MARTINESI, VIRGIL (ltal.). Medallist at Naples, circ. 1731. His initials V M. are said to occur, in conjunction with an A (Mint-master Ariani's signature) on medals of about that date (Nagler, Monogrammisten, V, 1303).
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.
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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MARENDE, JEAN
MARENDE, JEAN (French). Goldsmith of Bourg-en-Bresse, who in 1502 executed the large medal cast in gold (weighing 490 grammes) with portraits of Philibert the Fair and Margaret of Austria (obv. illustrated) which was presented to these Princes by the town of Bourg on their visit there. " La médaille de Philibert le Beau et de Marguerite d'Autriche", says Rondot, " aux bustes affrontés et au champ semé de devises est le produit d'un art savant ; elle a l'originalité, l'harmonie et l'élégance, san...
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MARENDE, JEAN (French). Goldsmith of Bourg-en-Bresse, who in 1502 executed the large medal cast in gold (weighing 490 grammes) with portraits of Philibert the Fair and Margaret of Austria (obv. illustrated) which was presented to these Princes by the town of Bourg on their visit there. " La médaille de Philibert le Beau et de Marguerite d'Autriche", says Rondot, " aux bustes affrontés et au champ semé de devises est le produit d'un art savant ; elle a l'originalité, l'harmonie et l'élégance, san...
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MARESCOTTI, ANTONIO
MARESCOTTI, ANTONIO (Ital.). Medallist of the second and third quarters of the fifteenth century, about whom, unfortunately, very little is known, beyond that he was one of the cleverest of early artists which Italy has produced in that particular branch, and that he resided at Ferrara. The seven medals which bear his signature are dated between 1446 and 1462 : Giovanni da Tossignano, bishop of Ferrara, † 1436; diam. 90 mill.; signed MARE SCOTVS and dated : MCCCC —XLVI ; — Antonio Marescotti, pr...
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MARESCOTTI, ANTONIO (Ital.). Medallist of the second and third quarters of the fifteenth century, about whom, unfortunately, very little is known, beyond that he was one of the cleverest of early artists which Italy has produced in that particular branch, and that he resided at Ferrara. The seven medals which bear his signature are dated between 1446 and 1462 : Giovanni da Tossignano, bishop of Ferrara, † 1436; diam. 90 mill.; signed MARE SCOTVS and dated : MCCCC —XLVI ; — Antonio Marescotti, pr...
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