CRONBERG, JOSEPH (Austr.). Mint-master at Vienna, 1766-1780.
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.
COLIBERT, J.
COLIBERT, J. (Swiss). Medallist of Geneva, during the second half of the eighteenth century. He engraved a medal commemorating the election by an assembly of 1000-1200 citizens of 24 deputies appointed to deal with the troubles of the Republic of Geneva in 1768. The obv. of this medal bears the inscription : VOUS VOYEZ, LEUR DIT-IL, L'EFFET DE LA CONCORDE, and on the R. the names of the deputies. A medal with bust of George II., dated MDCCLXXXXIX, with inscription on R. WHO REIGNS IN THE HEARTS ...
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COLIBERT, J. (Swiss). Medallist of Geneva, during the second half of the eighteenth century. He engraved a medal commemorating the election by an assembly of 1000-1200 citizens of 24 deputies appointed to deal with the troubles of the Republic of Geneva in 1768. The obv. of this medal bears the inscription : VOUS VOYEZ, LEUR DIT-IL, L'EFFET DE LA CONCORDE, and on the R. the names of the deputies. A medal with bust of George II., dated MDCCLXXXXIX, with inscription on R. WHO REIGNS IN THE HEARTS ...
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COLOMBES, MICHEL
COLOMBES, MICHEL (French). Sculptor, born in 1430, died in 1514. He designed a number of jetons or medals (60 gettoirs en or), which were engraved by the goldsmith Jean Papillon, and presented by the authorities of Tours to Louis XII. in 1498 (or 1501) on the King's visit to that city. Lenormant (Monnaies et Médailles, p. 282) gives also further information concerning this artist : "Le régne de Louis XII nous offre aussi la premiére médaille du nouveau systéme qui ait été frappée comme les monna...
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COLOMBES, MICHEL (French). Sculptor, born in 1430, died in 1514. He designed a number of jetons or medals (60 gettoirs en or), which were engraved by the goldsmith Jean Papillon, and presented by the authorities of Tours to Louis XII. in 1498 (or 1501) on the King's visit to that city. Lenormant (Monnaies et Médailles, p. 282) gives also further information concerning this artist : "Le régne de Louis XII nous offre aussi la premiére médaille du nouveau systéme qui ait été frappée comme les monna...
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COLYNS, NICOLAS
COLYNS, NICOLAS (Belg.). Goldsmith, and Engraver of the end of the fourteenth century. In 1395, he executed the seal of the town of Alost, for which he was paid the sum of 5 livres 12 sous of Flanders. The seal engraved by Colyns was 5 1/2 centimetres in diameter, and represented a male figure standing, armoured and helmeted, holding sword in left hand, and a banner in right; on the sides are two shields of arms of the Empire and of Flanders ; legend. Bibliography. — A. Pinchart, Graveurs be...
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COLYNS, NICOLAS (Belg.). Goldsmith, and Engraver of the end of the fourteenth century. In 1395, he executed the seal of the town of Alost, for which he was paid the sum of 5 livres 12 sous of Flanders. The seal engraved by Colyns was 5 1/2 centimetres in diameter, and represented a male figure standing, armoured and helmeted, holding sword in left hand, and a banner in right; on the sides are two shields of arms of the Empire and of Flanders ; legend. Bibliography. — A. Pinchart, Graveurs be...
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CONRADSEN, JOHANNES
CONRADSEN, JOHANNES (Danish). Medallist, born in 1782, died in 1856. He usually signed his productions I. C. or I. CONRADSEN, and he appears to have been employed at the Copenhagen Mint, 1809-1840. Conradsen engraved, amongst others, medals in honour of N. Treschow, a professor of philosophy at Christiania, and other Danish celebrities, also one to commemorate the Third Centenary of the Reformation, 1817, with bust of Luther, and another, struck at the Mint in 1822, on the visit of the Swedish C...
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CONRADSEN, JOHANNES (Danish). Medallist, born in 1782, died in 1856. He usually signed his productions I. C. or I. CONRADSEN, and he appears to have been employed at the Copenhagen Mint, 1809-1840. Conradsen engraved, amongst others, medals in honour of N. Treschow, a professor of philosophy at Christiania, and other Danish celebrities, also one to commemorate the Third Centenary of the Reformation, 1817, with bust of Luther, and another, struck at the Mint in 1822, on the visit of the Swedish C...
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