MARL, FRIEDRICH (Germ.). Medallist of the first half of the eighteenth century; a pupil of Raimund Faltz, "of whose dies he became possessed on his death ". He worked for the Berlin Mint, and was appointed Chief Medallist to the King of Prussia. He died in 1743. This artist's earliest works date from 1704. One of his medals, signed : F. MARL and commemorating the Alliance of William of Orange with the Elector of Brandenburg in 1688, is really a copy from a die by Faltz, and was not struck before 1704. Marl's usual signature is : F. MARL ; — F. M; — M. By him are : Medal of the Berlin Academy of Sciences, 1711; — Aggrandizement of Berlin ; — Marriage of King Frederick I. of Prussia with Sophie Louise, Princess of Mecklenburg, 1708; — Peace of Breslau, with bust of Charles XII., 1709 (illustrated); — Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt, elected Abbess of Herford, 4. February 1729 ; — Marriage of Princess Charlotte of Prussia with Duke Charles of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1733; — Portrait-medal of King Frederick William of — Prussia,1719 (diam. 130 mill. ; AR; weight : 584 grs); Frederick William and his Queen Sophia Dorothea (1715); — Birth of Prince Frederick William (later Frederick the Great), 24. January 1712, &c. He also engraved coin-dies for Frederick I. and Frederick William I., signed M. Bolzenthal says of Marl that he was not a talended artist and that he stood on a level with C. F. Luders for the merit of his work. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Ammon, op. cit. — Dr Menadier, Schaumünzen des Hauses Hohenzollern, 1901. — Von Schrötter, Das Preussische Münzwesen, Berlin, 1902. — Franks and Grueber, op. cit. — Flad, Berühmte Medailleur. — Lohner, Medaillen-Sammlung , &c.
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
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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