CREITZ, JOHANN (Germ.). Mint-master at Culmbach, 30. July 1621 — 30. December 1621.
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.
CNEIUS
CNEIUS or GNAIOS (Greek). There are some authentic gems engraved by this artist : thus an intaglio in aqua-marine representing the head of Herakles, with the signature ?NAIOC (Orsini Collection, now in the British Museum), and two other gems, — considered genuine by Furtwaengler, — only known by two pastes, one in the Berlin Cabinet, The Rape of the Palladium, and the other, in the Marlborough Collection (now dispersed), Standing Athlete, a copy of the statue by some artist of the school of Poly...
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CNEIUS or GNAIOS (Greek). There are some authentic gems engraved by this artist : thus an intaglio in aqua-marine representing the head of Herakles, with the signature ?NAIOC (Orsini Collection, now in the British Museum), and two other gems, — considered genuine by Furtwaengler, — only known by two pastes, one in the Berlin Cabinet, The Rape of the Palladium, and the other, in the Marlborough Collection (now dispersed), Standing Athlete, a copy of the statue by some artist of the school of Poly...
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CODORÉ
CODORÉ or COLDORÉ, OLIVIER (French). A distinguished Gemengraver, who enjoyed the patronage of Henry IV. and-Louis XIII. Most of the camei and intagli of the Cabinet des Médailles at Paris, which were engraved by order of the King at the end of the sixteenth and beginning of the seventeenth centuries are works of Codoré, J. de Fontenay, and G. Dupré. It is difficult, and probably impossible, to fix the work of each of these artists separately, but among Codoré's productions are the following : A...
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CODORÉ or COLDORÉ, OLIVIER (French). A distinguished Gemengraver, who enjoyed the patronage of Henry IV. and-Louis XIII. Most of the camei and intagli of the Cabinet des Médailles at Paris, which were engraved by order of the King at the end of the sixteenth and beginning of the seventeenth centuries are works of Codoré, J. de Fontenay, and G. Dupré. It is difficult, and probably impossible, to fix the work of each of these artists separately, but among Codoré's productions are the following : A...
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COCHIN, DANIEL
COCHIN, DANIEL (Swiss). Medallist of Geneva, second half of the eighteenth century. His signature is found on a medal of 1768, truck in honour of the 24 Commissioners of the Republic of Geneva. He seems to have been established as a goldsmith in that city and to have produced occasionally some medallic works. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Bulletin suisse de numismatique, — 1892. — Tobler-Meyer, Die Wunderh v. Müralt Münz-und Medaillen-Sammlung, 1898. R. Stuart Poole, op. cit. — C. Brun,...
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COCHIN, DANIEL (Swiss). Medallist of Geneva, second half of the eighteenth century. His signature is found on a medal of 1768, truck in honour of the 24 Commissioners of the Republic of Geneva. He seems to have been established as a goldsmith in that city and to have produced occasionally some medallic works. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Bulletin suisse de numismatique, — 1892. — Tobler-Meyer, Die Wunderh v. Müralt Münz-und Medaillen-Sammlung, 1898. R. Stuart Poole, op. cit. — C. Brun,...
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COINCHON, JACQUES ANTOINE THÉODORE
COINCHON, JACQUES ANTOINE THÉODORE (French). Sculptor, born at Moulins (Allier) in 1814; pupil of David d'Angers. He is the author of some Portrait-medallions ; that of Sir Richard Wallace was exhibited at the Salon of 1873, and another of the same person in 1878; his medal entitled "Mercure Messager "obtained a Premiere Mention in 1877, and in 1881, the artist executed a portrait in marble of E. Geoffroy, a professor at the Pharmaceutical School of Paris. Bibliography. — Chavignerie et Auvray, ...
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COINCHON, JACQUES ANTOINE THÉODORE (French). Sculptor, born at Moulins (Allier) in 1814; pupil of David d'Angers. He is the author of some Portrait-medallions ; that of Sir Richard Wallace was exhibited at the Salon of 1873, and another of the same person in 1878; his medal entitled "Mercure Messager "obtained a Premiere Mention in 1877, and in 1881, the artist executed a portrait in marble of E. Geoffroy, a professor at the Pharmaceutical School of Paris. Bibliography. — Chavignerie et Auvray, ...
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