HAIMHAUSEN, SIGMUND Graf von (Germ.). Mint-master general for Kuttenplan and Herenberg under Prince-Elector Maximilian Joseph III. of Bavaria, 1745-1777. Bibliography. — Mittheilungen der Bayerischen Numismatischen Gesellschaft, VII, 83.
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.
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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GRUEBER, HENRY
GRUEBER, HENRY (Germ.). Contemporary Die-sinker or Publisher of medals residing in London. Most of his productions are cheap medalets, sold in the streets at a penny apiece. I have seen by him : Queen Victoria's Jubilee, 1887; — Silver Wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales, 1888; — Visit of the German Emperor to London, 189 1 ; — Marriage of the Duke and Duchess of York, 1893; — Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, 1897; — Imitation Pond of President Kruger; — Death of Queen Victoria; — Acces...
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GRUEBER, HENRY (Germ.). Contemporary Die-sinker or Publisher of medals residing in London. Most of his productions are cheap medalets, sold in the streets at a penny apiece. I have seen by him : Queen Victoria's Jubilee, 1887; — Silver Wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales, 1888; — Visit of the German Emperor to London, 189 1 ; — Marriage of the Duke and Duchess of York, 1893; — Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, 1897; — Imitation Pond of President Kruger; — Death of Queen Victoria; — Acces...
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GRÜN, SAMUEL
GRÜN, SAMUEL (Brit.). Contemporary Sculptor and Modeller residing in London. At the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1901, he attracted notice by a bronze relief (a plaque) representing a Brit- tany girl. At the Salon of 1902, M. Samuel Grün exhibited the following medals : Plaquette for the Association ot Siege Engineers; — Pla- quette of Concarne; — Portrait of my father Lazare; — Study of a Child's head, &c. M. Babelon in a recent article ot the Revue de l'Art ancien et moderne (ann. 1902, II, p. ...
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GRÜN, SAMUEL (Brit.). Contemporary Sculptor and Modeller residing in London. At the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1901, he attracted notice by a bronze relief (a plaque) representing a Brit- tany girl. At the Salon of 1902, M. Samuel Grün exhibited the following medals : Plaquette for the Association ot Siege Engineers; — Pla- quette of Concarne; — Portrait of my father Lazare; — Study of a Child's head, &c. M. Babelon in a recent article ot the Revue de l'Art ancien et moderne (ann. 1902, II, p. ...
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