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NILIS, JACQUES (French). Medallist of the last quarter of the seventeenth century, about whom little is known, beyond that he engraved several medals of the series of Louis XIV., some of which are signed. His name occurs in documents of the Paris Mint archives, from 1688 to 1693. As Guiffrey suggests, it is possible that Nilis was a relative, and perhaps a brother-in-law of Joseph Roettier, whose first wife's name was Elizabeth Nilis. This artist's usual signature was N, but it also occurs in other forms : J. NILIS; — J. NILIS F. ; — I. NILIS; — NILIS, &c. By him are the following productions : Head of Louis XIV. (1688); — Battle of Cassel (1688); — Carousal on the King's Marriage (1693); — Nice and Mons captured on the same day; — . Laur. head of Louis XIV.; signed : J. NILIS F. (sev. var.) ; — Hercules breaking fasces; legend : vincit concordia fratrvm (copied from a puncheon by Warin) ; — Portrait of Louis XIV. ; signed : NILIS; — New Pavement of Paris (1669); — Capture of Bouchain ; — Bust of Louis XIV., with cloak fastened on shoulder; — Recovery of Louis XIV., 1687; — Portrait of the King, wearing laurel-wreath; signed : J. NILIS; — Taking of Bergen; obv. by De La Haye ; R. by Nilis, &c. The Mint inventory of 1698 mentions further about twenty Jetons, all signed N, with the interesting indication : Et cette lettre N qui désigne le graveur NILIS : Victory of the Downs; Victoria pacifera (1659) ; — Portrait of the Dauphiness; — R. of a Jeton, showing a Tree; Chara Jovi natoque ]ovis 1689; — Laureated head of King; Lud. magnus rex; — Another (1690); — Head of the Dauphiness ; — Laur. head of King (14 varieties) , &c. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — J. J. Guiffrey, La Monnaie des Médailles, Revue numismatique, 1889, pp. 442-446. — Blanchet, op. cit. — Catalogus, &c. — Rondot et De La Tour, op. cit. — Jules Chautard, Notes relatives aux graveurs de Jetons de Gal?res de Louis Georges, duc de Vendôme.
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
