LEMAISTRE, HUMBERT (French). Mint-master at Crémieu, under Charles VIII. His distinctive mark (a heart) occurs on Douzains and Carolus of Dauphiny.
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.
LAUNE, ÉTIENNE DE
LAUNE, ÉTIENNE DE, also STEPHANUS LAUNUS ; — ETIENNE DE LAULNE, or DELAULNE (French). A celebrated Goldsmith, Medallist, and Line-engraver, born at Paris circ. 1519, died there in 1583. By letters patent of the 31. January 1552, he was appointed Mintengraver at Paris, in conjunction with Jean Erondelle, but already deposed, in favour of Jacques Béguin, on the 25. June of the same year. Towards the end of his lite, he went over to Germany ; in 1573 and 1580 he was working at " Argentina " (Strass...
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LAUNE, ÉTIENNE DE, also STEPHANUS LAUNUS ; — ETIENNE DE LAULNE, or DELAULNE (French). A celebrated Goldsmith, Medallist, and Line-engraver, born at Paris circ. 1519, died there in 1583. By letters patent of the 31. January 1552, he was appointed Mintengraver at Paris, in conjunction with Jean Erondelle, but already deposed, in favour of Jacques Béguin, on the 25. June of the same year. Towards the end of his lite, he went over to Germany ; in 1573 and 1580 he was working at " Argentina " (Strass...
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LAUNE, CHISTOPHE DE
LAUNE, CHISTOPHE DE (French). Mint-master at Paris (1540-1541), Mint-master and Engraver and Tours (1539-1540 and 1542-1553). He was still living in 1556. In 1540 he had some differences with Claude Lemay, a Paris Mint-engraver, in connection with an issue of jetons. An official of the name of ANTOINE LAUNE filled the post of secretary under his administration. Christoph Laune's distinctive mark occurs on Petits Deniers of the Paris Mint, 1541, and Testons and Douzains of Tours, 1549. He is the ...
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LAUNE, CHISTOPHE DE (French). Mint-master at Paris (1540-1541), Mint-master and Engraver and Tours (1539-1540 and 1542-1553). He was still living in 1556. In 1540 he had some differences with Claude Lemay, a Paris Mint-engraver, in connection with an issue of jetons. An official of the name of ANTOINE LAUNE filled the post of secretary under his administration. Christoph Laune's distinctive mark occurs on Petits Deniers of the Paris Mint, 1541, and Testons and Douzains of Tours, 1549. He is the ...
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LAURANA, FRANCESCO
LAURANA, FRANCESCO (Ital.). Painter, Sculptor and Medallist, circ. 1430-1501; a native of the ancient fortified city of the Templars, La Vrana or Laurana, near Zara. In Neapolitan documents his name occurs also as Francesco Adzara (for Francesco da Zara). Laurana, the favourite Sculptor and Medallist of René of Anjou, Count of Provence and King of Naples (1458-1480) is the first champion of the Renaissance in France. Between 1468 and 1471, a Franciscus Laurana, habitator urbis Panormi et civitat...
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LAURANA, FRANCESCO (Ital.). Painter, Sculptor and Medallist, circ. 1430-1501; a native of the ancient fortified city of the Templars, La Vrana or Laurana, near Zara. In Neapolitan documents his name occurs also as Francesco Adzara (for Francesco da Zara). Laurana, the favourite Sculptor and Medallist of René of Anjou, Count of Provence and King of Naples (1458-1480) is the first champion of the Renaissance in France. Between 1468 and 1471, a Franciscus Laurana, habitator urbis Panormi et civitat...
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LAVAU, ANDRÉ
LAVAU, ANDRÉ (French). Gem-engraver, and Die-sinker of Bordeaux, born in 1722, died on the 28th of February, 1808. He was a pupil of Roettiers of Antwerp. By him are five jetons of the College of Surgeons of Bordeaux, one of which, signed on both sides, represents on obv. SS. Cosmus and Damianus and on R. a view of the College. He also engraved a signet with a head of Hercules, executed after the antique, and to wnich he devoted ten years; M. de Fayolle terms this " unpur chef-d'?uvre " ; and a ...
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LAVAU, ANDRÉ (French). Gem-engraver, and Die-sinker of Bordeaux, born in 1722, died on the 28th of February, 1808. He was a pupil of Roettiers of Antwerp. By him are five jetons of the College of Surgeons of Bordeaux, one of which, signed on both sides, represents on obv. SS. Cosmus and Damianus and on R. a view of the College. He also engraved a signet with a head of Hercules, executed after the antique, and to wnich he devoted ten years; M. de Fayolle terms this " unpur chef-d'?uvre " ; and a ...
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