CONTI, ANTONIO (Ital.). Coin-engraver at the Papal Mint of Bologna, under Clement XI, and the Marquis Girolamo Bevilacqua, as Mint-master, March 1703 to April 1704. He succeeded Tommaso Bajard, and was followed by Antonio Maria Parmeggiani. Bibliography. — Francesco Malaguzzi, La Zecca di Bologna, Rivista italiana di Numismatica, 1898.
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.
CAUNOIS, FRANCOIS AUGUSTIN
CAUNOIS, FRANCOIS AUGUSTIN (French). Medallist ; born 12th June, 1787, died in 1859; pupil of Dejoux ; entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1813. He executed a large number of Portrait-medals, some of the best known of which are : Voltaire ; — Nicolas Boileau- Despréaux — Pierre Bayle ; — Condé; — Cuvier ; — Talma; — Foy; — Montlosier; — Michel de l'Hospital, &c. He contributed to Durand's " Series Numismatica Universalis Virorum Illustrium", to which belong the memorial medal of John Locke, the ...
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CAUNOIS, FRANCOIS AUGUSTIN (French). Medallist ; born 12th June, 1787, died in 1859; pupil of Dejoux ; entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1813. He executed a large number of Portrait-medals, some of the best known of which are : Voltaire ; — Nicolas Boileau- Despréaux — Pierre Bayle ; — Condé; — Cuvier ; — Talma; — Foy; — Montlosier; — Michel de l'Hospital, &c. He contributed to Durand's " Series Numismatica Universalis Virorum Illustrium", to which belong the memorial medal of John Locke, the ...
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CAVALLERINO, NICOLO
CAVALLERINO, NICOLO (Ital.). Goldsmith, Sculptor, and Medallist of Modena. His medals were executed circa 1535. Vedriani records that he presented a silver medal with portrait of Charles V. to that monarch, when at Modena on his way to be crowned at Bologna. The following medals are generally attributed to Cavallerino on the testimony of contemporary writers : Guido Rangoni, —Seigneur of Spilamberto, 1485-1539 (3 varieties, one illustrated).; Argentina Pallavicini, consort of Guido Rangoni, † 15...
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CAVALLERINO, NICOLO (Ital.). Goldsmith, Sculptor, and Medallist of Modena. His medals were executed circa 1535. Vedriani records that he presented a silver medal with portrait of Charles V. to that monarch, when at Modena on his way to be crowned at Bologna. The following medals are generally attributed to Cavallerino on the testimony of contemporary writers : Guido Rangoni, —Seigneur of Spilamberto, 1485-1539 (3 varieties, one illustrated).; Argentina Pallavicini, consort of Guido Rangoni, † 15...
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CAVALLI, GIAN MARCO
CAVALLI, GIAN MARCO (Ital.). Medallist of the sixteenth century, born at Mantua in 1450. He first worked at the court of Mantua, but was called to Hall in Tyrol in 1506. His name appears sometimes in German records as Johannes Marckus de Canalis. B. Beham Junr mentions that he executed in 1506 a medal of Maximilian I. on his second marriage with Maria Bianca Sforza, 1494, the portrait of the Emperor being taken from a painting by Ambrogio de Predis, 1502, and Half Thaler of the same monarch, wit...
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CAVALLI, GIAN MARCO (Ital.). Medallist of the sixteenth century, born at Mantua in 1450. He first worked at the court of Mantua, but was called to Hall in Tyrol in 1506. His name appears sometimes in German records as Johannes Marckus de Canalis. B. Beham Junr mentions that he executed in 1506 a medal of Maximilian I. on his second marriage with Maria Bianca Sforza, 1494, the portrait of the Emperor being taken from a painting by Ambrogio de Predis, 1502, and Half Thaler of the same monarch, wit...
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CAZIN, MICHEL
CAZIN, MICHEL (French). Contemporary Medallist, residing at Paris. Born at Paris, on the 12. April 1869; pupil of his father; exhibited at the Champ-Élysées, 1885-1889, and at the Champ de Mars since 1889 ; created officier d'Académie in 1894. The following medals by him are exhibited at the Luxembourg Museum at Paris : Medal for the Orphanage of Arts (illustrated); — A survivor of the Grande Armée ; — Pierre Marie Lepr?tre ; — A philosopher ; — Portrait of a child ; — Antoine Delhaye ; — Hyacin...
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CAZIN, MICHEL (French). Contemporary Medallist, residing at Paris. Born at Paris, on the 12. April 1869; pupil of his father; exhibited at the Champ-Élysées, 1885-1889, and at the Champ de Mars since 1889 ; created officier d'Académie in 1894. The following medals by him are exhibited at the Luxembourg Museum at Paris : Medal for the Orphanage of Arts (illustrated); — A survivor of the Grande Armée ; — Pierre Marie Lepr?tre ; — A philosopher ; — Portrait of a child ; — Antoine Delhaye ; — Hyacin...
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