GRESSET, JEAN (Swiss). Mint-master at Geneva, by appointments of 28. August 1762, 22. April 1763, and 1. October 1764. Dis- tinctive mark Gr. or IG. Bibliography. — Demole, op. cit.
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.
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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GIROMETTI, PIETRO
GIROMETTI, PIETRO (Ital.). Son of Giuseppe Girometti, Gem and Medal-engraver of considerable merit, died in London in 1850. M. Babelon says of him that he succeeded in raising himself above his contemporaries of all countries by the excellence of his works. He contributed to the series of medals of celebrated Italians under- taken by his father in conjunction with Niccolo Cerbara, and engrav- ed several medals of Gregory XVI., Vittoria Colonna, Enrico Dandolo and other Italian celebrities. In th...
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GIROMETTI, PIETRO (Ital.). Son of Giuseppe Girometti, Gem and Medal-engraver of considerable merit, died in London in 1850. M. Babelon says of him that he succeeded in raising himself above his contemporaries of all countries by the excellence of his works. He contributed to the series of medals of celebrated Italians under- taken by his father in conjunction with Niccolo Cerbara, and engrav- ed several medals of Gregory XVI., Vittoria Colonna, Enrico Dandolo and other Italian celebrities. In th...
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GLADEHALS, JACOB
GLADEHALS, JACOB (Germ.). Nicolai, Nachrichten von den Baumeistern, Bildhauern... in Berlin, Berlin, 1786, informs us that the name of this artist occurs in 1597 in the Berlin archives as that of a Goldsmith to the Electoral Court. Apparently he was not a native of this city, but settled there late in life; he was still living in 1617, when it is said he was of a great age and in painful circumstances. According to the same writer, we must ascribe to Gladehals the beautiful medallic jewels of Jo...
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GLADEHALS, JACOB (Germ.). Nicolai, Nachrichten von den Baumeistern, Bildhauern... in Berlin, Berlin, 1786, informs us that the name of this artist occurs in 1597 in the Berlin archives as that of a Goldsmith to the Electoral Court. Apparently he was not a native of this city, but settled there late in life; he was still living in 1617, when it is said he was of a great age and in painful circumstances. According to the same writer, we must ascribe to Gladehals the beautiful medallic jewels of Jo...
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GLEICHEN,COUNTESS FEODORA
GLEICHEN,COUNTESS FEODORA (Brit.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist ; she exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1900 a bronze relief Memorial to the late General Sir Henry Ponsonby. She is a Member of the Society of Medallists, and at this Society's Exhibi- tion in 1897, her medallic productions were very much admired : The Shropshire Horticultural Society Medal ; — Portrait-medal of H.R.H. the Princess of Wales ; — Medal for the Royal Agricultu- ral Show at Windsor, 1889; — A Mirror; — Bas-relie...
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GLEICHEN,COUNTESS FEODORA (Brit.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist ; she exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1900 a bronze relief Memorial to the late General Sir Henry Ponsonby. She is a Member of the Society of Medallists, and at this Society's Exhibi- tion in 1897, her medallic productions were very much admired : The Shropshire Horticultural Society Medal ; — Portrait-medal of H.R.H. the Princess of Wales ; — Medal for the Royal Agricultu- ral Show at Windsor, 1889; — A Mirror; — Bas-relie...
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