ERNEST DIETRICH CROLL. Mint-master at Weilburg, 1749-1752, &c.
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.
DURAND, AMÉDÉE
DURAND, AMÉDÉE (French). Medallist, and Editor of Medals of the first half of the nineteenth century. He brought out the " Series Numismatica Universalis Virorum Illustrium" between 1818 and 1846, and appears to have modelled or engraved the following medals : Coronation of George IV., 1820; — Death of George IV., 1830; — both signed DURAND F. — and Trial of Queen Caroline, 1820; — Lord Exmouth created Viscount after his bombardment of Algiers, 1816, signed A.D. The medals edited by him bear the...
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DURAND, AMÉDÉE (French). Medallist, and Editor of Medals of the first half of the nineteenth century. He brought out the " Series Numismatica Universalis Virorum Illustrium" between 1818 and 1846, and appears to have modelled or engraved the following medals : Coronation of George IV., 1820; — Death of George IV., 1830; — both signed DURAND F. — and Trial of Queen Caroline, 1820; — Lord Exmouth created Viscount after his bombardment of Algiers, 1816, signed A.D. The medals edited by him bear the...
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DURAT, GUILLAUME
DURAT, GUILLAUME (French). Mint-master and Coin-engraver at the Mint of Nancy, in succession to Jean Simier. He was nominated by letters of 22nd of June 1484: "Don de l'office de garde des monnoyes de la duchié de Lorraine, vacquant par le trespas de feu Jehan Simier, á Guillaume Durat, aux gaiges, droiz, prouffitz, honneurs, libertez, franchises, prérogatives et esmolumens dont les autres gardes ont acoustumé avoir et prendre. " Bibliography. — H. Lepage, Notts et Documents sur les graveurs de ...
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DURAT, GUILLAUME (French). Mint-master and Coin-engraver at the Mint of Nancy, in succession to Jean Simier. He was nominated by letters of 22nd of June 1484: "Don de l'office de garde des monnoyes de la duchié de Lorraine, vacquant par le trespas de feu Jehan Simier, á Guillaume Durat, aux gaiges, droiz, prouffitz, honneurs, libertez, franchises, prérogatives et esmolumens dont les autres gardes ont acoustumé avoir et prendre. " Bibliography. — H. Lepage, Notts et Documents sur les graveurs de ...
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DURER, ALBRECHT
DURER, ALBRECHT (Germ.). Surnamed the Father of German Art. A celebrated Painter, Engraver, Modeller, Sculptor and Architect, born at Nuremberg on the 21st of May, 1471, where he died on the 6th of April, 1528. I cannot presume, in a work of this kind, to give more than a general idea of this great Master's manifold achievements in the domain of Art, so much the more because his claim as a medallist is but of the slightest. To understand however the vast influence he has exercised upon German an...
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DURER, ALBRECHT (Germ.). Surnamed the Father of German Art. A celebrated Painter, Engraver, Modeller, Sculptor and Architect, born at Nuremberg on the 21st of May, 1471, where he died on the 6th of April, 1528. I cannot presume, in a work of this kind, to give more than a general idea of this great Master's manifold achievements in the domain of Art, so much the more because his claim as a medallist is but of the slightest. To understand however the vast influence he has exercised upon German an...
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DÜRR, ERNST KASPAR
DÜRR, ERNST KASPAR (Germ.). Die-sinker, and Medallist, residing at Dresden, 1670 to 1680, Zerbst, 1683 to 1692, and later at Stettin and Riga. He executed a number of medals commemorating events connected with the ducal house of Saxony, and in conjunction with his pupil, Martin Heinrich Omeis, he engraved a fine portrait-piece of Duke Augustus, with a view of Weissenfels Castle on R. The Duke paid 100 Reichsthalers for this medal. Dürr was employed as Coin-engraver at Dresden, in succession to C...
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DÜRR, ERNST KASPAR (Germ.). Die-sinker, and Medallist, residing at Dresden, 1670 to 1680, Zerbst, 1683 to 1692, and later at Stettin and Riga. He executed a number of medals commemorating events connected with the ducal house of Saxony, and in conjunction with his pupil, Martin Heinrich Omeis, he engraved a fine portrait-piece of Duke Augustus, with a view of Weissenfels Castle on R. The Duke paid 100 Reichsthalers for this medal. Dürr was employed as Coin-engraver at Dresden, in succession to C...
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