GIROLAMO TORRATO. Mint-master at Vercelli, 1544- 1548.
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.
GEERTS, EDOUARD LOUIS
GEERTS, EDOUARD LOUIS (Belg.). Medallist of Brussels, born in 1826, died at Ixelles, 24th November 1889. He was a pupil of the sculptor van der Stappen, and is known by several fine medals : National Health Society, London, 1893; — Portrait of Dr Pierre Joseph van Beneden, Louvain (Boston colln); — Professor J. S. G. Nypels, 1885 ; — General Saint-Paul de Sinçay, 1887 (obv. illus- trated); — Marriage of Crown-prince Rudolph of Austria with Princess Stephanie of Belgium, 1881; — Inauguration of t...
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GEERTS, EDOUARD LOUIS (Belg.). Medallist of Brussels, born in 1826, died at Ixelles, 24th November 1889. He was a pupil of the sculptor van der Stappen, and is known by several fine medals : National Health Society, London, 1893; — Portrait of Dr Pierre Joseph van Beneden, Louvain (Boston colln); — Professor J. S. G. Nypels, 1885 ; — General Saint-Paul de Sinçay, 1887 (obv. illus- trated); — Marriage of Crown-prince Rudolph of Austria with Princess Stephanie of Belgium, 1881; — Inauguration of t...
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GEITZKOFLER, GEORG (?ORG) VON GAILENBACH IN HAUSHEIM UND MOSS
GEITZKOFLER, GEORG (?ORG) VON GAILENBACH IN HAUSHEIM UND MOSS. (Austr.). Mint-master and Coin-engraver, who died 14th July 1577. He was of Tyrolian origin. On June 8, 1559, Ferdinand I. sanctioned at Augsburg the appointment by Archduke Ferdinand of Geitzkofler as Warden of the Joachimsthal Mint. After the death of Puelacher, June 1563, he became Mint-master. His distinctive sign on the coins was a head of a chamois. There are several varieties of playing counters engraved by him, with his initi...
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GEITZKOFLER, GEORG (?ORG) VON GAILENBACH IN HAUSHEIM UND MOSS. (Austr.). Mint-master and Coin-engraver, who died 14th July 1577. He was of Tyrolian origin. On June 8, 1559, Ferdinand I. sanctioned at Augsburg the appointment by Archduke Ferdinand of Geitzkofler as Warden of the Joachimsthal Mint. After the death of Puelacher, June 1563, he became Mint-master. His distinctive sign on the coins was a head of a chamois. There are several varieties of playing counters engraved by him, with his initi...
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GELRE, GODEFROID VAN
GELRE, GODEFROID VAN (Belg.). Goldsmith and Medallist of Brus- sels, circ. 1585-1604. Philip II. appointed him Councillor and Mintmaster general, on the 6th of March 1585, and he was confirmed in his office by the Archdukes on the 7th of November 1600. In 1589, he chased two gold medals with portrait of the King, and two others with that of the Duke of Parma, Governor-general of the Netherlands, to be presented, in the name of Philip II., by Ferdinand Lopez de Villanova, to several personages in...
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GELRE, GODEFROID VAN (Belg.). Goldsmith and Medallist of Brus- sels, circ. 1585-1604. Philip II. appointed him Councillor and Mintmaster general, on the 6th of March 1585, and he was confirmed in his office by the Archdukes on the 7th of November 1600. In 1589, he chased two gold medals with portrait of the King, and two others with that of the Duke of Parma, Governor-general of the Netherlands, to be presented, in the name of Philip II., by Ferdinand Lopez de Villanova, to several personages in...
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GENDRE CLÉMENT
GENDRE CLÉMENT (French). Sculptor and Engraver of Lyons, 1626-1648. In 1633 he was Coin-engraver at the Mint there. Some ot the Consular jetons of 1647 are known to be by him, and he is the author of several medals : Charles of Neufville, Marquis of Villeroy ; — Commemoration of the Building of the Chapelle de la Confrérie des Pénitents blancs de Notre-Dame du Gonfalon ; — The Hôtel-de-Ville of Lyons (partly the work of Jean Warin, but not the celebrated Paris medallist). Bibliography. — Natalis...
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GENDRE CLÉMENT (French). Sculptor and Engraver of Lyons, 1626-1648. In 1633 he was Coin-engraver at the Mint there. Some ot the Consular jetons of 1647 are known to be by him, and he is the author of several medals : Charles of Neufville, Marquis of Villeroy ; — Commemoration of the Building of the Chapelle de la Confrérie des Pénitents blancs de Notre-Dame du Gonfalon ; — The Hôtel-de-Ville of Lyons (partly the work of Jean Warin, but not the celebrated Paris medallist). Bibliography. — Natalis...
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