Frédéric-Jules Rudolphi

Born in Copenhagen in 1808, Frédéric-Jules Rudolphi settled in Paris around 1835 and became workshop head to the goldsmith Charles-Louis Wagner, whose business he took over in 1842. A master of the historicist Gothic Revival and Renaissance styles, he won medals in London in 1851 and in Paris in 1855 and 1867. His works are held by the Louvre, the Musée d'Orsay and the Victoria and Albert Museum.