LOBKOWIC, JOHANN DER JÜNGERE VON (Bohem.). Mint-mastergeneral for Bohemia, circ. 1551.
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.
LENOIR, PIERRE CHARLES
LENOIR, PIERRE CHARLES (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Paris ; pupil of Charles Lenoir, Peter, Roty, and Mercié. In 1905 he obtained a Medal of the Third class. At the Salon of 1903 he exhibited several medallic works : Idyll, plaquette; — Juno, plaquette; — Five Portrait-medallions, &c. 1904. Bucolique (bronze plaquette); — Birth of Bacchus (bronze medal); — Portrait of a Lady (plaquette); — 1905. Bucolique; — Infancy of Bacchus ; — Pasteur ; — Jean Macé ; — Maurice Lenoi...
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LENOIR, PIERRE CHARLES (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Paris ; pupil of Charles Lenoir, Peter, Roty, and Mercié. In 1905 he obtained a Medal of the Third class. At the Salon of 1903 he exhibited several medallic works : Idyll, plaquette; — Juno, plaquette; — Five Portrait-medallions, &c. 1904. Bucolique (bronze plaquette); — Birth of Bacchus (bronze medal); — Portrait of a Lady (plaquette); — 1905. Bucolique; — Infancy of Bacchus ; — Pasteur ; — Jean Macé ; — Maurice Lenoi...
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LENORMANT, JÉROME
LENORMANT, JÉROME (French). Goldsmith and Engraver to the King of Navarre ; Mint-engraver at Pau and Morlaas, 1572-1580. He became in 1579, Engraver, Die-cutter and Master of the Mints of Pau, Morlaas (Bearn) and Saint-Palais (Navarre). In 1576, he was paid 9 Testons for a silver seal; in 1577, 60 Livres for the engraving of seals for Catherine of Navarre, the Regent. A document of 1578, mentioned by Blanchet reads : " A Jéôrome Lenormant, graveur des monnaies du présent pays, 210 livres tournoi...
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LENORMANT, JÉROME (French). Goldsmith and Engraver to the King of Navarre ; Mint-engraver at Pau and Morlaas, 1572-1580. He became in 1579, Engraver, Die-cutter and Master of the Mints of Pau, Morlaas (Bearn) and Saint-Palais (Navarre). In 1576, he was paid 9 Testons for a silver seal; in 1577, 60 Livres for the engraving of seals for Catherine of Navarre, the Regent. A document of 1578, mentioned by Blanchet reads : " A Jéôrome Lenormant, graveur des monnaies du présent pays, 210 livres tournoi...
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LÉONARD, LAURENT
LÉONARD, LAURENT (French). Medallist and Engraver, born in 1709, died at Paris on the 26. September 1788. He was employed at the Medal Mint; and between 1772 and 1774 filled temporarily the office of Mint-engraver, on the death of Charles Norbert Roettier. This Engraver contributed to the medallic series of Louis XV. ; the medal, reproduced above under LÉON is probably by him, and I have seen a medal of Louis XVI., 1775, bearing his full signature. Another, commemorating the Inauguration of the ...
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LÉONARD, LAURENT (French). Medallist and Engraver, born in 1709, died at Paris on the 26. September 1788. He was employed at the Medal Mint; and between 1772 and 1774 filled temporarily the office of Mint-engraver, on the death of Charles Norbert Roettier. This Engraver contributed to the medallic series of Louis XV. ; the medal, reproduced above under LÉON is probably by him, and I have seen a medal of Louis XVI., 1775, bearing his full signature. Another, commemorating the Inauguration of the ...
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LEONARDO DA MILANO
LEONARDO DA MILANO. Vide LEONARDO DA VINCI. " By the end of the fifteenth century", says King, " we find Camillo Leonardo (writing in 1502) praising four Gem-engravers — Anichini of Ferrara, Giovanni Maria of Mantua, Tagliacarne of Genoa, and Leonardo of Milan — as equal to any of the ancients in their profession ; and furthermore stating that their works were diffused throughout all Italy — a sufficient proof of the previous length of time over which their labours had extended. " The Leonardo d...
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LEONARDO DA MILANO. Vide LEONARDO DA VINCI. " By the end of the fifteenth century", says King, " we find Camillo Leonardo (writing in 1502) praising four Gem-engravers — Anichini of Ferrara, Giovanni Maria of Mantua, Tagliacarne of Genoa, and Leonardo of Milan — as equal to any of the ancients in their profession ; and furthermore stating that their works were diffused throughout all Italy — a sufficient proof of the previous length of time over which their labours had extended. " The Leonardo d...
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