MACKERREL, J. (Brit.). Mint-master at Madras from April 1820 to January 1830.
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.
LORENZ, JOHANN JACOB
LORENZ, JOHANN JACOB (Germ.). Medallist to the Mint of Hamburg, born at Berlin, 24. June 1845, died 29. August 1887. He was the son of the medallist Carl Heinrich Lorenz, from whom he received his first tuition. From 1864 to 1867, he was a student at the Berlin Royal Academy of Arts, and while residing in the Prussian capital he occasionally worked for the Loos Medallic Mint. He then visited Dresden and was employed there by the Courtmedallist Friedrich Hermann Jahn. By the end of 1868 we find h...
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LORENZ, JOHANN JACOB (Germ.). Medallist to the Mint of Hamburg, born at Berlin, 24. June 1845, died 29. August 1887. He was the son of the medallist Carl Heinrich Lorenz, from whom he received his first tuition. From 1864 to 1867, he was a student at the Berlin Royal Academy of Arts, and while residing in the Prussian capital he occasionally worked for the Loos Medallic Mint. He then visited Dresden and was employed there by the Courtmedallist Friedrich Hermann Jahn. By the end of 1868 we find h...
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LORENZO DE' MEDICI
LORENZO DE' MEDICI, surnamed the Magnificent, Ruler of Florence, 1469-1492, and the greatest Patron of Art that ever lived. He gathered around him all the most renowned painters, sculptors, gem-engravers, literati and poets of his time. At his court at Florence, Michel Angelo essayed the first strokes of his chisel, and many artists, amongst them, Brunelleschi and Donatello, owed their prosperity to the protection of this enlightened Prince. "Laurent", says Müntz (Histoire de l'Art, vol. I, p. 5...
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LORENZO DE' MEDICI, surnamed the Magnificent, Ruler of Florence, 1469-1492, and the greatest Patron of Art that ever lived. He gathered around him all the most renowned painters, sculptors, gem-engravers, literati and poets of his time. At his court at Florence, Michel Angelo essayed the first strokes of his chisel, and many artists, amongst them, Brunelleschi and Donatello, owed their prosperity to the protection of this enlightened Prince. "Laurent", says Müntz (Histoire de l'Art, vol. I, p. 5...
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LORIEUX, JULIEN
LORIEUX, JULIEN (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born in Paris; pupil of Alphée Dubois and Georges Lemaire. He has been very successful, and his exhibits at the Salons since 1899 have met with approval from the best critics. His medallic productions are not numerous. I have only noticed : Vierge (14 mill.); — Premi?re Communion (Plaquette without R.); — St. Sebastian (illustrated). — The Villager and the Serpent (the last two executed in commission for the firm of Arthus Bertrand e...
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LORIEUX, JULIEN (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born in Paris; pupil of Alphée Dubois and Georges Lemaire. He has been very successful, and his exhibits at the Salons since 1899 have met with approval from the best critics. His medallic productions are not numerous. I have only noticed : Vierge (14 mill.); — Premi?re Communion (Plaquette without R.); — St. Sebastian (illustrated). — The Villager and the Serpent (the last two executed in commission for the firm of Arthus Bertrand e...
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LORTHIOR
LORTHIOR, or LORTHIOIR, PIERRE JOSEPH (French). Sculptor and Medallist, born at Lille on the 22. January 1733, became " Engraver to the King" in 1776, and died at Paris on the 8th of March 1813, at the age of eighty. He is the author of a number of medals and jetons, also medallions and plaquettes "of elegant design and fine execution ", and he took part in 1791 in the competition for the coinage. He was especially clever as an Engraver of seals and gaming counters, and produced some good work i...
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LORTHIOR, or LORTHIOIR, PIERRE JOSEPH (French). Sculptor and Medallist, born at Lille on the 22. January 1733, became " Engraver to the King" in 1776, and died at Paris on the 8th of March 1813, at the age of eighty. He is the author of a number of medals and jetons, also medallions and plaquettes "of elegant design and fine execution ", and he took part in 1791 in the competition for the coinage. He was especially clever as an Engraver of seals and gaming counters, and produced some good work i...
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