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Born at Liege, Duvivier was a student of his father Gandolphe. In 1710/11 he went to Paris, where he was active as a copperplate engraver until 1714, when, under the influence of his patron, Jean-Baptiste de Valdor, he turned to medals. He succeeded Mauger at the medal mint in 1719, remaining there until 1729. A dispute with Bouchardon caused him to lose the king's patronage in 1738, but he returned to court in 1748. A prolific medalist, Duvivier designed over 400 medals and engraved portraits of Louis XV at seventeen different ages. See Forrer i, pp. 683-85; 6, pp. 293-96; Thieme-Becker 10, pp. 252-53; H. Nocq, Les Duvivier, Paris 1911 --- from The Molinari Collection, Andrea S. Norris and Ingrid Weber, Published by Bowdoin College, 1976