MARKUS PHILIPSSOHN. Mint-master at Elbing, 1628- 1632.
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.
MACPHAIL, NEIL
MACPHAIL, NEIL (Brit.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, residing at Glasgow. His signature : N. MACPHAIL SC. occurs on the following medals : Dr William Cullen ; — Dr William Hunter; — John Hunter; — John Black (all four are medals of the Faculty of Medicine of Glasgow University) ; — Glasgow School of Art and Haldane Academy Prize Medal, with bust of Haldane; — Prize Medals of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, comprizing the "Institution Medal"; the " Marine Engine...
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MACPHAIL, NEIL (Brit.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, residing at Glasgow. His signature : N. MACPHAIL SC. occurs on the following medals : Dr William Cullen ; — Dr William Hunter; — John Hunter; — John Black (all four are medals of the Faculty of Medicine of Glasgow University) ; — Glasgow School of Art and Haldane Academy Prize Medal, with bust of Haldane; — Prize Medals of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, comprizing the "Institution Medal"; the " Marine Engine...
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MACQUET, EUGÉNE CHARLES
MACQUET, EUGÉNE CHARLES (French). Contemporary Medallist and Gem-engraver, born at Paris in 1839; pupil of Salmson Senr. The following exhibits were made by him at the Paris Salon in 1880 : Minerva entrusting youthful Mars to the care of Priapus, oriental carnelian ; — Dancing, sapphirine ; — Birth of Venus, rock crystal ; — The Farnese Bull, after the antique, sardonyx ; — Cupid and Psyche, carnelian ; — Neptune on hippocamp, holding Eumolpus in his arms, carnelian ; — The Chariot of Apollo, ro...
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MACQUET, EUGÉNE CHARLES (French). Contemporary Medallist and Gem-engraver, born at Paris in 1839; pupil of Salmson Senr. The following exhibits were made by him at the Paris Salon in 1880 : Minerva entrusting youthful Mars to the care of Priapus, oriental carnelian ; — Dancing, sapphirine ; — Birth of Venus, rock crystal ; — The Farnese Bull, after the antique, sardonyx ; — Cupid and Psyche, carnelian ; — Neptune on hippocamp, holding Eumolpus in his arms, carnelian ; — The Chariot of Apollo, ro...
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MADERO, A. B.
MADERO, A. B. (Mexic.). Medallist of Mexico, second half of the eighteenth century. His signature A. B. MADERO F. occurs on medals dated 1760. The following are described in Betts : Proclamation Medal of Charles III., 1760 (issued by the Bishop and Chapter of the Cathedral of the Holy Church in Guadalaxara) ; — Proclamation Medal of Mexico R. INSIGN. FIDELIT. &c. (5 var., Betts, nos 473-477); — Another; R. NOVUS MIHI NASCITUR ORDO; — Another; R. IMPERATOR INDIARUM (3 var.), &c. Bibliography. — C...
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MADERO, A. B. (Mexic.). Medallist of Mexico, second half of the eighteenth century. His signature A. B. MADERO F. occurs on medals dated 1760. The following are described in Betts : Proclamation Medal of Charles III., 1760 (issued by the Bishop and Chapter of the Cathedral of the Holy Church in Guadalaxara) ; — Proclamation Medal of Mexico R. INSIGN. FIDELIT. &c. (5 var., Betts, nos 473-477); — Another; R. NOVUS MIHI NASCITUR ORDO; — Another; R. IMPERATOR INDIARUM (3 var.), &c. Bibliography. — C...
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MADRASSI, LUCA
MADRASSI, LUCA (Ital.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, residing at Paris ; a pupil of Cavelier. He is the author of numerous Portrait medallions of distinguished personages, among which Dr F. P. Weber mentions the following : George Meredith, 1892; — Lord Ronald Gower, 1892 ; — Lord Beaconsfield (1805-1881), 1894; — The Right Honble W. E. Gladstone, 1894. These are all cast in bronze. Also : Venus Astarte, 189 1 ; — 1892. Child's Portrait; — Reading; — 1895. Probite commerciale, ...
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MADRASSI, LUCA (Ital.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, residing at Paris ; a pupil of Cavelier. He is the author of numerous Portrait medallions of distinguished personages, among which Dr F. P. Weber mentions the following : George Meredith, 1892; — Lord Ronald Gower, 1892 ; — Lord Beaconsfield (1805-1881), 1894; — The Right Honble W. E. Gladstone, 1894. These are all cast in bronze. Also : Venus Astarte, 189 1 ; — 1892. Child's Portrait; — Reading; — 1895. Probite commerciale, ...
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