BENOIST, MICHEL (French). Native of Avignon, Mint-master at Sisteron, 1592-1593.
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.
BARRE, JEAN JACQUES
BARRE, JEAN JACQUES (French). Born 3. Aug. 1793, died 10. June 1855. Medallist, and " Graveur general des Medailles " from 1842 to 1855. He was apprenticed to Thiolier at the age of seventeen, and there made such rapid progress that his first exhibit at the Salon of 1819 met with great success. From that time until his death, scarcely a year elapsed without some work of his, medals, portraits, coins, dies, &c, appearing at the annual Fine Art Exhibitions at Paris. In 1834 he was entrusted with t...
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BARRE, JEAN JACQUES (French). Born 3. Aug. 1793, died 10. June 1855. Medallist, and " Graveur general des Medailles " from 1842 to 1855. He was apprenticed to Thiolier at the age of seventeen, and there made such rapid progress that his first exhibit at the Salon of 1819 met with great success. From that time until his death, scarcely a year elapsed without some work of his, medals, portraits, coins, dies, &c, appearing at the annual Fine Art Exhibitions at Paris. In 1834 he was entrusted with t...
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BARTELS
BARTELS (?), BARTOLD (Germ.). Mint-master to the Dukes of Brunswick-Luneburg, first half of the seventeenth century; 1620- 1624, Mint-master at Lauenburg; 1626, at Winsen; 1630, at Harburg. He was son-in-law of the Lüneburg Mint-master, Jonas Georgens. There is a medal of Julius Heinrich von Lauenburg, dated 1626, which is attributed to him, on the ground of similarity of work between this piece and the monetary issues of Duke Julius Ernest of Braunschweig-Dannenberg (illustrated). Bibliography....
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BARTELS (?), BARTOLD (Germ.). Mint-master to the Dukes of Brunswick-Luneburg, first half of the seventeenth century; 1620- 1624, Mint-master at Lauenburg; 1626, at Winsen; 1630, at Harburg. He was son-in-law of the Lüneburg Mint-master, Jonas Georgens. There is a medal of Julius Heinrich von Lauenburg, dated 1626, which is attributed to him, on the ground of similarity of work between this piece and the monetary issues of Duke Julius Ernest of Braunschweig-Dannenberg (illustrated). Bibliography....
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BARYE, ANTOINE LOUIS
BARYE, ANTOINE LOUIS (French). Sculptor, Painter and Medallist. Born 24. Sept. 1795 ; died 27. June 1875. Pupil of Bosio and Gros, he first worked under Fourier. He entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1818, and in 1820 obtained the second prize at the Concours de Rome for his Cain cursed by God; the previous year, a medal representing Milo of Croton torn by lions had won him the third prize. He went to Rome, then entered the workshop of the goldsmith Fauconnier, where he was employed to model st...
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BARYE, ANTOINE LOUIS (French). Sculptor, Painter and Medallist. Born 24. Sept. 1795 ; died 27. June 1875. Pupil of Bosio and Gros, he first worked under Fourier. He entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1818, and in 1820 obtained the second prize at the Concours de Rome for his Cain cursed by God; the previous year, a medal representing Milo of Croton torn by lions had won him the third prize. He went to Rome, then entered the workshop of the goldsmith Fauconnier, where he was employed to model st...
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BASSI, GIAN MARIA
BASSI, GIAN MARIA (Ital.). Sculptor and Medallist at Bologna, during the latter end of the seventeenth century. He is supposed to have executed some medals ; that of the Bolognese Scholar Paolo Masini, whose Bologna illustrata appeared in 1666, is generally attributed to him ; it bears a portrait, and the signature G.M.B.F. Better known are his terra-cotta groups of the Holy Family in the archiepiscopal palace of Bologna, and his statues at the Church degli Angeli in the same city. Bassi engrave...
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BASSI, GIAN MARIA (Ital.). Sculptor and Medallist at Bologna, during the latter end of the seventeenth century. He is supposed to have executed some medals ; that of the Bolognese Scholar Paolo Masini, whose Bologna illustrata appeared in 1666, is generally attributed to him ; it bears a portrait, and the signature G.M.B.F. Better known are his terra-cotta groups of the Holy Family in the archiepiscopal palace of Bologna, and his statues at the Church degli Angeli in the same city. Bassi engrave...
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