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{{Person
|name= Raphael David Maklouf
|nationality= {{flag|Israel}} [[Israel]]<br/>{{flag|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom]]
|born= [[December 10]], [[1937]], {{wp|en|Jerusalem}}
|occupation= Sculptor
|affiliations= *[[Royal Mint]]
*{{wp|en|Royal Society of Arts}}
*{{wp|en|Royal Society of British Sculptors}}
}}
'''Raphael David Maklouf''' is an [[Israel|Israeli]]-born [[United Kingdom|British]] sculptor, possibly most well known for designing the [[Elizabeth II on coins|effigy]] of {{wp|en|Monarchy of the United Kingdom|Queen}} {{wp|en|Elizabeth II}} used on the [[coin]]s of many [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] nations from [[1985]] to [[1997]].

==Biography==
[[File:Maklouf queen portrait.jpg|left|thumb|130px|Maklouf's portrait of Elizabeth]]
Raphael Maklouf was born on [[December 10]], [[1937]] in {{wp|en|Jerusalem}}, the son of Samuel Maklouf (1911&ndash;1990) and Leonid Maklouf (ca. 1913&ndash;?). He emigrated with his family to the United Kingdom after {{wp|en|World War II}}. Here, Maklouf began sculpting at thirteen years old, and was taught at the {{wp|en|Camberwell College of Arts}} from the time he was sixteen until [[1958]]. Afterward, he became an academic lecturer for ten years. Maklouf was made a fellow of the {{wp|en|Royal Society of Arts}} in 1977, and elected as an Associate of the {{wp|en|Royal Society of British Sculptors}} in 1979. 

During [[1982]], the [[Royal Mint]] beseeched seventeen artists to submit models of Queen Elizabeth II to be considered a replacement for [[Arnold Machin]]'s then-outdated likeness of the queen on Commonwealth coinage. Thirty-eight models were considered by the Royal Mint Advisory Committee on the Design of Coins, Medals, Seals and Decorations, and they ultimately selected two models designed by Maklouf, one of which was intended for circulation coinage, while the other was for [[commemorative coin|commemorative coinage]]. Upon Queen Elizabeth's approval, the designs began being used on Commonwealth coinage on [[January 1]], 1985, and continued until [[1997]]. Maklouf is currently affiliated with [[Tower Mint, Ltd.]], which continues to mint [[Gibraltar|Gibraltarian]] coins bearing Maklouf's own likeness of Elizabeth II on the obverse. 

Maklouf is additionally known for his sculptural design representing the fifteen {{wp|en|Stations of the Cross}} in {{wp|en|Brentwood Cathedral}}.

==References==
*{{Wikipedia-link|en|Raphael Maklouf}}
*[http://www.24carat.co.uk/frame.php?url=raphaelmaklouf.html Raphael Maklouf]
*[http://www.ramint.gov.au/designs/obverse/maklouf.cfm Royal Australian Mint &ndash; Raphael David Maklouf FRSA (1985-1998)]

{{Succession box
|title= Obverse sculptor of the pound sterling
|years= [[1985]]
|before= [[Arnold Machin]]
|before-years= [[1965]]
|after= [[Ian Rank-Broadley]]
|after-years= [[1998]]
}}

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