FRANZ NÜBELL. Mint-master and Coin-engraver at Schwerin, after 1832. Bibliography. — Schlickeysen-Pallmann, op. cit.
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.
FELLNER, MATHIAS VON FELDEGG
FELLNER, MATHIAS VON FELDEGG (Austr.). By an order of the 13th of March, 1612, Fellner was elected Master of the Mint at Vienna, with a stipend of 400 florins per annum, which was rais- ed to 500 later on. He filled this post until 1634, and died on the 21st of September, 1637, at Margarethen. The coins issued by him bear his monogram M. F. Bibliography. — Die Münzstätte Wien unter Rudolph II. 1576 bis 1608, Mathias 1608 bis 1119 als Landesfürsten von Niederösterreich, und Ferdinand II. 1619 bis...
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FELLNER, MATHIAS VON FELDEGG (Austr.). By an order of the 13th of March, 1612, Fellner was elected Master of the Mint at Vienna, with a stipend of 400 florins per annum, which was rais- ed to 500 later on. He filled this post until 1634, and died on the 21st of September, 1637, at Margarethen. The coins issued by him bear his monogram M. F. Bibliography. — Die Münzstätte Wien unter Rudolph II. 1576 bis 1608, Mathias 1608 bis 1119 als Landesfürsten von Niederösterreich, und Ferdinand II. 1619 bis...
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FELON JOSEPH
FELON JOSEPH (French). Sculptor, Painter, Lithographer, and Medallist, born at Bordeaux, 21st August, 1818. The following medallic works were exhibited by him at the Paris Salons : 1850, Portrait-medallions of M. F***. — P. L***, Keeper of the Bordeaux Museum ; — A. G*** ; — Mlle A. J. F***; — 1852, Louis-Napoleon, Prince-President of the French Republic; — Amphitrite ; — 1855, Six bronze Medallions : Princess Maria of Sardinia, and others. Bibliography. — Chavignerie et Auvray, op. cit....
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FELON JOSEPH (French). Sculptor, Painter, Lithographer, and Medallist, born at Bordeaux, 21st August, 1818. The following medallic works were exhibited by him at the Paris Salons : 1850, Portrait-medallions of M. F***. — P. L***, Keeper of the Bordeaux Museum ; — A. G*** ; — Mlle A. J. F***; — 1852, Louis-Napoleon, Prince-President of the French Republic; — Amphitrite ; — 1855, Six bronze Medallions : Princess Maria of Sardinia, and others. Bibliography. — Chavignerie et Auvray, op. cit....
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FEODOROWNA, MARIA
FEODOROWNA, MARIA (Russ.). Empress of Russia, widow of Paul I., and a clever Medallist and Gem-engraver of the first quarter of the nineteenth century. She died in 1827. Her works are signed MARIA. F., MAR. P., or MAPII.P (Maria Fecit). The Czarina was a member of various European Fine Art Academies, and excelling herself in the glyptic art, she extended her sovereign protection the artists who flourished at St Petersburg during her lifetime. Maria Feodorowna was born a Princess of Würtemberg, i...
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FEODOROWNA, MARIA (Russ.). Empress of Russia, widow of Paul I., and a clever Medallist and Gem-engraver of the first quarter of the nineteenth century. She died in 1827. Her works are signed MARIA. F., MAR. P., or MAPII.P (Maria Fecit). The Czarina was a member of various European Fine Art Academies, and excelling herself in the glyptic art, she extended her sovereign protection the artists who flourished at St Petersburg during her lifetime. Maria Feodorowna was born a Princess of Würtemberg, i...
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FERME
FERME (French). Die-sinker and Medallist of the last quarter of the seventeenth century. He resided at Paris, and his name occurs several times between 1677 and 1680 in the Comptes des Bâtiments du Roi, in connection with medal-dies which he engraved for the Medallic History of Louis XIV. During those three years the artist was paid 1660 livres for work executed on behalf of the King. The Mercure mentions several jetons engraved by Le Ferme, or De la Ferme. Bibliography. — J. J. Guiffrey, La Mon...
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FERME (French). Die-sinker and Medallist of the last quarter of the seventeenth century. He resided at Paris, and his name occurs several times between 1677 and 1680 in the Comptes des Bâtiments du Roi, in connection with medal-dies which he engraved for the Medallic History of Louis XIV. During those three years the artist was paid 1660 livres for work executed on behalf of the King. The Mercure mentions several jetons engraved by Le Ferme, or De la Ferme. Bibliography. — J. J. Guiffrey, La Mon...
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