Alphée & Henri DUBOIS

Alphée Dubois


Born in 1831, died in 1905, his father, Eugène Dubois, was already a highly considered medal engraver.

He studied engraving under his father’s tutorship, and was also a pupil of Duret and J.-J. Barre.

In 1855, he won the Roman grand prize. He stayed five years in Rome.

When he came back, he made two official medals: “the Pope Pie the 6th blessing the Imperial Prince” and “The welcoming of the Siamese ambassadors at Fontainebleau”.

He was exhibited in various “Salons” and was a member of the jury, being far beyond competition, at the “Exposition Universelle” of 1900.

We owe him, apart from medals, a pediment decorating one of the doors of the “Salle des Prévôts” at the Parisian city hall.

Henri Dubois

Born in 1859, son of the medal maker Alphée Dubois, he was his pupil as well as Chapu and Falguière’s.
Second grand prize in Rome in 1883.