MARMÉ, JOHANN CHRISTIAN (Germ.). Mint-engraver and Medallist at Cleves, 1741-1757. According to I. V. Kull he worked also as Mint-engraver at Düsseldorf, 1737-1750; and Ammon states that his signature occurs on Ducats of Wied, 1744, and currency of the Elector Palatine, 1737, 1749, &c He executed commemorative medals of the Treaties of Dresden and Aix-la-Chapelle. His best known works are : Peace of Dresden, 1745 ; — Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748 (signed : MARME F.; 2 or 3 var.); — Frederick Alexander, Count of Wied, 1738 (Obv. M; R. MARME); — Frederick the Great, Victory of Lobositz, 1. October 1756 (Obv. GRAVÉ PAR MARMÉ; R. M); — Silver Wedding of C. H. van Leeuwen, burgomaster of Brielle, and A. van Bucren, 1759; — Golden Wedding of Jan Jacob Westrenen and Johanna Catharina Mamuchet van Houdringe, 1759 ; — To the Prosperity of the city of Utrecht, 1768; — Marriage of Prince William V., 1767; — Peace of Dresden, 1745 (Obv. MARMÉ F. R. M* FECIT*); — Portrait of Prince Hendrik Friso of Orange, on his elevation to the stadholderate, 1747 (sev. var.); — Medal of the City of Amsterdam (The Maid of Amsterdam), 1747; — Prize Medal of Hertogenbosch on the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748 ; — The Company of the Swarte Knegten, 1759; — Flourishing state of the City of Utrecht, 1765 ; — Prize Medal of The Hague Drawing Academy, 1780; — Silver Wedding of Gerrit Blaauw and Maria Agnata van Heyst, 1755 ; — Silver Wedding of Frederik Cramer and Elisabeth van Houten, 1757; — Golden Wedding of Pieter van Schoonhoven and Maria Anna Witheyn, 1758, &c. He engraved also : Double Fredericks d'or, 1752, 1753 ; — Fredericks d or, 1751-55; — Half Fredericks d'or, 1753; — Thalers, 1751-1753 ; — Half Thalers, 1751 ; — Half Gulden, 1755 ; — 1/6 Thalers, 1751-57 ; — 1/12 Thalers, 1741, 1751-1755 ; — Gute Groschen, 1751, 1753-55 ; — Sechser, 1740-49. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Ammon, op. cit. — Dr Menadier, op. cit. — Fiala, op. cit. — Franks and Grueber, op. cit. — Madai, Ttxtler Cabinet, n° 5508. — Exeter, Versuch einer Sammlung von Churpfälzischen Münzen.
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
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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MAEHN, THÉODORE
MAEHN, THÉODORE (Gem.). Medallist, born at Strassburg in 1834, was apprenticed in the firm of Mondini, Paris, where he married his chiefs daughter and succeeded to the business in 1866. He retired from active life in 1879, but still resides in Paris (53, Avenue Ledru-Rollin). In 1875 he engraved, amongst others, the medal (jeton de présence) of the Société des Bateaux parisiens(AR. &. ?.), and that of the "Syndicat des Charpentiers " of Paris. Bibliography. — Information kindly supplied by M. Ju...
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MAEHN, THÉODORE (Gem.). Medallist, born at Strassburg in 1834, was apprenticed in the firm of Mondini, Paris, where he married his chiefs daughter and succeeded to the business in 1866. He retired from active life in 1879, but still resides in Paris (53, Avenue Ledru-Rollin). In 1875 he engraved, amongst others, the medal (jeton de présence) of the Société des Bateaux parisiens(AR. &. ?.), and that of the "Syndicat des Charpentiers " of Paris. Bibliography. — Information kindly supplied by M. Ju...
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MAGNIADAS, FRANKY
MAGNIADAS, FRANKY (French). Medallist of the middle of the nineteenth century, whose productions are fairly numerous. I have noticed his signature on the following medals : Jean Francois Le Sueur, composer, 1852; — Jean Pierre Béranger, poet, 1856 (2 var.); — Giuseppe Garibaldi, 1859, (signed : FRANKY MAGNIADAS) &c. Several of his medals were edited by Massonnet. In 1848, this Engraver submitted various Patterns for Al. 20 Francs, AR. 5 Francs and ?. 10 Centimes to the Coinage Committee of the S...
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MAGNIADAS, FRANKY (French). Medallist of the middle of the nineteenth century, whose productions are fairly numerous. I have noticed his signature on the following medals : Jean Francois Le Sueur, composer, 1852; — Jean Pierre Béranger, poet, 1856 (2 var.); — Giuseppe Garibaldi, 1859, (signed : FRANKY MAGNIADAS) &c. Several of his medals were edited by Massonnet. In 1848, this Engraver submitted various Patterns for Al. 20 Francs, AR. 5 Francs and ?. 10 Centimes to the Coinage Committee of the S...
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