist, goldsmith, stone cutter Jan Roettiers

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: Roettiers, John
Roettiers, Jean

Monogram: IRF

Qualifications: medalist, goldsmith, stone cutter, court artist

Nationality/school: South Netherlandish

Born: Antwerp (city) 1631-07-04

Deceased: London (England) 1703
is said to have been buried in the Tower of London (Bingen 1952, p. 17)

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: Son of Phillip Roettiers (1596-1669) who was a medallist, engraver and goldsmith as well, and Elisabeth Tellier; they had 10 childeren. He was a brother of Phillippe II and Joseph Roettiers, all medallists and engravers. On 4 December 1658 me married Cornelie Prossthis sons James and Norbert Roettiers also became medallists and engravers, working in England and France.

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Antwerpen (stad)
Londen (Engeland) 1661 - 1673
After the Restoration by Charles II, Jan Roettiers emigrated to London in 1661-1662, together with his brother Joseph; their brother Philippe II joined them later. In London he became one of the most important engravers to the king, working in the English Mint for both Charles II (1630-1685) and James II (1685-1688) (Bingen 1952, p. 14-15, Hall 1970)
Brugge 1673
visited Flanders in 1673, in May or June (Bingen 1952, p. 16)
Gent 1673
Londen (Engeland) 1673 - 1703
lived in the Tower of London; after 1697 he retired in a house on Red Lion Square (Bingen 1952, p. 17)

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Literature

J. Bingen, Les Roettiers, graveurs en médaille des Pays-Bas méridionaux, Brussels 1952, passim, esp. p. 13-17
E. Hall, 'An Exemplar in Gold of Jan Roettier's Peace of Breda Medal', Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts 49 (1970), p. 36-42

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