GRANDINSON, ALEXANDER (Swede). Mint-master at Stockholm, 1837.
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.
GILBERT
GILBERT (Flem.). Meester Ghysbrecht was appointed Engraver of coins at the Mint of Louvain, by the Charter of the 24th of November, 1380, which decreed the reopening of the Mint for the coining of gold Peters, and silver Double Schurmans, Schurmans, and Small Schurmans. Nicolas Raest was to be Mint-master, Amelin Van Santvoirt, Warden, and Guillaume Van der Berge, Assayer. Gilbert had to swear that he would faithfully engrave the coins, without altering them in any way, and not to work in any Mi...
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GILBERT (Flem.). Meester Ghysbrecht was appointed Engraver of coins at the Mint of Louvain, by the Charter of the 24th of November, 1380, which decreed the reopening of the Mint for the coining of gold Peters, and silver Double Schurmans, Schurmans, and Small Schurmans. Nicolas Raest was to be Mint-master, Amelin Van Santvoirt, Warden, and Guillaume Van der Berge, Assayer. Gilbert had to swear that he would faithfully engrave the coins, without altering them in any way, and not to work in any Mi...
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GILBERT, ALFRED
GILBERT, ALFRED (Brit.) R. A., D. C. L. Sculptor, born in Lon- don in 1854; studied under Boehm and Cavelier. Besides numerous statues, busts, etc. he has executed the tomb of the late Duke of Clarence in the Memorial Chapel at Windsor, and the Shaftesbury Fountain in the centre of Piccadilly Circus. This great artist has exhibited from time to time at the Royal Academy Portraitmedallions of various persons, amongst others that of Dr Sir William Laurence. " Mr. Gilbert's medal for the Art Union ...
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GILBERT, ALFRED (Brit.) R. A., D. C. L. Sculptor, born in Lon- don in 1854; studied under Boehm and Cavelier. Besides numerous statues, busts, etc. he has executed the tomb of the late Duke of Clarence in the Memorial Chapel at Windsor, and the Shaftesbury Fountain in the centre of Piccadilly Circus. This great artist has exhibited from time to time at the Royal Academy Portraitmedallions of various persons, amongst others that of Dr Sir William Laurence. " Mr. Gilbert's medal for the Art Union ...
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GILLI, NIKOLAUS
GILLI, NIKOLAUS (Germ.). Director of the Posen Mint, 1660-1662. His initials N.G. appear on coins of Posen of these two dates. In 1663, he was accused of having issued money of lower standard, and sought refuge in a convent, after which he settled at Fraustadt. In 1664 we find him employed at the Mint of Krossen, and in 1666, he was chief Mint Director in Brandenburg; after 1674, when he was imprisoned, no record of him remains. Bibliography. — Kirmis, Handbuch der Polnischen Münzkunde, Posen, 1...
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GILLI, NIKOLAUS (Germ.). Director of the Posen Mint, 1660-1662. His initials N.G. appear on coins of Posen of these two dates. In 1663, he was accused of having issued money of lower standard, and sought refuge in a convent, after which he settled at Fraustadt. In 1664 we find him employed at the Mint of Krossen, and in 1666, he was chief Mint Director in Brandenburg; after 1674, when he was imprisoned, no record of him remains. Bibliography. — Kirmis, Handbuch der Polnischen Münzkunde, Posen, 1...
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GIORGI, LUIGI
GIORGI, LUIGI (Ital.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist resid- ing at Florence. I have seen his signature on medals of Amadeo, Duke of Aosta †1890; — Giuseppe Mazzini, Inauguration of his Monument at Lucca, 1890; — Prize Medal of the "Beatrice" Exhibition at Florence, 1890; — Medal of the Capi di Guardia della Misericordia of Florence, 1885 (illustrated); — Another, of 1895 (illustrated); — Another, of 1900 (illustrated); — Dante; — Boccacio; — Petrarca;— Bibliography. — Rivista italiana di N...
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GIORGI, LUIGI (Ital.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist resid- ing at Florence. I have seen his signature on medals of Amadeo, Duke of Aosta †1890; — Giuseppe Mazzini, Inauguration of his Monument at Lucca, 1890; — Prize Medal of the "Beatrice" Exhibition at Florence, 1890; — Medal of the Capi di Guardia della Misericordia of Florence, 1885 (illustrated); — Another, of 1895 (illustrated); — Another, of 1900 (illustrated); — Dante; — Boccacio; — Petrarca;— Bibliography. — Rivista italiana di N...
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