MARTIN, DIEGO (Span.). Goldsmith of the fourth quarter of the sixteenth century, about whom Bolzenthal (p. 173) gives the following particulars : " Towards the end of the sixteenth century, an artist, who might pass for a second Cellini, worked for the Electoral Court of Brandenburg, in the reign of the Markgrave John George. A cloud seems to rest over his name and history, which we may perhaps succeed in dispelling. Might he not be identified in the Spanish goldsmith, Diego Martin, whose works for the Electoral Count are of great beauty and fineness. Two medals may be ascribed to him, of the well-known Count Rochus of Lynar. One of them has on the obverse the arms of the Count with the legend. The other medal bears a portrait of the Count and his consort, Anna of Montot. It is true that neither of these productions display that skilful hand, assurance and practice one would expect to find in Martin's work. Diego does not appear to have remained very long in the service of the Elector, for after his residence at the Count of Lynar at Spandau, in 1580, every trace disappears of his life and doings in the Electorate. At the end of the sixteenth century, a silver worker of the name of Martin, was employed in England, according to Walpole, but it is hardly possible to identify him with the Spanish goldsmith. “Diego Martin was succeeded at the Electoral Court by Peter Wolff, who in 1583 was appointed Court-Goldsmith, Gem-engraver, and Assayer, and who also cut dies for coins. "
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
MALER, CHRISTIAN
MALER, CHRISTIAN (Germ.). Son of Valentin Maler, to whose business as a Goldsmith and Medallist he succeeded, circ. 1603. He was born at Nuremberg about 1584 and died there after 1648, but neither, the date of his birth, nor that ot his death are known. The period of his activity is placed between 1603 and 1648. Although a son of Valentin Maler, and grand-son of Wenzel Jamnitzer, his productions, which are very numerous, "are executed," says Bolzenthal, " in a mechanical manner and frequently in...
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MALER, CHRISTIAN (Germ.). Son of Valentin Maler, to whose business as a Goldsmith and Medallist he succeeded, circ. 1603. He was born at Nuremberg about 1584 and died there after 1648, but neither, the date of his birth, nor that ot his death are known. The period of his activity is placed between 1603 and 1648. Although a son of Valentin Maler, and grand-son of Wenzel Jamnitzer, his productions, which are very numerous, "are executed," says Bolzenthal, " in a mechanical manner and frequently in...
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MALER, VALENTIN
MALER, VALENTIN (Germ.). A celebrated Medallist of Nuremberg; son-in-law of Wenzel Jamnitzer, the famous Nuremberg goldsmith ; and father of Christian Maler. The date of his activity ranges from 1568 to 1603, in which year, according to Doppelmayr, he probably died. Mummenh of has traced this artist's origin to Iglau in Moravia, and Erman has further shown that before settling at Nuremberg he had been employed as Mint-engraver at Joachimsthal. He married Wenzel Jamnitzer's daughter Maria in 1569...
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MALER, VALENTIN (Germ.). A celebrated Medallist of Nuremberg; son-in-law of Wenzel Jamnitzer, the famous Nuremberg goldsmith ; and father of Christian Maler. The date of his activity ranges from 1568 to 1603, in which year, according to Doppelmayr, he probably died. Mummenh of has traced this artist's origin to Iglau in Moravia, and Erman has further shown that before settling at Nuremberg he had been employed as Mint-engraver at Joachimsthal. He married Wenzel Jamnitzer's daughter Maria in 1569...
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MANFREDINI, LUIGI
MANFREDINI, LUIGI (ltal.). Medallist, born at Bologna in 1771, died on 22. June 1840. He was for many years Professor of Medallic Art at the Milan Academy of Arts, and Mint-engraver there, rom 1798 to 1830, (first as assistant, then chief-engraver from 1808) during which period he cut dies for the Kingdom of Italy, the Austrian province of Lombardy, and executed a series of medals of indisputable merit. His predecessor and colleague at the Mint was Giuseppe Salvirch, by whom are also Milanese P...
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MANFREDINI, LUIGI (ltal.). Medallist, born at Bologna in 1771, died on 22. June 1840. He was for many years Professor of Medallic Art at the Milan Academy of Arts, and Mint-engraver there, rom 1798 to 1830, (first as assistant, then chief-engraver from 1808) during which period he cut dies for the Kingdom of Italy, the Austrian province of Lombardy, and executed a series of medals of indisputable merit. His predecessor and colleague at the Mint was Giuseppe Salvirch, by whom are also Milanese P...
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MANTEGNA, ANDREA
MANTEGNA, ANDREA (ltal). A celebrated Italian Painter and Engraver, born at Padua, 1430-1504. His works were numerous; he did altar-pieces and frescoes, his greatest being "The Triumph of Caesar". He was a man of versatile genius and poet as well as painter. His influence on Italian art was very considerable. At the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, are two bronze Plaques, both representing The Entombment, probably contemporary adaptations from the engraving on the same subject by Ma...
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MANTEGNA, ANDREA (ltal). A celebrated Italian Painter and Engraver, born at Padua, 1430-1504. His works were numerous; he did altar-pieces and frescoes, his greatest being "The Triumph of Caesar". He was a man of versatile genius and poet as well as painter. His influence on Italian art was very considerable. At the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, are two bronze Plaques, both representing The Entombment, probably contemporary adaptations from the engraving on the same subject by Ma...
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