IWAN SCHNEESE. Mint-master at Moscow, 1752-1754.
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.
CHEVALIER, JEAN
CHEVALIER, JEAN (French). Medallist and worker in ivory, resided in London in 1690, ana then at Berlin, where he entered the service of the House of Brandenburg. Later on, he returned to Paris where he died. His portraits in ivory are very numerous, and one of them, preserved in the Museum of Nils Keder at Stockholm, is of especial interest to English collectors : Robert Boyle, seventh son of Richard, Earl of Cork, 1627-1692, one of the greatest natural philosophers of the seventeenth century. B...
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CHEVALIER, JEAN (French). Medallist and worker in ivory, resided in London in 1690, ana then at Berlin, where he entered the service of the House of Brandenburg. Later on, he returned to Paris where he died. His portraits in ivory are very numerous, and one of them, preserved in the Museum of Nils Keder at Stockholm, is of especial interest to English collectors : Robert Boyle, seventh son of Richard, Earl of Cork, 1627-1692, one of the greatest natural philosophers of the seventeenth century. B...
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CHEVALIER, NICOLAS
CHEVALIER, NICOLAS (French). Medallist, born at Sedan, died at Utrecht in 1720. He was a protestant minister, and obliged to take refuge in Holland on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. He resided for some time at Amsterdam 1694-1705, and afterwards settled at Utrecht, where he was granted the privilege of striking medals in his own house. Several of his medals belong to the English series, and some are only copies of those by other artists : Marriage of William III., Prince of Orange, and P...
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CHEVALIER, NICOLAS (French). Medallist, born at Sedan, died at Utrecht in 1720. He was a protestant minister, and obliged to take refuge in Holland on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. He resided for some time at Amsterdam 1694-1705, and afterwards settled at Utrecht, where he was granted the privilege of striking medals in his own house. Several of his medals belong to the English series, and some are only copies of those by other artists : Marriage of William III., Prince of Orange, and P...
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CHOIRION
CHOIRION (XOIPI?N) (Greek). Coin-engraver at Catana, during the latter end of the fifth century B.C. (Circ. B.C. 415-403); his signature appears in full on a Tetradrachm, and abbreviated to XOI on a Drachm. 1. AR. Tetradrachm. Obv. Head of Apollo, laur., facing, between a bow and a lyre ; beneath, AMO???N ; artist's name, XOPI?N. R. KATANAI?N. Fast quadriga; in the background an Ionic column (the meta); in ex. crayfish. B. M. Cat., Sicily, n° 34. 2. AR. Drachm. Obv. AMENANO?. Full-face head...
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CHOIRION (XOIPI?N) (Greek). Coin-engraver at Catana, during the latter end of the fifth century B.C. (Circ. B.C. 415-403); his signature appears in full on a Tetradrachm, and abbreviated to XOI on a Drachm. 1. AR. Tetradrachm. Obv. Head of Apollo, laur., facing, between a bow and a lyre ; beneath, AMO???N ; artist's name, XOPI?N. R. KATANAI?N. Fast quadriga; in the background an Ionic column (the meta); in ex. crayfish. B. M. Cat., Sicily, n° 34. 2. AR. Drachm. Obv. AMENANO?. Full-face head...
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CHRISTELBAUER, JOSEPH CHRISTIAN
CHRISTELBAUER, JOSEPH CHRISTIAN (Austr.). Contemporary Viennese Die-sinker and Medallist, born in 1820, † 20. August 1897. Among the more recent productions of this die-sinking establishment, I may record the following medals : Marriage of Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria with Princess Stephanie of Belgium, 1881 ; — International Postal Exhibition at Vienna, 1890; — Electrical Exhibition at Vienna, 1883 ; — National Exhibition at Buda-Pesth, 1885 (3 var-); — Public Festivities at Vienna, 1881; —"...
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CHRISTELBAUER, JOSEPH CHRISTIAN (Austr.). Contemporary Viennese Die-sinker and Medallist, born in 1820, † 20. August 1897. Among the more recent productions of this die-sinking establishment, I may record the following medals : Marriage of Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria with Princess Stephanie of Belgium, 1881 ; — International Postal Exhibition at Vienna, 1890; — Electrical Exhibition at Vienna, 1883 ; — National Exhibition at Buda-Pesth, 1885 (3 var-); — Public Festivities at Vienna, 1881; —"...
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