ANDRES, JOHANN (Swiss). Mint-master of Lucerne and Uri, 1549-1552. His name appears on some documents as Enders.
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
Mint master:
In medieval and early modern Germany, the Münzmeister ("mint master", the Latin term is monetarius) was the director or administrator of a mint, a moneyer with responsibility for the minting of coins, or specie. His duties were defined differently at different locations and ages.
ADRIANO FIORENTINO
ADRIANO FIORENTINO (Ital.). Medallist of the second half of the fifteenth century, who worked at Naples (1483-1495), Urbino (1495) and in Saxony, and died in 1499. He belonged to the Florentine family de' Maestri, and was a pupil of Bertoldo, whose works of sculpture he was employed to cast. As a Sculptor, he executed a bust, dated 1498, of Frederick the Wise of Saxony (now in the Albertinum at Dresden). Herr von Fabriczy has been able to identify Adriano Fiorentino as the author of several meda...
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ADRIANO FIORENTINO (Ital.). Medallist of the second half of the fifteenth century, who worked at Naples (1483-1495), Urbino (1495) and in Saxony, and died in 1499. He belonged to the Florentine family de' Maestri, and was a pupil of Bertoldo, whose works of sculpture he was employed to cast. As a Sculptor, he executed a bust, dated 1498, of Frederick the Wise of Saxony (now in the Albertinum at Dresden). Herr von Fabriczy has been able to identify Adriano Fiorentino as the author of several meda...
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ADZER, DANIEL JANSEN
ADZER, DANIEL JANSEN (Danish). Medallist of the end of the eighteenth century in the service of the Danish court ( † 1808). Born in Schleswig, he was educated at Rome as pensioner of the Royal Academy of Copenhagen, and studied under Hedlinger and Duvivier, whom he imitated. On his return home, he was appointed first Medallist to the King of Denmark. We may mention amongst the medals he engraved: Marriage of Sophia Magdalena with the Crown Prince Gustavus (III.) of Sweden, 1765;— Coronation of C...
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ADZER, DANIEL JANSEN (Danish). Medallist of the end of the eighteenth century in the service of the Danish court ( † 1808). Born in Schleswig, he was educated at Rome as pensioner of the Royal Academy of Copenhagen, and studied under Hedlinger and Duvivier, whom he imitated. On his return home, he was appointed first Medallist to the King of Denmark. We may mention amongst the medals he engraved: Marriage of Sophia Magdalena with the Crown Prince Gustavus (III.) of Sweden, 1765;— Coronation of C...
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AHLBORN, LEA
AHLBORN, LEA (Swed.). Born in 1826, she was the daughter of the celebrated Engraver Ludwig Persson Lundgren, under whom she learned the art. Amongst her first masters, Johan and Abraham Salmson, then Toussaint and Barre, the Paris sculptor and medallist, are the most conspicuous. In 1853 she succeeded her father as Engraver to the Swedish Mint, a post which she rilled until 1895. She married in 1854 a distinguished sculptor, Karl Ahlborn of Brunswick. Her death took place on the 31. March, 1895....
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AHLBORN, LEA (Swed.). Born in 1826, she was the daughter of the celebrated Engraver Ludwig Persson Lundgren, under whom she learned the art. Amongst her first masters, Johan and Abraham Salmson, then Toussaint and Barre, the Paris sculptor and medallist, are the most conspicuous. In 1853 she succeeded her father as Engraver to the Swedish Mint, a post which she rilled until 1895. She married in 1854 a distinguished sculptor, Karl Ahlborn of Brunswick. Her death took place on the 31. March, 1895....
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ACHESON JAMES
ACHESON or ACHESOUN, JAMES (Brit.). Moneyer (or Mint-master) at Edinburgh, 1525-1546, under James V. of Scotland. We read of his receiving on the 12th November 1526 an order to coin gold and silver money, and another, previously, on the 1st March 1525-6. Down to 1538, his name is several times mentioned in the accounts of the Lord High Treasurer under James V. ; it appears that the following year he refused to strike bawbees, ordered on the responsibility of the Laird of Sillebawby ; probably on...
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ACHESON or ACHESOUN, JAMES (Brit.). Moneyer (or Mint-master) at Edinburgh, 1525-1546, under James V. of Scotland. We read of his receiving on the 12th November 1526 an order to coin gold and silver money, and another, previously, on the 1st March 1525-6. Down to 1538, his name is several times mentioned in the accounts of the Lord High Treasurer under James V. ; it appears that the following year he refused to strike bawbees, ordered on the responsibility of the Laird of Sillebawby ; probably on...
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