GRÄSSLER or GRÖSSLER or GRASSLIN. Mint-master at Augsburg, 1444-1472.
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.
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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GIOVANNI BERNARDI DA CASTEL-BOLOGNESE
GIOVANNI BERNARDI DA CASTEL-BOLOGNESE. Vide BERNARDI. Vol. I, p. 77. Vasari, III, p. 477, says : " Giovanni Bernardi of Castel Bolognese, in the course of three years, which time he passed very honourably in the service of Alfonso, Duke of Ferrara, brought many small works to completion for that prince... ; the first large production which he executed was an intaglio in crystal, wherein he set forth the whole Battle of the Rampart, a most beautiful thing. He afterwards engraved the portrait of t...
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GIOVANNI BERNARDI DA CASTEL-BOLOGNESE. Vide BERNARDI. Vol. I, p. 77. Vasari, III, p. 477, says : " Giovanni Bernardi of Castel Bolognese, in the course of three years, which time he passed very honourably in the service of Alfonso, Duke of Ferrara, brought many small works to completion for that prince... ; the first large production which he executed was an intaglio in crystal, wherein he set forth the whole Battle of the Rampart, a most beautiful thing. He afterwards engraved the portrait of t...
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GIOVANNI DELLE CORNIOLE
GIOVANNI DELLE CORNIOLE. Vide Vol. I, p. 291. M. Babelon mentions this Gem-engraver in the following terms in La Gravure en Pierres fines, p. 249:" Giovanni delle Corniole, dont le nom comme celui de Domenico, atteste la spécialité, fut le protégé favori de Laurent le Magnifique; il travaillait ? Florence, et l'on admirait surtout son portrait de Savonarole, qu'il avait intaillé sur une cornaline, aujourd'hui dans la Galerie des Offices, ? Florence. Giovanni delle Corniole, qu'il ne faut pas con...
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GIOVANNI DELLE CORNIOLE. Vide Vol. I, p. 291. M. Babelon mentions this Gem-engraver in the following terms in La Gravure en Pierres fines, p. 249:" Giovanni delle Corniole, dont le nom comme celui de Domenico, atteste la spécialité, fut le protégé favori de Laurent le Magnifique; il travaillait ? Florence, et l'on admirait surtout son portrait de Savonarole, qu'il avait intaillé sur une cornaline, aujourd'hui dans la Galerie des Offices, ? Florence. Giovanni delle Corniole, qu'il ne faut pas con...
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GIROMETTI, GIUSEPPE
GIROMETTI, GIUSEPPE (Ital.) A celebrated Sculptor, Gem-engrav- er and Medallist of the first half of the nineteenth century, born in 1780; died 17. Nov. 1851 . He worked at the Papal Mint at Rome for Popes Pius VII., Leo XII., Pius VIII. and Gregory XVI., Cardinal Ercole Consalvi, and cut Portrait-medals of the sculptor Antonio Canova; — the poet Giov. Batt. Niccolini, which medal Bolzenthal considered as one of the best Italian works of the time; — Caesar Baronius; — Petrus Bembus; — Michelange...
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GIROMETTI, GIUSEPPE (Ital.) A celebrated Sculptor, Gem-engrav- er and Medallist of the first half of the nineteenth century, born in 1780; died 17. Nov. 1851 . He worked at the Papal Mint at Rome for Popes Pius VII., Leo XII., Pius VIII. and Gregory XVI., Cardinal Ercole Consalvi, and cut Portrait-medals of the sculptor Antonio Canova; — the poet Giov. Batt. Niccolini, which medal Bolzenthal considered as one of the best Italian works of the time; — Caesar Baronius; — Petrus Bembus; — Michelange...
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