Jean-Pierre Montagny
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Jean-Pierre Montagny (31 July 1789 – 1862)[1] was a French medallist and coiner, one of the most notable such figures in the 19th-century Monnaie de Paris.
He was born at Saint-Étienne and studied under his father, Clément Montagny, and under the sculptor Pierre Cartellier.[2]
He produced several coins and medals in bronze, copper and tin on the main events in French history from 1800 to 1850 –including the inauguration of the July Column in 1840 – with his most-intense production being designs relating to the French Revolution of 1848.[3]
