MARTEAU, FRANCOIS JOSEPH (French). Goldsmith and Medallist of Paris, circ. 1720-1759. He engraved several medals, usually signed : MARTEAU F. or F. M., of the Series of medals of Louis XIV. and XV. Marteau's best known medals are : Battle of Fontenoy, 1745 (signed : J. M. on obv. and M on R; illustrated); — French Campaign of 1745 (R. by J. C. Roettiers); — Battle of Rocoux, 1746(R by J. C. Roettiers); — Battle of Lawfeldt, 1747 (sev. var.) ; — Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748 (R. by J. C. Roettiers); — Loss of Minorca, 1756 (R. signed : L. LEON, illustrated): — Jetons, with bust of Louis XV. (signed F. M., M., fm. &c.); — Franco- American Jeton, 1756; R. COL . FRANC . DE L'AM. 1756; signed on obv. m) ; — Philip L., Baron von Stosch, German archaeologist, 1727; — Louis XV., 1745, on the Marriage of Princess Maria Theresa of Spain with the Dauphin (R. by J. C. Roettiers); — Academy of Dijon, 1740 ; — Société académique de Chirurgie, Paris, 1731 and 1741; — Illness of Louis XV. at Metz, 1744; — Recovery of Louis XV., 1744 (2 var.) ; — Assistance rendered to the Elector of Bavaria, 1741 — Audience of the Turkish Embassy, 1742 ; — The Italian Campaign, 1744 ; — Capture of Furnes, 1744; — French Astronomical Mission to the Equatorial regions and the North Pole, 1744 ; — Capture of Berg-op-Zoom, 1747 ; — Battle of Lawfeldt, 1747 ; — Melchior de Polignac, French cardinal, 1730 ; — Jeton of the Chamber of Commerce of Bordeaux, 1750 (2 var.); — Head of Louis XV.; — Taking of Meenen by the French, 1744 (2 var.); — Ypres captured by the French, 1744 (2 var.); — Furnes taken by the French 1744 (R. by J. C. Roettiers); — Tournay taken by the French, 1745; — Louis XV., Campaign in South Netherlands, 1745 (R by J. C. Roettiers); — French Campaign in Italy, 1745 (by J. C. Roettiers Jun.); — The French take Brussels, 1746; — Capture of Brussels, Antwerp, Jemmapes, Bergen, Namur and Charleroi, 1746 ; —Taking of Berg op Zoom, 1748, etc. Bibliography. — Rondot, op. cit. — Franks and Grueber, op. cit. — Betts, op. cit. — Ammon, op. cit. n° 64. — Fayolle, Numismatique de la Chambre de commerce de Bordeaux.
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
MAILLARD, AUGUSTE
MAILLARD, AUGUSTE (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born in 1866 and residing at Paris ; pupil of Dalou, Gaudez, and Falgui?re. He has obtained the following awards : Salon of 1894, Medal of the Third Class (for a bronze statue, La Défense du Sol) ; Salon of 1898, Medal of the Second Class (for a marble statue, acquired by the French government, The Fall of Icarus); Universal Exhibition of 1900, Medal of the Third Class. He is an officer of Public Instruction. Amongst his best known...
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MAILLARD, AUGUSTE (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born in 1866 and residing at Paris ; pupil of Dalou, Gaudez, and Falgui?re. He has obtained the following awards : Salon of 1894, Medal of the Third Class (for a bronze statue, La Défense du Sol) ; Salon of 1898, Medal of the Second Class (for a marble statue, acquired by the French government, The Fall of Icarus); Universal Exhibition of 1900, Medal of the Third Class. He is an officer of Public Instruction. Amongst his best known...
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MAINDRON, ÉTIENNE HIPPOLYTE
MAINDRON, ÉTIENNE HIPPOLYTE (French). Sculptor of the nineteenth century, born at Champtoceaux (Maine-et-Loire), on 16. December 1801; pupil of David d' Angers and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He was knighted in 1874, and died 6. March 1884. By this artist are numerous Portrait-medallions, amongst which are : CI. and Gab. Fillon de Fontenay; — Aloys Senefelder, of Prague (1772-1834); — Sister Rosalie; — Antoine Rivoulon painter (1810-1864); size 9.1 in.; cast by Lafosse (in Dr F. Parkes Weber's col...
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MAINDRON, ÉTIENNE HIPPOLYTE (French). Sculptor of the nineteenth century, born at Champtoceaux (Maine-et-Loire), on 16. December 1801; pupil of David d' Angers and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He was knighted in 1874, and died 6. March 1884. By this artist are numerous Portrait-medallions, amongst which are : CI. and Gab. Fillon de Fontenay; — Aloys Senefelder, of Prague (1772-1834); — Sister Rosalie; — Antoine Rivoulon painter (1810-1864); size 9.1 in.; cast by Lafosse (in Dr F. Parkes Weber's col...
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MAINWARING, WILLIAM
MAINWARING, WILLIAM (Brit.). Engraver of Tokens, and Medallist, whose productions date between 1790 and 1798. He resided at Birmingham, but I have been unable to trace any further information concerning his life. From Pye we learn that Mainwaring was a Manufacturer of Tokens, as well as Die-sinker. By him are : Hickman's, Birmingham, Halfpennies, 1792, with bust of John Howard (4 var.) ; — P. Deck's, Bury, Pennies (one var. illustrated), and Halfpennies, 1794, with bust of Charles, Marquis Cornw...
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MAINWARING, WILLIAM (Brit.). Engraver of Tokens, and Medallist, whose productions date between 1790 and 1798. He resided at Birmingham, but I have been unable to trace any further information concerning his life. From Pye we learn that Mainwaring was a Manufacturer of Tokens, as well as Die-sinker. By him are : Hickman's, Birmingham, Halfpennies, 1792, with bust of John Howard (4 var.) ; — P. Deck's, Bury, Pennies (one var. illustrated), and Halfpennies, 1794, with bust of Charles, Marquis Cornw...
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MAIRE, JEAN BAPTISTE
MAIRE, JEAN BAPTISTE (French). Medallist, born at Besancon, 5. August 1787, died there, 13. December 1859. His first teacher was Dominique Paillot, Director of the Drawing school of his native city. He then studied medicine, and in 1809, accompanied the French army to Spain as surgeon, but wounded at the siege of Saragossa, he returned to Besancon and turned his attention to sculpture. In 1816, he was admitted at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, and worked under and for the sculptor Lemot, whom he assi...
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MAIRE, JEAN BAPTISTE (French). Medallist, born at Besancon, 5. August 1787, died there, 13. December 1859. His first teacher was Dominique Paillot, Director of the Drawing school of his native city. He then studied medicine, and in 1809, accompanied the French army to Spain as surgeon, but wounded at the siege of Saragossa, he returned to Besancon and turned his attention to sculpture. In 1816, he was admitted at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, and worked under and for the sculptor Lemot, whom he assi...
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