GIUSEPPE RAVASCHIERO. Mint-master at Naples, 1560-1580.
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.
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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GEORGI, NIKOLAUS or NILS
GEORGI, NIKOLAUS or NILS (Swede). Medallist, born at Stock- holm on the 16th of August 1717, where he died on the 6th of April 1790. He was a pupil of the celebrated Hedlinger, under whom he worked for the Royal Mint at Stockolm. Between 1744 and 1746 he executed various medals for the Court of Russia; in 1747 he settled at Berlin, where he was appointed Königl. Hofmedailleur, and resided there until 1782, in which year he returned to Sweden. His series of medals commemorating remarkable events ...
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GEORGI, NIKOLAUS or NILS (Swede). Medallist, born at Stock- holm on the 16th of August 1717, where he died on the 6th of April 1790. He was a pupil of the celebrated Hedlinger, under whom he worked for the Royal Mint at Stockolm. Between 1744 and 1746 he executed various medals for the Court of Russia; in 1747 he settled at Berlin, where he was appointed Königl. Hofmedailleur, and resided there until 1782, in which year he returned to Sweden. His series of medals commemorating remarkable events ...
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GERARD, CHARLES LOUIS
GERARD, CHARLES LOUIS (French). Medallist and Gem-engraver of modern times. By him are the following works, which were exhibited at the annual Paris Salons : 1874. Hagar sent away by Abraham, after Van Dyck, carnelian cameo; — 1875. Perseus, after Benvenuto Cellini, cameo on sardonyx; — The favourite Sheep, after Boucher, cameo on carnelian; — 1876. The Lion of Florence, onyx cameo; — Jupiter, cameo on pietra dura; — 1877. Christ, cameo on agate; — 1878. Henry II. of France, cameo on carne- lian...
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GERARD, CHARLES LOUIS (French). Medallist and Gem-engraver of modern times. By him are the following works, which were exhibited at the annual Paris Salons : 1874. Hagar sent away by Abraham, after Van Dyck, carnelian cameo; — 1875. Perseus, after Benvenuto Cellini, cameo on sardonyx; — The favourite Sheep, after Boucher, cameo on carnelian; — 1876. The Lion of Florence, onyx cameo; — Jupiter, cameo on pietra dura; — 1877. Christ, cameo on agate; — 1878. Henry II. of France, cameo on carne- lian...
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