Josèphe Jacquiot
Josèphe Jacquiot | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 April 1910 Loches, France |
| Died | 2 August 1995 (aged 85) Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France |
| Resting place | Perrusson |
| Monuments | Musée municipal Josèphe Jacquiot |
| Education | École du Louvre |
| Occupations | Numismatist, politician |
Josèphe Jacquiot (French pronunciation: [ʒozɛf ʒakio]; 24 April 1910 – 2 August 1995) was a French Resistance fighter, numismatist, and politician. Noted for her work on the medals of Louis XIV and Louis XV, she was also the founder of the first co-educational school in the Île-de-France and a museum in her home of Montgeron; she also served as mayor of the town. The museum was later renamed in her honour as Musée Josèphe Jacquiot.
Biography
Jacquiot was born on 24 April 1910 in Loches.[1] Her family moved to Montgeron after the death of her father in 1938.[2] She graduated from higher education in history and geography from the École du Louvre.[1] During the Second World War she joined the local Resistance.[2]
In May 1945 Jacquiot was elected mayor of Montgeron.[3] A result of this election meant she became one of the first female mayors in France.[3] Her tenure as mayor lasted for two years, during which time she requisitioned housing for refugees and created free medical care for some of the poorest people in the town.[2] She lost the 1947 election.[2] In 1949 she founded the first school in the Île-de-France area that was also co-educational.[2]
After she lost the mayoral election, she continued her studies and forged a career in numismatics, becoming a renowned authority on medals.[2] In 1959 she was appointed as a curator at the Cabinet des médailles in Paris.[1][2][4] She was also a lecturer at the École du Louvre and the Monnaie de Paris.[2] She drew on her expertise to study Claude François Menestrier's 1691 work on medals and jetons, and its subsequent editions.[5] She was an expert on the medals of Louis XIV, as well as satirical medals of the era.[6] Her work on the catalogue of medals of Louis XV was praised by Mark P. Jones as providing "enlightening notes, and detailed bibliographies".[7]
She was also the founder of the Montgeron History Society, and its first president.[2] She also founded the municipal museum of Montgeron and became its curator in 1993.[2][8] Jacquiot died on 2 August 1995; she is buried in Perrusson.[9]
Legacy
Jacquiot bequeathed her medal collection to Montgeron's museum, which was subsequently renamed in her honour as Musée Josèphe Jacquiot.[2] As of 2024, Jacquiot's work as a numismatist continued to influence the field.[9]
Selected works
- Médailles et jetons gravés en taille directe (1971, Paris: Hôtel de la Monnaie)
- La littérature et les médailles. In: Cahiers de l'Association internationale des études francaises, 1972, 24. pp. 201–213.[10]
- Le talisman offert à Louis XIV et le carré magique au XVIIe siècle. In: Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 113ᵉ année, 1, 1969. pp. 18-34.[11]
- Jacquiot, J. (1986). La valeur d'information des médailles frappées en France et à l'Étranger, à l'occasion, ou à la suite de l'Édit de Fontainebleau. Bulletin de La Société de l'Histoire Du Protestantisme Français (1903-), 132, 63–78.[12]
- Jacquiot, J. (1971). Dessins inédits d'Etienne Delaune pour des médailles et pour des jetons, conservés à l'Ashmolean Museum d'Oxford (résumé). Bulletin de la Société nationale des Antiquaires de France, 1969(1), 271–272.[13]
References
- ^ a b c Jacquiot, Josèphe (1910–1995). Bibliothèque nationale de France.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k à 19h21, Par Cécile Chevallier Le 19 avril 2018 (19 April 2018). "SERIE. Ces Essonniennes ont du talent : Josèphe Jacquiot, première femme maire de Montgeron". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 24 October 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Moghaddam, Fiona (2 March 2020). "En 1945, les premières femmes élues maires en France". France Culture (in French). Retrieved 24 October 2025.
- ^ Desmas, Anne-Lise; Kopp, Édouard; Scherf, Guilhem; Trey, Juliette (10 January 2017). Bouchardon: Royal Artist of the Enlightenment. Getty Publications. ISBN 978-1-60606-506-8.
- ^ Saunders, Alison M.; Davidson, Peter (2005). Visual Words and Verbal Pictures: Essays in Honour of Michael Bath. Librairie Droz. ISBN 978-0-85261-814-1.
- ^ Himelfarb, H. (1996). Josephe Jacquiot. Cahiers Saint-Simon , 24 (1), 134–135.
- ^ Jones, Mark P. (1977). "Review of Louis XV. Un moment de perfection de l'art Français. Hotel de la Monnaie". The Numismatic Chronicle (1966–). 17 (137): 246–247. ISSN 0078-2696. JSTOR 42666614.
- ^ "D'une collection d'art égyptien à la forêt de Sénart… une agréable balade à Montgeron, dans l'Essonne". www.telerama.fr (in French). 24 May 2025. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
- ^ a b "Femmes d'exception du Sud Touraine (6/8). Josèphe Jacquiot, de la rue Porte- Poitevine à la Bibliothèque nationale". renaissancelochoise.com (in French). 19 August 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
- ^ Jacquiot, Josèphe (1972). "La littérature et les médailles". Cahiers de l'AIEF. 24 (1): 201–213. doi:10.3406/caief.1972.1010.
- ^ Jacquiot, Josèphe (1969). "Le talisman offert à Louis XIV et le carré magique au XVIIe siècle". Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. 113 (1): 18–34. doi:10.3406/crai.1969.12328.
- ^ Jacquiot, Josèphe (1986). "La valeur d'information des médailles frappées en France et à l'Étranger, à l'occasion, ou à la suite de l'Édit de Fontainebleau". Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire du Protestantisme Français (1903–). 132: 63–78. ISSN 0037-9050. JSTOR 24296643.
- ^ Jacquiot, Josèphe (1971). "Dessins inédits d'Etienne Delaune pour des médailles et pour des jetons, conservés à l'Ashmolean Museum d'Oxford (résumé)". Bulletin de la Société nationale des Antiquaires de France. 1969 (1): 271–272. doi:10.3406/bsnaf.1971.2229.