HAFFNER, JOHANN (Germ.). Mint-master at Nördlingen, Bavaria, 1521 .
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.
GRANDCHAMP, LOCHEY DE
GRANDCHAMP, LOCHEY DE(French). 1674-1690. Coin-engraver and Medallist at Lyons, during the third quarter ot the seventeenth century. He is said to have executed several Portrait-medallions of Louis XIV. and Princes of the Royal House of France, but two only are known and both are rare. In 1674, Grandchamp was appointed Engraver at the Mint of Neufville; in 1690, he was filling a similar office at Montpellier, and later on was transferred to the Mint of Riom. The two Portrait-medallions known by ...
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GRANDCHAMP, LOCHEY DE(French). 1674-1690. Coin-engraver and Medallist at Lyons, during the third quarter ot the seventeenth century. He is said to have executed several Portrait-medallions of Louis XIV. and Princes of the Royal House of France, but two only are known and both are rare. In 1674, Grandchamp was appointed Engraver at the Mint of Neufville; in 1690, he was filling a similar office at Montpellier, and later on was transferred to the Mint of Riom. The two Portrait-medallions known by ...
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GRANGER, Mlle GENEVI?VE
GRANGER, Mlle GENEVI?VE (French). Contemporary Medallist ot exceptional abilities, born at Tulle. Pupil of Henri Dubois and Massoulle. She has exhibited at the Salons of the ''Société des Artistes Français" since 1895, and also at the Universal Exhibition of 1900. In 1899, she obtained a "Mention honorable", and in 1901 a medal of the third class. This artist's speciality is portraits, which M. Lucien Bénédite calls d'un bon esprit sobre et sérieux ". Her principal exhibits at the recent Salons ...
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GRANGER, Mlle GENEVI?VE (French). Contemporary Medallist ot exceptional abilities, born at Tulle. Pupil of Henri Dubois and Massoulle. She has exhibited at the Salons of the ''Société des Artistes Français" since 1895, and also at the Universal Exhibition of 1900. In 1899, she obtained a "Mention honorable", and in 1901 a medal of the third class. This artist's speciality is portraits, which M. Lucien Bénédite calls d'un bon esprit sobre et sérieux ". Her principal exhibits at the recent Salons ...
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GRAVE, FRANÇOIS ALEXANDRE JACQUES DE
GRAVE, FRANÇOIS ALEXANDRE JACQUES DE (Belg.). Vide Vol. I, p. 369. M. Gilleman has published an interesting notice of this Medallist in Revue numismatique belge, 1902, p. 518, from which I am now able to give further information about the artist. De Grave was born at Ghent on the 26th of May 1770, and died on the 9th of October 1832. In 1792 he obtained the First Prize for Drawing at the Academy of his native town. At the Salon of 1817, he made the acquaintance of Simon, whom he accompanied to B...
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GRAVE, FRANÇOIS ALEXANDRE JACQUES DE (Belg.). Vide Vol. I, p. 369. M. Gilleman has published an interesting notice of this Medallist in Revue numismatique belge, 1902, p. 518, from which I am now able to give further information about the artist. De Grave was born at Ghent on the 26th of May 1770, and died on the 9th of October 1832. In 1792 he obtained the First Prize for Drawing at the Academy of his native town. At the Salon of 1817, he made the acquaintance of Simon, whom he accompanied to B...
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GRILLICHES
GRILLICHES (Russ.). Medallist and Coin-engraver at the Mint of Wilna, nineteenth century. A self-taught artist, his productions include : A one-sided medal in commemoration of Count Eustace Tyskiewich ; — a new die for the Grand Medal award- ed by the Moscow Society for the Promotion of Cattlebreeding ; — Engravings for the obverse and reverse of the Medals struck in commemoration of Chevkin, and to celebrate the Jubilee of the Mining ("Corporate") School. He also engraved a topaz cameo represen...
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GRILLICHES (Russ.). Medallist and Coin-engraver at the Mint of Wilna, nineteenth century. A self-taught artist, his productions include : A one-sided medal in commemoration of Count Eustace Tyskiewich ; — a new die for the Grand Medal award- ed by the Moscow Society for the Promotion of Cattlebreeding ; — Engravings for the obverse and reverse of the Medals struck in commemoration of Chevkin, and to celebrate the Jubilee of the Mining ("Corporate") School. He also engraved a topaz cameo represen...
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