BIRAN, MATHIEU DE (French). Mint-master at Bayonne, before 1535.
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.
BELTRAMI, GIOVANNI
BELTRAMI, GIOVANNI (Ital.). Gem-engraver, born at Cremona in 1777, where he died in April 1854. He studied under the painter Giacomo Guerrini. His father was a jeweller, and it was for him that he first began cutting stones. Thanks to an uncommon gift in that particular branch, his fame soon spread, and orders came to him from various parts. In 1815 he cut a cameo for the Empress of Austria bearing a portrait of her father, the King of Bavaria, and ten years later another with a bust of her cons...
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BELTRAMI, GIOVANNI (Ital.). Gem-engraver, born at Cremona in 1777, where he died in April 1854. He studied under the painter Giacomo Guerrini. His father was a jeweller, and it was for him that he first began cutting stones. Thanks to an uncommon gift in that particular branch, his fame soon spread, and orders came to him from various parts. In 1815 he cut a cameo for the Empress of Austria bearing a portrait of her father, the King of Bavaria, and ten years later another with a bust of her cons...
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BEMME, JOHANNES ADRIAANSZOON
BEMME, JOHANNES ADRIAANSZOON (Dutch). Son of the preceding, born at Rotterdam in 1775, died in 1840. He was a pupil of A. C. Hauch and Dirk Langendyck. He is best known as a copper-plate engraver, although some of his medals are very fine, e.g. : Death of the Founder of the Society " tot Nut van Algemeen " 1806 ; — Battle of Quatrebras, 1815 ; — Third Centenary of the Reformation, 1817; — Death of Prince Willem's widow, 1820; — Prize medal of the Society " Hierdoor tot Hooger", at Rotterdam; — D...
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BEMME, JOHANNES ADRIAANSZOON (Dutch). Son of the preceding, born at Rotterdam in 1775, died in 1840. He was a pupil of A. C. Hauch and Dirk Langendyck. He is best known as a copper-plate engraver, although some of his medals are very fine, e.g. : Death of the Founder of the Society " tot Nut van Algemeen " 1806 ; — Battle of Quatrebras, 1815 ; — Third Centenary of the Reformation, 1817; — Death of Prince Willem's widow, 1820; — Prize medal of the Society " Hierdoor tot Hooger", at Rotterdam; — D...
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BENOIST, ANTOINE
BENOIST, ANTOINE (French). Painter, and Modeller in wax, 1632- 1717. In the Palace of Versailles there is a medallion in wax of Louis XIV. by this artist. " He was the most distinguished of seventeenth century wax modellers, and Louis XIV. appointed him as "unique sculpteur en cire coloriée". What renders the personality of Benoist of peculiar interest to English connoisseurs is the fact that he was summoned to the court of James II., and is said to have executed wax portraits of most ot the cel...
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BENOIST, ANTOINE (French). Painter, and Modeller in wax, 1632- 1717. In the Palace of Versailles there is a medallion in wax of Louis XIV. by this artist. " He was the most distinguished of seventeenth century wax modellers, and Louis XIV. appointed him as "unique sculpteur en cire coloriée". What renders the personality of Benoist of peculiar interest to English connoisseurs is the fact that he was summoned to the court of James II., and is said to have executed wax portraits of most ot the cel...
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BENSHEIMER, JOHANN
BENSHEIMER, JOHANN (Germ.). Medallist, Designer and Engraver of Breslau, between 1685 and 1693. His signature I B. appears on a medal, struck probably in 1666, of the Empress Margaret Theresa of Austria, second consort of Leopold I. By him are also two large medals of John George II. of Saxony, 1658, and Leopold I. ; others commemorating the Peace of Oliva, 1660, with view of the city of Danzig; — Baptismal and Religious Medals, Love tokens, &c. This copper-plate engraver's name appears also as ...
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BENSHEIMER, JOHANN (Germ.). Medallist, Designer and Engraver of Breslau, between 1685 and 1693. His signature I B. appears on a medal, struck probably in 1666, of the Empress Margaret Theresa of Austria, second consort of Leopold I. By him are also two large medals of John George II. of Saxony, 1658, and Leopold I. ; others commemorating the Peace of Oliva, 1660, with view of the city of Danzig; — Baptismal and Religious Medals, Love tokens, &c. This copper-plate engraver's name appears also as ...
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