BYLAND, JACOB VAN (Belg.) Mint-master at Antwerp, in conjunction with Robert van Eckeren, circa 1580.
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.
BREHMER, FRIEDRICH
BREHMER, FRIEDRICH (Germ.). Sculptor and Medallist, born on the 25th of November 1815, died at Hanover on the 2nd February 1889. He was appointed Mint-engraver and Medallist at the Royal Mint of Hanover in 1846. His bust of King Ernest Augustus, which appears on the Hanoverian coins from 1848 to 1851 and also on medals, as those commemorating the 81st Birthday of the Sovereign, 1851, and the Inauguration of the Ernest Augustus Monument at Hanover, 1861, is considered amongst the best works of th...
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BREHMER, FRIEDRICH (Germ.). Sculptor and Medallist, born on the 25th of November 1815, died at Hanover on the 2nd February 1889. He was appointed Mint-engraver and Medallist at the Royal Mint of Hanover in 1846. His bust of King Ernest Augustus, which appears on the Hanoverian coins from 1848 to 1851 and also on medals, as those commemorating the 81st Birthday of the Sovereign, 1851, and the Inauguration of the Ernest Augustus Monument at Hanover, 1861, is considered amongst the best works of th...
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BREITHUT, PETER
BREITHUT, PETER (Austrian). Contemporary Medallist, born at Krems, on the 13th of June, 1869, and residing now at Vienna. He was apprenticed as a goldsmith to his father, and studied modelling and chasing under Professor Schwartz. He is one of the leading Viennese artists, who with such masters as Anton Scharff, Stephan Schwartz, Pawlik, and others rank second only to the French medallists. Ritter von Loehr commends Breithuts' work very highly. Amongst his latest works. I may mention : 1896. Por...
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BREITHUT, PETER (Austrian). Contemporary Medallist, born at Krems, on the 13th of June, 1869, and residing now at Vienna. He was apprenticed as a goldsmith to his father, and studied modelling and chasing under Professor Schwartz. He is one of the leading Viennese artists, who with such masters as Anton Scharff, Stephan Schwartz, Pawlik, and others rank second only to the French medallists. Ritter von Loehr commends Breithuts' work very highly. Amongst his latest works. I may mention : 1896. Por...
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BRENET, LOUIS
BRENET, LOUIS (French). Son of Nicolas Guy Antoine Brenet. Medallist and painter ; he was a pupil of Bridan and Bosio. Born at Paris in 1798, he carried the second prize in 1823 for medal-engraving : Paris hurling the arrow which wounded Achilles's heel. One of the medals in Mudie's National Series, Admiral Lord Exmouth, 1816, is signed by this artist (N° 39). Bibliography. — Dr F. P. Weber, op. cit. — R. Marx, Les Médailleurs francais, Paris, 1897. L. Forrer. — Biographical Notices of Medallist...
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BRENET, LOUIS (French). Son of Nicolas Guy Antoine Brenet. Medallist and painter ; he was a pupil of Bridan and Bosio. Born at Paris in 1798, he carried the second prize in 1823 for medal-engraving : Paris hurling the arrow which wounded Achilles's heel. One of the medals in Mudie's National Series, Admiral Lord Exmouth, 1816, is signed by this artist (N° 39). Bibliography. — Dr F. P. Weber, op. cit. — R. Marx, Les Médailleurs francais, Paris, 1897. L. Forrer. — Biographical Notices of Medallist...
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BRENET, NICOLAS GUY ANTOINE
BRENET, NICOLAS GUY ANTOINE (French). Medallist born at Paris in 1773 ; pupil of Girod and Gatteaux; died in the same city in 1846. He largely contributed to the Napoleonic series of medals, executed under the direction of Denon ; over 50 are by him; the following pieces are well-known : 1803. École de Pharmacie, Paris; — 1804. Law School of Paris, jeton ; — Plan for multiplying Dies, by Dupeyrat; — The Civil Code (2 var.); — 1804, Coronation Festivities (2 var.) ; — Napoleon's Preserving Fortun...
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BRENET, NICOLAS GUY ANTOINE (French). Medallist born at Paris in 1773 ; pupil of Girod and Gatteaux; died in the same city in 1846. He largely contributed to the Napoleonic series of medals, executed under the direction of Denon ; over 50 are by him; the following pieces are well-known : 1803. École de Pharmacie, Paris; — 1804. Law School of Paris, jeton ; — Plan for multiplying Dies, by Dupeyrat; — The Civil Code (2 var.); — 1804, Coronation Festivities (2 var.) ; — Napoleon's Preserving Fortun...
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