JOHANN FRIEDRICH o FERAL. Mint-master at Leipzig, 1764-1765.
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.
JAHN, VALENTIN
JAHN, VALENTIN (Pol.). Mint-master and Contractor of the Mints of Posen and Fraustadt, 1592-1595; Bromberg, November 1594- July 1595. On the 9th of July 1592, Jahn took the oath as Mintmaster at Posen, and on the 24th of October 1594, he installed Johannes Dittmar as administrator there (administrator seu provisor). In 1600 he again contracted to work the Mint of Fraustadt, which he did until 1603. His name occurs also as Jans, Johns, Jonas and Jonghe. From 1603 to 1613 he worked the Mint at Jä...
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JAHN, VALENTIN (Pol.). Mint-master and Contractor of the Mints of Posen and Fraustadt, 1592-1595; Bromberg, November 1594- July 1595. On the 9th of July 1592, Jahn took the oath as Mintmaster at Posen, and on the 24th of October 1594, he installed Johannes Dittmar as administrator there (administrator seu provisor). In 1600 he again contracted to work the Mint of Fraustadt, which he did until 1603. His name occurs also as Jans, Johns, Jonas and Jonghe. From 1603 to 1613 he worked the Mint at Jä...
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JACHTMANN, JOHANN LUDWIG
JACHTMANN, JOHANN LUDWIG (Germ.). Medallist, born at Berlin in 1776, where he died in 1842. " This Engraver ", says Bolzenthal, " learned the art of Stierle; however in style and composition he progressed with the age, as we may perceive by his medals of reward for Arts and Sciences, struck to commemorate the third centenary of Alb. Dürer, and the Prize medal of the Royal Academy of Arts. He always endeavoured to produce something better than the last. For some time, Jachtmann endeavoured to exe...
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JACHTMANN, JOHANN LUDWIG (Germ.). Medallist, born at Berlin in 1776, where he died in 1842. " This Engraver ", says Bolzenthal, " learned the art of Stierle; however in style and composition he progressed with the age, as we may perceive by his medals of reward for Arts and Sciences, struck to commemorate the third centenary of Alb. Dürer, and the Prize medal of the Royal Academy of Arts. He always endeavoured to produce something better than the last. For some time, Jachtmann endeavoured to exe...
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JALEY, LOUIS
JALEY, LOUIS (French). Medallist, born at Charité-sur-Loire, near St. Etienne (Loire) in 1763 ; died at Paris in 1838. He was a pupil of Moitte and Dupré, and distinguished himself as an Engraver of medals of the Napoleonic series. His signature appears on the R of the following; 1804, Consecration of Napoleon I., by Pope Pius VII. ; — 1805, Coronation of Napoleon I. as King of Italy, at Milan, 1805 (R The crown of Agilulphus, King of the Lombards); — 1805, Capitulation of Ulm and Memmingen; — 1...
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JALEY, LOUIS (French). Medallist, born at Charité-sur-Loire, near St. Etienne (Loire) in 1763 ; died at Paris in 1838. He was a pupil of Moitte and Dupré, and distinguished himself as an Engraver of medals of the Napoleonic series. His signature appears on the R of the following; 1804, Consecration of Napoleon I., by Pope Pius VII. ; — 1805, Coronation of Napoleon I. as King of Italy, at Milan, 1805 (R The crown of Agilulphus, King of the Lombards); — 1805, Capitulation of Ulm and Memmingen; — 1...
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JAMAIN, ÉMILE THÉODORE
JAMAIN, ÉMILE THÉODORE (French). Contemporary Sculptor, Gem-engraver, and Medallist, born at Fumay (Ardennes); pupil of Vaudet and Hiolin. By him were exhibited some cameos and medals at the Salon, between 1888 and 1901 : 1888. Marie de Médicis, sard cameo; — Milo of Croton, sard cameo; — 1890. Faun, sard cameo; — 1891. L'accordée de Village, cameo; — Joan of Arc; — Marguerite; — Agrippa; — 1892. Francois Truph?me, sard cameo ; — Marie de Médicis ; — Homer, sard cameo; — 1893. Henri Weisse ; — 1...
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JAMAIN, ÉMILE THÉODORE (French). Contemporary Sculptor, Gem-engraver, and Medallist, born at Fumay (Ardennes); pupil of Vaudet and Hiolin. By him were exhibited some cameos and medals at the Salon, between 1888 and 1901 : 1888. Marie de Médicis, sard cameo; — Milo of Croton, sard cameo; — 1890. Faun, sard cameo; — 1891. L'accordée de Village, cameo; — Joan of Arc; — Marguerite; — Agrippa; — 1892. Francois Truph?me, sard cameo ; — Marie de Médicis ; — Homer, sard cameo; — 1893. Henri Weisse ; — 1...
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