BENEDICT BESCHEL. Mint-master at Saalfeld, 1588-1601.
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.
BARIER, FRANCOIS JULES
BARIER, FRANCOIS JULES (French). Born at Laval, 1680. Gemengraver, whose most admired portraits are those of the Marquis Rangoni and of Fontenelle. He executed also very beautiful and minute figures on cornelian and agate vases, and most worthy of admiration is a vase decoration representing Venus and Cupid. He was the ordinary court-engraver of Louis XV., and died at Paris in 1746. Voltaire names him in the following lines which he sent to a lady with a ring bearing his portrait engraved by Bar...
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BARIER, FRANCOIS JULES (French). Born at Laval, 1680. Gemengraver, whose most admired portraits are those of the Marquis Rangoni and of Fontenelle. He executed also very beautiful and minute figures on cornelian and agate vases, and most worthy of admiration is a vase decoration representing Venus and Cupid. He was the ordinary court-engraver of Louis XV., and died at Paris in 1746. Voltaire names him in the following lines which he sent to a lady with a ring bearing his portrait engraved by Bar...
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BARNABE, FELICE ANTONIO MARIA
BARNABE, FELICE ANTONIO MARIA (Ital.). Florentine Gemengraver of the early part of the eighteenth century. His works are generally signed ?E?I? and must not be confused with those of a Greek artist of that name, who lived in the first century of our era. Barnabe was born at Florence on the 27 July 1720, and learnt the art under F. Bombini, J. Fortini, and F. Ghingi; the last-named was a celebrated stone-cutter. He tried painting, but did not succeed, and on Hugford his master's sudden call to N...
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BARNABE, FELICE ANTONIO MARIA (Ital.). Florentine Gemengraver of the early part of the eighteenth century. His works are generally signed ?E?I? and must not be confused with those of a Greek artist of that name, who lived in the first century of our era. Barnabe was born at Florence on the 27 July 1720, and learnt the art under F. Bombini, J. Fortini, and F. Ghingi; the last-named was a celebrated stone-cutter. He tried painting, but did not succeed, and on Hugford his master's sudden call to N...
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BARON, VINCENT ALFRED
BARON, VINCENT ALFRED (French). Sculptor and dramatic artist, born at Meximieux (Ain), on the 11th of June, 1820. Pupil of Ramey and Jacquot. By him are the following Portrait-medallions : 1849, A. d'Houdetot; — M. Dumont; — Edmond Auduit; — Mme Clarisse Robert; — Debureau; — 1857, M. Cabanis; — M. Lireux; — MIIe de Vienne; — 1859 Dr Charles Caron des Villards; — Louis Vézu; — 1861, L. Craven; — General Count Boutourlin ; — Portraits of Children, &c. Bibliography. — Chavignerie et Auvray, op. ci...
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BARON, VINCENT ALFRED (French). Sculptor and dramatic artist, born at Meximieux (Ain), on the 11th of June, 1820. Pupil of Ramey and Jacquot. By him are the following Portrait-medallions : 1849, A. d'Houdetot; — M. Dumont; — Edmond Auduit; — Mme Clarisse Robert; — Debureau; — 1857, M. Cabanis; — M. Lireux; — MIIe de Vienne; — 1859 Dr Charles Caron des Villards; — Louis Vézu; — 1861, L. Craven; — General Count Boutourlin ; — Portraits of Children, &c. Bibliography. — Chavignerie et Auvray, op. ci...
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BARRE, ALBERT DÉSIRÉ
BARRE, ALBERT DÉSIRÉ (French), 1818-1878. Son of J.J. Barre, the " Graveur general at the Paris Mint ", whom he succeeded in this office in 1855. He first studied painting and was received in 1838 as a pupil of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and later on of P. Delaroche. After producing some noteworthy pictures, St. Christopher carrying the Infant Jesus (Salon of 1843), the Return of the Prodigal (S. 1846), Plautus, Latin comic poet (S. 1848), J.J. Rousseau at the age of sixteen, and mural frescoes f...
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BARRE, ALBERT DÉSIRÉ (French), 1818-1878. Son of J.J. Barre, the " Graveur general at the Paris Mint ", whom he succeeded in this office in 1855. He first studied painting and was received in 1838 as a pupil of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and later on of P. Delaroche. After producing some noteworthy pictures, St. Christopher carrying the Infant Jesus (Salon of 1843), the Return of the Prodigal (S. 1846), Plautus, Latin comic poet (S. 1848), J.J. Rousseau at the age of sixteen, and mural frescoes f...
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