HORSTORFER, JOHANN (Austr.). General Mint-master of Bohemia, 1496-1499.
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.
HÉRARD, GÉRARD LÉONARD
HÉRARD, GÉRARD LÉONARD (Belg.). Sculptor and Medallist, born at Li?ge in 1630; died at Paris on November 8, 1675. He was admitted a member of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture of Paris, on the 16th of October 1670, at the same time as his fellow-countryman, the painter Barthélemi Flémalle. Besides various statues, busts, marble medallions, some of which were executed by order of Louis XIV. for the Castle of Versailles, a sum of 1730 Livres was paid to the artist for silver jetons which...
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HÉRARD, GÉRARD LÉONARD (Belg.). Sculptor and Medallist, born at Li?ge in 1630; died at Paris on November 8, 1675. He was admitted a member of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture of Paris, on the 16th of October 1670, at the same time as his fellow-countryman, the painter Barthélemi Flémalle. Besides various statues, busts, marble medallions, some of which were executed by order of Louis XIV. for the Castle of Versailles, a sum of 1730 Livres was paid to the artist for silver jetons which...
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HERTER, E
HERTER, E (Germ ). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, whose name appears in conjunction with that of O. Schultz on a medal commemorating the Opening of the Kiel Canal, 1895, and bearing on the obv. the bust of the three Emperors William I., Frederick, and William II. Menadier, Schaumünzen des Hauses Hohenzollern, illustrates another medal, engraved by Schultz, and the reverse of which was modelled by Herter, that of the International Fine Art Exhibition at Berlin, 1891. Bibliography. — Menadie...
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HERTER, E (Germ ). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, whose name appears in conjunction with that of O. Schultz on a medal commemorating the Opening of the Kiel Canal, 1895, and bearing on the obv. the bust of the three Emperors William I., Frederick, and William II. Menadier, Schaumünzen des Hauses Hohenzollern, illustrates another medal, engraved by Schultz, and the reverse of which was modelled by Herter, that of the International Fine Art Exhibition at Berlin, 1891. Bibliography. — Menadie...
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HEUBERGER, LEOPOLD
HEUBERGER, LEOPOLD (Austr.). Medallist of the first half of the nineteenth century. He engraved in 1827 a medal on the Recons- truction of the University of Gratz, and the reverse of a medal of Charles John, Crown Prince of Sweden, and Field Marshal Prince von Schwarzenberg, with busts on either side; also medals of Prince Metternich;— Prince Hieronymusvon Mansteld-Colloredo; — Field Marshal von Blücher; — Pattern Double Gulden of 1831 (not approved of by the Monetary commission);--- Visit of Al...
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HEUBERGER, LEOPOLD (Austr.). Medallist of the first half of the nineteenth century. He engraved in 1827 a medal on the Recons- truction of the University of Gratz, and the reverse of a medal of Charles John, Crown Prince of Sweden, and Field Marshal Prince von Schwarzenberg, with busts on either side; also medals of Prince Metternich;— Prince Hieronymusvon Mansteld-Colloredo; — Field Marshal von Blücher; — Pattern Double Gulden of 1831 (not approved of by the Monetary commission);--- Visit of Al...
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HEURTHAUX, NICOLAS
HEURTHAUX, NICOLAS (French). Die-sinker at Paris, circa 1805- 181 5. He appears to have worked for the Medal Mint, and engraved several jetons and perhaps also some medals belonging to the Napoleonic Series. Very little appears to be known of this Engraver, whose signature I have noticed on the two pieces described here : Masonic Jeton of the Lodge of Angers, 1811, signed HEURTHUAX F (sic) ; Pattern 5 Franc Piece, for the monetary commission of 1814/15 ; etc. In An XI he was one of the competito...
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HEURTHAUX, NICOLAS (French). Die-sinker at Paris, circa 1805- 181 5. He appears to have worked for the Medal Mint, and engraved several jetons and perhaps also some medals belonging to the Napoleonic Series. Very little appears to be known of this Engraver, whose signature I have noticed on the two pieces described here : Masonic Jeton of the Lodge of Angers, 1811, signed HEURTHUAX F (sic) ; Pattern 5 Franc Piece, for the monetary commission of 1814/15 ; etc. In An XI he was one of the competito...
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