EGAS, ALVARO (Port.). Engraver at the Mint of Porto, son of Egas Gonsalves, whom he succeeded on the 7th of March 1488.
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
DRAPPENTIER, JAN
DRAPPENTIER, JAN (Dutch). Son of the preceding; filled the post of Engraver at the Mint of Dordrecht, in the early part of the eighteenth century. He is the author of the following medals : Death of Queen Mary, 28 Dec./7 Jan. 1694/5 (2 var-) ; — Peace of Ryswick, 1697 (medal struck by order of the magistrates of Amsterdam); — Peace Rejoicings at Gouda, 1697 (2var.); — Peace of Utrecht, 1713 (Dutch memorial of the Peace of Utrecht); — Jubilee of the University of Utrecht (signed : DRAP. F.), &c. ...
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DRAPPENTIER, JAN (Dutch). Son of the preceding; filled the post of Engraver at the Mint of Dordrecht, in the early part of the eighteenth century. He is the author of the following medals : Death of Queen Mary, 28 Dec./7 Jan. 1694/5 (2 var-) ; — Peace of Ryswick, 1697 (medal struck by order of the magistrates of Amsterdam); — Peace Rejoicings at Gouda, 1697 (2var.); — Peace of Utrecht, 1713 (Dutch memorial of the Peace of Utrecht); — Jubilee of the University of Utrecht (signed : DRAP. F.), &c. ...
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DRENTWETT, SEBALD
DRENTWETT, SEBALD (Germ.). Die-sinker at Augsburg, 1845- 1860, and afterwards at Nuremberg. The present firm is under the management of C. Drentwett, at Augsburg. In a catalogue issued in 1897 a large number of medals issued by Sebald Drentwett and his successors, from 1828 to the present day, are offered for sale. Of the 230 specimens mentioned in the list, I can only enumerate a few : BADEN, Dr Carl v. Rotteck, 1832; — General von Auerswald, 1848; — Archbishop Hermann of Freiburg, 1850; — 5th ...
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DRENTWETT, SEBALD (Germ.). Die-sinker at Augsburg, 1845- 1860, and afterwards at Nuremberg. The present firm is under the management of C. Drentwett, at Augsburg. In a catalogue issued in 1897 a large number of medals issued by Sebald Drentwett and his successors, from 1828 to the present day, are offered for sale. Of the 230 specimens mentioned in the list, I can only enumerate a few : BADEN, Dr Carl v. Rotteck, 1832; — General von Auerswald, 1848; — Archbishop Hermann of Freiburg, 1850; — 5th ...
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DROPSY, ÉMILE
DROPSY, ÉMILE (French). Contemporary Medallist, residing at Paris, pupil of Levasseur. At the Salon of 1898 he obtained a thirdclass Medal. One of his latest works is a plaque representing a Mower. For the firm of L. Chalin, and others, he has engraved a Targe series of medals, medalets, and plaques representing Christ; — the Virgin ; — Aima Mater ; — Salvator Mundi ; — Ave Maria ; — The Parisian ; — Souvenir of Contrexeville ; — The Coming Year; — Paysanne ; — Vierges au Calvaire ; — St. George...
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DROPSY, ÉMILE (French). Contemporary Medallist, residing at Paris, pupil of Levasseur. At the Salon of 1898 he obtained a thirdclass Medal. One of his latest works is a plaque representing a Mower. For the firm of L. Chalin, and others, he has engraved a Targe series of medals, medalets, and plaques representing Christ; — the Virgin ; — Aima Mater ; — Salvator Mundi ; — Ave Maria ; — The Parisian ; — Souvenir of Contrexeville ; — The Coming Year; — Paysanne ; — Vierges au Calvaire ; — St. George...
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DROZ, JEAN
DROZ, JEAN (Swiss). Engraver at the Mint of Geneva, from before the 17th of September, 1540, until the 16th November, 1556. From the 8th of March, 1546, to the 8th March, 1547, he was employed both as Assayer and Engraver. It is very probable that he succeeded Louis Gaillard in 1539, as from documents we find he had engraved dies for Testons already before the 11th of September, 1540. Bibliography. — Dr. C. F. Trachsel, Les Maîtres, les Graveurs et les Essayeurs de la Monnaie de Geneve,1535-1792...
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DROZ, JEAN (Swiss). Engraver at the Mint of Geneva, from before the 17th of September, 1540, until the 16th November, 1556. From the 8th of March, 1546, to the 8th March, 1547, he was employed both as Assayer and Engraver. It is very probable that he succeeded Louis Gaillard in 1539, as from documents we find he had engraved dies for Testons already before the 11th of September, 1540. Bibliography. — Dr. C. F. Trachsel, Les Maîtres, les Graveurs et les Essayeurs de la Monnaie de Geneve,1535-1792...
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