LEONHARD BERNHARD. Mint-master at Altenkirchen, 1747-1785.
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.
LAW
LAW (Brit.). Gem-engraver of the end of the eighteenth century and beginning of the nineteenth. The following works bear his signature: Head of Bacchant, carnelian; — Head of Herakles, carnelian ; — Head of Medusa ; — Head of Socrates ; — A term of Xenophon crowned with laurel; — Head of Lucretia, emerald; — Head of Seneca ; — Head of Julia, daughter of Titus, sapphire ; — Cameo, with head of Antinoüs ; — Bust of And. Marvel, Scotch poet ; — Cameo, bust of Sir Walter Raleigh ; — Cameo, bust of G...
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LAW (Brit.). Gem-engraver of the end of the eighteenth century and beginning of the nineteenth. The following works bear his signature: Head of Bacchant, carnelian; — Head of Herakles, carnelian ; — Head of Medusa ; — Head of Socrates ; — A term of Xenophon crowned with laurel; — Head of Lucretia, emerald; — Head of Seneca ; — Head of Julia, daughter of Titus, sapphire ; — Cameo, with head of Antinoüs ; — Bust of And. Marvel, Scotch poet ; — Cameo, bust of Sir Walter Raleigh ; — Cameo, bust of G...
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LAW, JOHN
LAW, JOHN (Brit.). Financier, born at Edinburgh in 1681, died at Venice in 1729. He was made Comptroller-general of the finances of France, upon the strength of a scheme for establishing a bank, and an East India and a Mississipi Company, by the profits of which the national debt of France was to be paid off. Law's bank, which was opened in 1716, was declared a Royal bank in 1718, but in 1720 this fabric of false credit fell to the ground, spreading ruin throughout the country. Law initiated the...
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LAW, JOHN (Brit.). Financier, born at Edinburgh in 1681, died at Venice in 1729. He was made Comptroller-general of the finances of France, upon the strength of a scheme for establishing a bank, and an East India and a Mississipi Company, by the profits of which the national debt of France was to be paid off. Law's bank, which was opened in 1716, was declared a Royal bank in 1718, but in 1720 this fabric of false credit fell to the ground, spreading ruin throughout the country. Law initiated the...
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LAZARI, ANTONIO
LAZARI, ANTONIO (Ital.). Medallist of the first half of the eighteenth century, and Mint-engraver. His signature: ANT. LAZARI FEC. is found on a Portrait-medal of Donna Laura Maria Bassi, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Bologna, 1732. Lazari, who was a native of Modena, succeeded Antonio Maria Parmeggiani as Mint-engraver at Bologna in 1709, but in 1713 he was replaced by Carlo Falconi, again appointed in 1728; he remained in office until 1734. Bibliography. — Ammon, op. cit. — Bolz...
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LAZARI, ANTONIO (Ital.). Medallist of the first half of the eighteenth century, and Mint-engraver. His signature: ANT. LAZARI FEC. is found on a Portrait-medal of Donna Laura Maria Bassi, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Bologna, 1732. Lazari, who was a native of Modena, succeeded Antonio Maria Parmeggiani as Mint-engraver at Bologna in 1709, but in 1713 he was replaced by Carlo Falconi, again appointed in 1728; he remained in office until 1734. Bibliography. — Ammon, op. cit. — Bolz...
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LE BLANC, JEAN
LE BLANC, JEAN. Vide BLANC (Vol. I, N.E., p. 194), 1675- † 12. December 1749. This artist is sometimes called BLANK, and was a Goldsmith, Chaser and Engraver. He was born in 1677; received Academician in 1718. Chavignerie et Auvray give also the following works by him : Portrait of the Duke of Orleans, 1718; — France handing the rudder of State to the Regent; — France inscribing the Accession of the Regent on a shield ; — Wax Portrait of Pope Clement XII., 1738; — Portrait of Peter the Great; — ...
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LE BLANC, JEAN. Vide BLANC (Vol. I, N.E., p. 194), 1675- † 12. December 1749. This artist is sometimes called BLANK, and was a Goldsmith, Chaser and Engraver. He was born in 1677; received Academician in 1718. Chavignerie et Auvray give also the following works by him : Portrait of the Duke of Orleans, 1718; — France handing the rudder of State to the Regent; — France inscribing the Accession of the Regent on a shield ; — Wax Portrait of Pope Clement XII., 1738; — Portrait of Peter the Great; — ...
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