HOLCZER, WOLFGANG (Austr.). Mint-master at Vienna, 1452- 1456, and 1462-63, and in conjunction with Niklas Teschler, 1460. Bibliography. — Von Ebengreuth, Wiens Münzwesen, Handel und Verkehr, Wien, 1902.
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.
HELD, JOHANN (2.)
HELD, JOHANN (Germ.). Son of the last, born in 1734; died on October 17, 1808, at Kreutzburg. Medallist to the Breslau Mint, where he first worked with his father, as early as 1768. He is the author of the following medals : General von Farrat; — Christian Garve, Philosopher; — Prince Hohenlohe; — Hönicke; — Minister von Hoyen ; — Christian L. Ludovici ; — Bernhard von Sternenheim of Brieg, 1771 ; — General von Tauentzien ; — Weger ; — Extinction of the Piasts, 1775 ; — Medal of Ölf, 1768, &c. B...
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HELD, JOHANN (Germ.). Son of the last, born in 1734; died on October 17, 1808, at Kreutzburg. Medallist to the Breslau Mint, where he first worked with his father, as early as 1768. He is the author of the following medals : General von Farrat; — Christian Garve, Philosopher; — Prince Hohenlohe; — Hönicke; — Minister von Hoyen ; — Christian L. Ludovici ; — Bernhard von Sternenheim of Brieg, 1771 ; — General von Tauentzien ; — Weger ; — Extinction of the Piasts, 1775 ; — Medal of Ölf, 1768, &c. B...
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HELFRICHT, FRIEDRICH FERDINAND
HELFRICHT, FRIEDRICH FERDINAND (Germ.). Court-medallist at Gotha, born on 8. September 1809, died on 17. May 1892. "His talent for medallic work", says Dr F. P.Weber," showed itself in early life, and his medal of the Gotha statesman, Lindenau, attracted the attention of Duke Ernest I. of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, by whose aid he was able to study at the Berlin Academy. There, under the sculptor Shadow, his love for the antique was developed, and this taste is well shown in his marriage-medal of Duke E...
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HELFRICHT, FRIEDRICH FERDINAND (Germ.). Court-medallist at Gotha, born on 8. September 1809, died on 17. May 1892. "His talent for medallic work", says Dr F. P.Weber," showed itself in early life, and his medal of the Gotha statesman, Lindenau, attracted the attention of Duke Ernest I. of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, by whose aid he was able to study at the Berlin Academy. There, under the sculptor Shadow, his love for the antique was developed, and this taste is well shown in his marriage-medal of Duke E...
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HENDRICY, MARTIN
HENDRICY, MARTIN (French). Medallist of Lyons, 1614-62, who is known also as a Sculptor, Painter, and Architect. He was born at Li?ge in 1614, but spent twenty-nine years of his life at Lyons. Rondot describes him as a servile imitator of Claude Warin. In 1648, he obtained the title of Sculptor to the city, and in 1659, his letters of naturalization. He worked for the churches and was for a long time occupied at the Hotel de Ville. Bibliography. — Rondot, Lalyame, Hendricy et Mimerel, Sculpteurs...
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HENDRICY, MARTIN (French). Medallist of Lyons, 1614-62, who is known also as a Sculptor, Painter, and Architect. He was born at Li?ge in 1614, but spent twenty-nine years of his life at Lyons. Rondot describes him as a servile imitator of Claude Warin. In 1648, he obtained the title of Sculptor to the city, and in 1659, his letters of naturalization. He worked for the churches and was for a long time occupied at the Hotel de Ville. Bibliography. — Rondot, Lalyame, Hendricy et Mimerel, Sculpteurs...
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HENNING, JOHN
HENNING, JOHN (Brit.). Sculptor, Medallist and Modeller in wax, born at Paisley in 1771, died in London in 1851. "It was by him", says J. M. Gray, the biographer of the Tassies, " that the modelling of wax portrait medallions from the life, in the manner ot the Tassies, but usually cast in white biscuit porcelain, was most exclusively and successfully continued till almost our own time. A manuscript Catalogue of his works of this kind that I have compiled contains nearly ninety items ; and it mi...
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HENNING, JOHN (Brit.). Sculptor, Medallist and Modeller in wax, born at Paisley in 1771, died in London in 1851. "It was by him", says J. M. Gray, the biographer of the Tassies, " that the modelling of wax portrait medallions from the life, in the manner ot the Tassies, but usually cast in white biscuit porcelain, was most exclusively and successfully continued till almost our own time. A manuscript Catalogue of his works of this kind that I have compiled contains nearly ninety items ; and it mi...
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