HOLLAND, JOHANN LORENZ(Germ.). Mint-master at Dresden, under King Frederick Augustus I., 1698-1716. Various coins of that reign bear his initials, such as the Thalers illustrated below of 1706, 1709, 1711, 1715.
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.
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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HENRIONNET
HENRIONNET (French). Medallist of the first half ot the nineteenth century. He collaborated with Veyrat, Godel, Rogat, Masson, Peuvrier, and others on Durand's Series of personal medals " Series numismatica universalis virorum illustrium ", and " Galerie métallique des grands hommes français ", etc I have noticed Henrionnets' signature on the following medals : Debuire-du-Bas, Song-writer of Lille, 1851; — Choral Society Concordia du Nord ", 1861 ; — Louis XVIII. , Charter of 1814 ; — René Desca...
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HENRIONNET (French). Medallist of the first half ot the nineteenth century. He collaborated with Veyrat, Godel, Rogat, Masson, Peuvrier, and others on Durand's Series of personal medals " Series numismatica universalis virorum illustrium ", and " Galerie métallique des grands hommes français ", etc I have noticed Henrionnets' signature on the following medals : Debuire-du-Bas, Song-writer of Lille, 1851; — Choral Society Concordia du Nord ", 1861 ; — Louis XVIII. , Charter of 1814 ; — René Desca...
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