Nicolas-Pierre Tiolier (9May 178425September 1843) was a French sculptor and engraver of coins and medals.

Life

Nicolas-Pierre Tiolier was the son of

Pierre-Joseph Tiolier Pierre-Joseph Tiolier (17 March 1763 – 27 June 1819) was a French engraver who was appointed the 15th Engraver-General of France. Early years Pierre-Joseph Tiolier was born of French parents in London, England on 17 March 1763, the youngest ...

(1763–1819). He was born in Paris. He was a pupil of his father and of the engraver Romain-Vincent Jeuffroy (1749–1826) and the sculptor Claude Dejoux (1732–1816). The first competition of the

Prix de Rome The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...

was for a stone engraving of the seated Emperor

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crowned with laurels. On 25 June 1805 Nicolas-Pierre Tiolier, the sole candidate, won the prize. As a prize winner, Tiolier lived at the

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in Rome from 1806 to 1811. He made a portrait of

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. Nicolas-Pierre Tiolier succeeded his father as 16th general engraver of coins in September 1816. He held his position until the end of December 1842. Tolier was a

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. He was knighted in 1821. He engraved the seals of

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Charles X Charles X may refer to: * Charles X of France (1757–1836) * Charles X Gustav (1622–1660), King of Sweden * Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon (1523–1590), recognized as Charles X of France but renounced the royal title See also * * King Charle ...

and the

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, and also engraved medals for

Louis-Philippe Louis Philippe I (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850), nicknamed the Citizen King, was King of the French from 1830 to 1848, the penultimate monarch of France, and the last French monarch to bear the title "King". He abdicated from his throne ...

. Besides engraving coins and medals, Tiolier was a sculptor and engraver in stone. He was made a knight of the Legion of Honor in July 1825. Tiolier died in Paris in 1843 and is buried in the 25th division of the

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. He was succeeded as Graveur Général by

Jacques-Jean Barre Jacques-Jean Barre (3 August 1793 – 10 June 1855) was the 17th chief coin engraver (graveur général) at the Monnaie de Paris between 1842 and 1855. In this position, he engraved and designed French medals, the Great Seal of France, bank no ...

. He had one son and one daughter, but they left no descendants. File:La force asservie par l'amour.JPG, Force enslaved by love File:France 5 Francs 1820 Medallic Coin Antoine Roy.jpg, Medal of

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, Finance Minister of Louis XVIII

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tiolier, Nicolas-Pierre 1784 births 1853 deaths 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors French engravers Coin designers 19th-century French male artists