CUNZELMANN (Germ.). Coin-engraver at the Mint of Zweibrücken, 1601-4.
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
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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CONSTANT, J. B. J.
CONSTANT, J. B. J. (French). Die-sinker of Bordeaux, of the nineteenth century. He engraved : Octagonal jeton of the Bank of Bordeaux ; — Octagonal Jeton of the Agents de change of Bordeaux ; — Octagonal Jeton of the Hospital of St Andrew at Bordeaux ; — Octagonal Jeton of the Conseil de surveillance of the Cattle Market at Bordeaux; — R. of the Medal of the Bordeaux Cattle Market; — R. of the Medal on the completion of the Bordeaux Exchange ; — R. of the Medal of the Philomatic Society of Borde...
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CONSTANT, J. B. J. (French). Die-sinker of Bordeaux, of the nineteenth century. He engraved : Octagonal jeton of the Bank of Bordeaux ; — Octagonal Jeton of the Agents de change of Bordeaux ; — Octagonal Jeton of the Hospital of St Andrew at Bordeaux ; — Octagonal Jeton of the Conseil de surveillance of the Cattle Market at Bordeaux; — R. of the Medal of the Bordeaux Cattle Market; — R. of the Medal on the completion of the Bordeaux Exchange ; — R. of the Medal of the Philomatic Society of Borde...
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CONTAMIN
CONTAMIN (French). Improver of the Reducing Machine, which has been so strong a factor in the present revival of Medallic Art. Hulot's tour á portrait, brought out in 1766, rendered possible the exact reproduction of any given model, and as such was used with success by the engravers Michaut, Jouvenel, Hart, and others. Contamin improved this machine, by adding to it some ingenious mechanical dispositions, which permitted the obtaining of reductions from any models, and so greatly simplified the...
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CONTAMIN (French). Improver of the Reducing Machine, which has been so strong a factor in the present revival of Medallic Art. Hulot's tour á portrait, brought out in 1766, rendered possible the exact reproduction of any given model, and as such was used with success by the engravers Michaut, Jouvenel, Hart, and others. Contamin improved this machine, by adding to it some ingenious mechanical dispositions, which permitted the obtaining of reductions from any models, and so greatly simplified the...
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CORADINI, LUDOVICO
CORADINI, LUDOVICO (ltal.). Medallist, and Scultore de terre, of Modena, who worked at Ferrara, for Duke Ercole d'Este, circa 1471. His signature on the following medals is : OPVS CORADINI M. : Ercole I. d'Este, 1471-1505. R. (a) Young Hercules standing near the three columns of Gades; (b) Ring set with pointed diamond; in the centre, a flower; — Charles VIII. of France. R. Same as last (the obv. of this medal is probably by a later artist). Another medal, with similar R., unsigned, and bearing ...
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CORADINI, LUDOVICO (ltal.). Medallist, and Scultore de terre, of Modena, who worked at Ferrara, for Duke Ercole d'Este, circa 1471. His signature on the following medals is : OPVS CORADINI M. : Ercole I. d'Este, 1471-1505. R. (a) Young Hercules standing near the three columns of Gades; (b) Ring set with pointed diamond; in the centre, a flower; — Charles VIII. of France. R. Same as last (the obv. of this medal is probably by a later artist). Another medal, with similar R., unsigned, and bearing ...
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