FRANZ (XAVER) WÜRTH, Die-sinker at Wienna, 1745-1790.
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
FÉART ADRIEN
FÉART ADRIEN (French). Sculptor and Medallist, born at Sédan (Ardennes), on the 11th of April, 1813 ; pupil of Danton. Chavignerie mentions the following medals by this artist: Society of reli- gious concerts, founded by Prince de la Moskowa ; — 1863, Jetons for the Naval Insurance Companies, Etoile de la Mer, and Neptune; — 1865, Summer; — 1867, Spring; — 1870, Portrait-medal of M. V***; — 1874, P. de G***; — Mme Marie Edmée Pau ; — 1875, C. L***; — 1876, Maron-Bretagne, Vice-president of the S...
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FÉART ADRIEN (French). Sculptor and Medallist, born at Sédan (Ardennes), on the 11th of April, 1813 ; pupil of Danton. Chavignerie mentions the following medals by this artist: Society of reli- gious concerts, founded by Prince de la Moskowa ; — 1863, Jetons for the Naval Insurance Companies, Etoile de la Mer, and Neptune; — 1865, Summer; — 1867, Spring; — 1870, Portrait-medal of M. V***; — 1874, P. de G***; — Mme Marie Edmée Pau ; — 1875, C. L***; — 1876, Maron-Bretagne, Vice-president of the S...
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FEHRMAN, DANIEL
FEHRMAN, DANIEL (Swed.). Medallist, born in 1710 at Stock- holm, where he died in 1780. He was a pupil of the famous Hed- linger, and father of C. G. Fehrman. The period of his activity is comprised between 1735 and 1764, when he was employed at the Stockholm Mint as Medallist and Coin-engraver. The Swedish his torian Jonas Hallenberg has given a list of some of the works of this artist, and Hildebrand (Sveriges ochv Senska Konungabusets Minnespenningar, &c, Stockolm, 1875) also describes a numb...
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FEHRMAN, DANIEL (Swed.). Medallist, born in 1710 at Stock- holm, where he died in 1780. He was a pupil of the famous Hed- linger, and father of C. G. Fehrman. The period of his activity is comprised between 1735 and 1764, when he was employed at the Stockholm Mint as Medallist and Coin-engraver. The Swedish his torian Jonas Hallenberg has given a list of some of the works of this artist, and Hildebrand (Sveriges ochv Senska Konungabusets Minnespenningar, &c, Stockolm, 1875) also describes a numb...
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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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