HERKNER (Germ.). Medallist at Warsaw, circa 1852. He prepared dies from an original specimen of the rare Dantzig Thaler of 1567, for the Restrikes issued by the Russian Consul Edward Tys. His signature occurs also on a Polish Musical Medal of 1852. Bibliography. — Kirmis, Handbuch der polnischen Münzkunde, Posen, 1892.
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
HARTMANN, ANDRAE
HARTMANN, ANDRAE (Austr.). Mint-warden of Vienna, installed in 1523. He cut coin-dies for the Mints of Vienna and Linz. In 1527 he received 66 Fl. 2 Shill. for the engraving of two seals of Ferdinand I. for Hungary and Bohemia. He refused to undertake the working of the Joachimsthal Mint in 1544 for reasons of health, but in 1545 he entered into a contract with the government for the acquisition of the Vienna Mint, and in 1554 (April 6) he was paid for an issue of Hungarian ducats. He died in 15...
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HARTMANN, ANDRAE (Austr.). Mint-warden of Vienna, installed in 1523. He cut coin-dies for the Mints of Vienna and Linz. In 1527 he received 66 Fl. 2 Shill. for the engraving of two seals of Ferdinand I. for Hungary and Bohemia. He refused to undertake the working of the Joachimsthal Mint in 1544 for reasons of health, but in 1545 he entered into a contract with the government for the acquisition of the Vienna Mint, and in 1554 (April 6) he was paid for an issue of Hungarian ducats. He died in 15...
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HASTINGS, WILLIAM LORD
HASTINGS, WILLIAM LORD (Brit.). Mint-master at London and Calais, under Edward IV., anni 1-16. " Of the King's peculiar munificence the same year he had a grant of the office of Master of his Mint in the Tower of London, and Town of Calais, for twelve years" (Dugdale's Baronage, vol. I, p. 580). "From an Indenture of 4th E.IV. it appears that Lord Hastings was also Keeper of all manner of the King's Eschaunges and Outchaunges in the Tower of London, Realm of England, Territory of Ireland, and To...
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HASTINGS, WILLIAM LORD (Brit.). Mint-master at London and Calais, under Edward IV., anni 1-16. " Of the King's peculiar munificence the same year he had a grant of the office of Master of his Mint in the Tower of London, and Town of Calais, for twelve years" (Dugdale's Baronage, vol. I, p. 580). "From an Indenture of 4th E.IV. it appears that Lord Hastings was also Keeper of all manner of the King's Eschaunges and Outchaunges in the Tower of London, Realm of England, Territory of Ireland, and To...
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HATTEN, JEAN VAN
HATTEN, JEAN VAN (Belg.). Coin-engraver and Medallist, died in 1691. He was Philippe Roettier's predecessor at the Brussels Mint, where since 1672 he combined the functions of Engravergeneral of the coins of the Netherlands, and Engraver to the Mint of Brussels. Pinchart mentions that he has met with this artist's signature (I. V. HATTEM) on a pretty jeton of a member of the Pipenpoy family. De Witte spells his name Hatten. Bibliography. — Pinchart, Histoire de la Gravure des Médailles, Bruxelle...
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HATTEN, JEAN VAN (Belg.). Coin-engraver and Medallist, died in 1691. He was Philippe Roettier's predecessor at the Brussels Mint, where since 1672 he combined the functions of Engravergeneral of the coins of the Netherlands, and Engraver to the Mint of Brussels. Pinchart mentions that he has met with this artist's signature (I. V. HATTEM) on a pretty jeton of a member of the Pipenpoy family. De Witte spells his name Hatten. Bibliography. — Pinchart, Histoire de la Gravure des Médailles, Bruxelle...
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HEEL, JOHANN
HEEL, JOHANN (Germ.). Bolzenthal gives the following notice of this Engraver, who worked during the second half of the seventeenth century, and died in 1709. "Johann Heel of Augsburg established himself in Nuremberg for some time ; he was an excellent goldsmith, and Doppelmayr expressly places him among the casters of coins, without however mentioning any of his works. We are inclined to agree with Möhsen, and to consider Heel as the author of a medal with the portrait of the physician Gregor Hi...
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HEEL, JOHANN (Germ.). Bolzenthal gives the following notice of this Engraver, who worked during the second half of the seventeenth century, and died in 1709. "Johann Heel of Augsburg established himself in Nuremberg for some time ; he was an excellent goldsmith, and Doppelmayr expressly places him among the casters of coins, without however mentioning any of his works. We are inclined to agree with Möhsen, and to consider Heel as the author of a medal with the portrait of the physician Gregor Hi...
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