EICHELSTEIN, JOHANN JAKOB (Germ.). Mint-master at Wörth (Alsace), 1606.
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.
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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DROZ, JEAN-PIERRE
DROZ, JEAN-PIERRE (Swiss). A celebrated Coin-engraver and Medallist, born at La Chaux-de-Fonds (canton Neuchâtel) on the 17th of April, 1746, died at Paris on the 2nd of March, 1823. His father, Daniel Droz, was a manufacturer of agricultural implements; his mother's name was Suzanne Esther Brandt dit Gruérin. Quite young, he was apprenticed to his father and learned the first elements of working on metal. Thanks to an extraordinary aptitude for drawing, a taste which was sedulously cultivated b...
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DROZ, JEAN-PIERRE (Swiss). A celebrated Coin-engraver and Medallist, born at La Chaux-de-Fonds (canton Neuchâtel) on the 17th of April, 1746, died at Paris on the 2nd of March, 1823. His father, Daniel Droz, was a manufacturer of agricultural implements; his mother's name was Suzanne Esther Brandt dit Gruérin. Quite young, he was apprenticed to his father and learned the first elements of working on metal. Thanks to an extraordinary aptitude for drawing, a taste which was sedulously cultivated b...
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DRURY, ALFRED
DRURY, ALFRED (Brit.). Contemporary Sculptor, Medallist, and Chaser, Member of the Society of Medallists of London. Born in 1857; A.R.A. 1900; a pupil of Dalou, whose assistant he became. The first result was the curious echo of the master's style, "The Triumph of Silenus " (1885), "The Genius of Sculpture'' and "The First Reflection" (bought by the Queen of Saxony), and " The Evening Prayer" were followed by the statue of " Circe " (1893), which through its grace, elegance of line, and symbolic...
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DRURY, ALFRED (Brit.). Contemporary Sculptor, Medallist, and Chaser, Member of the Society of Medallists of London. Born in 1857; A.R.A. 1900; a pupil of Dalou, whose assistant he became. The first result was the curious echo of the master's style, "The Triumph of Silenus " (1885), "The Genius of Sculpture'' and "The First Reflection" (bought by the Queen of Saxony), and " The Evening Prayer" were followed by the statue of " Circe " (1893), which through its grace, elegance of line, and symbolic...
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DUBOIS, ALPHÉE
DUBOIS, ALPHÉE (French). Medallist and Sculptor, born at Paris in 1831. Pupil of J. J. Barre and Duret. He won the Prix de Rome in 1855, and medals at the Salons of 1868 and 1869. In 1883 he was elected a Knight of the Legion of Honour. His father was the medallist Joseph Eugéne Dubois. Among this artist's best known works are the following medals : Pope Pius IX. blessing the Prince Imperial, 1859; — The Siamese ambassadors, 1861 ; — Portrait of E. J. Menier; — Portrait of C.L.N. M. de Montégny ...
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DUBOIS, ALPHÉE (French). Medallist and Sculptor, born at Paris in 1831. Pupil of J. J. Barre and Duret. He won the Prix de Rome in 1855, and medals at the Salons of 1868 and 1869. In 1883 he was elected a Knight of the Legion of Honour. His father was the medallist Joseph Eugéne Dubois. Among this artist's best known works are the following medals : Pope Pius IX. blessing the Prince Imperial, 1859; — The Siamese ambassadors, 1861 ; — Portrait of E. J. Menier; — Portrait of C.L.N. M. de Montégny ...
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