CHARBONNEAU, PHILIPPE (Swiss). Mint-master at Geneva, 20th October, 1559 to 20th January, 1564. A Thaler of 1562, and a Dicken of 1561, in the Wunderly collection , were probably engraved by him.
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.
HOFFMANN, GEORG FRANZ
HOFFMANN, GEORG FRANZ (Austr.). Mint-engraver at Breslau ; brother of the Viennese Medallist Joh. Mich. Hoffmann, and father of Carl Conrad H. He worked at Oppeln, Brieg and Breslau. His initials G. H. occur on the Breslau Thalers of 1709 (Schulthess 413) and on numerous coins of Leopold I. (Schulthess 369, 370, 374). The period of his activity as an Engraver is comprised between circa 1660 and 1710. I have met with his signature G F H on a 1666 Thaler of Christian, Duke of Silesia-Liegnitz ; an...
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HOFFMANN, GEORG FRANZ (Austr.). Mint-engraver at Breslau ; brother of the Viennese Medallist Joh. Mich. Hoffmann, and father of Carl Conrad H. He worked at Oppeln, Brieg and Breslau. His initials G. H. occur on the Breslau Thalers of 1709 (Schulthess 413) and on numerous coins of Leopold I. (Schulthess 369, 370, 374). The period of his activity as an Engraver is comprised between circa 1660 and 1710. I have met with his signature G F H on a 1666 Thaler of Christian, Duke of Silesia-Liegnitz ; an...
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HOFFMANN, JACOB (2.)
HOFFMANN, JACOB (Germ.). Goldsmith of Nuremberg; died in 1564. Neudörffer states that he was an experienced Modeller, but Erman has not met with any medal by him, with the exception perhaps of a portrait of the artist himself, dated 1560, which stands alone in style and cannot be attributed to any of the known Medallists. Blanchet names this artist in his list of Nuremberg six- teenth century Medallists. "Hoffmann", says Bolzenthal, " was highly skilled in carving and casting counterfeits and co...
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HOFFMANN, JACOB (Germ.). Goldsmith of Nuremberg; died in 1564. Neudörffer states that he was an experienced Modeller, but Erman has not met with any medal by him, with the exception perhaps of a portrait of the artist himself, dated 1560, which stands alone in style and cannot be attributed to any of the known Medallists. Blanchet names this artist in his list of Nuremberg six- teenth century Medallists. "Hoffmann", says Bolzenthal, " was highly skilled in carving and casting counterfeits and co...
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HOFFMANN, JOHANN MICHAEL
HOFFMANN, JOHANN MICHAEL (Austr.). Mint-engraver at Vienna, from May 29 1680 to 1733. On a document of 1683 he is styled " kayserl. Siegel und Wappensteinschneider ". By him are the following coins and medals : Thalers and Half Thalers of various dates (Austrian currency); — Medal on the Siege of Vienna by the Turks (3 types); — Medal of 1685 on the War against the Turks ; — Thaler of Prince John Adolph von Schwarzenberg, 1682; — Thaler of Prince Ferdinand William Eusebius of Schwarzenberg, Land...
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HOFFMANN, JOHANN MICHAEL (Austr.). Mint-engraver at Vienna, from May 29 1680 to 1733. On a document of 1683 he is styled " kayserl. Siegel und Wappensteinschneider ". By him are the following coins and medals : Thalers and Half Thalers of various dates (Austrian currency); — Medal on the Siege of Vienna by the Turks (3 types); — Medal of 1685 on the War against the Turks ; — Thaler of Prince John Adolph von Schwarzenberg, 1682; — Thaler of Prince Ferdinand William Eusebius of Schwarzenberg, Land...
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HÖGH, WILHELM P. C.
HÖGH, WILHELM P. C. (Germ.). Ivory-carver, born in Hamburg, 1846 ; came to England, 1866. After having for some time devoted himself to the more commercial side of his art he afterwards, since 1876, applied himself to Miniature-sculpture and Carving of Portraits in ivory. Members of the Royal Family, the Nobility, and several Lord Mayors and City magnates are in possession of some of his most successful Carvings. Among his Statuettes may be mentioned : " Grace Darling "; — " Dick Whittington" ; ...
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HÖGH, WILHELM P. C. (Germ.). Ivory-carver, born in Hamburg, 1846 ; came to England, 1866. After having for some time devoted himself to the more commercial side of his art he afterwards, since 1876, applied himself to Miniature-sculpture and Carving of Portraits in ivory. Members of the Royal Family, the Nobility, and several Lord Mayors and City magnates are in possession of some of his most successful Carvings. Among his Statuettes may be mentioned : " Grace Darling "; — " Dick Whittington" ; ...
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