BIENER, HANS (Germ.). Coin-engraver at the Mint of Dresden, and later, Master of the Mint there. The memorial thaler of Duke Augustus of Saxony, 1586, was engraved by him. His monogram I-B appears on the currency of Dukes Augustus and Christian, 1553-1591. Biener's issues are signed HB, or H. B. or HB : thus the thalers of 1592, '3, '4, '5, '6, '7, '8, '9, 1600, '1, '2, '3, and '4 of Christian II, John George, and Augustus, Dukes of Saxony, 1591-1600. Bibliography. — J. u. A. Erbstein, Erörterungen auf dem Gebiete der Sächsischen Münz und Medaillen-Geschichte, Dresden, 1890.
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
BÉCHOT, MARC
BÉCHOT, MARC (French), 1520-1557. Pupil of Matteo del Nassaro of Verona, a Medallist in the employ of Francis I. From 1547 till his death, Bechot occupied the post of Engraver-general to the Mints of France. A counter of Francis II., as King of Scotland, 1559, engraved by this artist, mentioned as being rare, finds its place in English collections; other jetons are by him, as those of the Cour des Monnaies, 1552, and of Guillaume Bailly. The Ecus and Testons of 1549 and 1550 with crowned bust of...
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BÉCHOT, MARC (French), 1520-1557. Pupil of Matteo del Nassaro of Verona, a Medallist in the employ of Francis I. From 1547 till his death, Bechot occupied the post of Engraver-general to the Mints of France. A counter of Francis II., as King of Scotland, 1559, engraved by this artist, mentioned as being rare, finds its place in English collections; other jetons are by him, as those of the Cour des Monnaies, 1552, and of Guillaume Bailly. The Ecus and Testons of 1549 and 1550 with crowned bust of...
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BELIN, JEAN
BELIN, JEAN (Belg.). Engraver of coins at the Mints of Ghent and Bruges under Jean sans Peur, and before him, Philippe le Hardi. He is mentioned between 1403 and 1414. As a reward for his " good and agreeable services", the former Duke presented him in 1414 with a sum of 20 gold écus representing 30 livres of Flanders. It is probable that most of the coins of these two reigns were the work of this artist, who stands foremost amongst his contemporaries in the Netherlands. Bibliography. — Revue be...
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BELIN, JEAN (Belg.). Engraver of coins at the Mints of Ghent and Bruges under Jean sans Peur, and before him, Philippe le Hardi. He is mentioned between 1403 and 1414. As a reward for his " good and agreeable services", the former Duke presented him in 1414 with a sum of 20 gold écus representing 30 livres of Flanders. It is probable that most of the coins of these two reigns were the work of this artist, who stands foremost amongst his contemporaries in the Netherlands. Bibliography. — Revue be...
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BELL, JOHN
BELL, JOHN (Brit.). Contemporary Sculptor, born in Norfolk in 1811. He exhibited as early as 1832 a beautiful statue at the Royal Academy : The Maid at the Brook, which was followed by such works as The Last Kiss, the Star of Bethlehem, Andromeda, the statues of Lord Falkland and Horace Walpole, the Wellington Monument at the Guildhall, Group of the United States, the Prince Albert Monument, the Crimean Monument in Waterloo Place, &c. He designed a medal struck in commemoration of the Tercentena...
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BELL, JOHN (Brit.). Contemporary Sculptor, born in Norfolk in 1811. He exhibited as early as 1832 a beautiful statue at the Royal Academy : The Maid at the Brook, which was followed by such works as The Last Kiss, the Star of Bethlehem, Andromeda, the statues of Lord Falkland and Horace Walpole, the Wellington Monument at the Guildhall, Group of the United States, the Prince Albert Monument, the Crimean Monument in Waterloo Place, &c. He designed a medal struck in commemoration of the Tercentena...
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BELLANO, BARTHOLOMEO
BELLANO, BARTHOLOMEO (Ital.). Sculptor and Medallist of the second half of the fifteenth century. He was a pupil of Donatello during his sojourn at Padua, and collaborated in some of his greater works at Florence, as the Chancel of San Lorenzo. After Donatello's death, the artist went to Rome, where he cast medals for Pope Paul II., and executed a bronze statue of that Pontiff at Perugia; then he returned to his native town where in 1469 he was entrusted with the decoration of the church of San...
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BELLANO, BARTHOLOMEO (Ital.). Sculptor and Medallist of the second half of the fifteenth century. He was a pupil of Donatello during his sojourn at Padua, and collaborated in some of his greater works at Florence, as the Chancel of San Lorenzo. After Donatello's death, the artist went to Rome, where he cast medals for Pope Paul II., and executed a bronze statue of that Pontiff at Perugia; then he returned to his native town where in 1469 he was entrusted with the decoration of the church of San...
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