MARTIN, GEORGES LOUIS GABRIEL (French). Contemporary Sculptor, Medallist and Gem-engraver, born at Neuilly (Seine); pupil of Fossey and Merley. By him are the following works : 1866. Modesty, cameo in pietra dura; — 1867. Portrait- cameo of Leopold I., King of the Belgians; — 1868. Two cameos in onyx : Marie Antoinette at the Conciergerie, and Portrait of Mme B***; — 1869. Portrait-medallion in bronze of Mme M***; — Portrait of the artist, cameo; — Female head, study, a cameo; — Female head, study, a cameo; — 1870. Empress Joséphine, cameo in onyx; — 1873. Bacchante, onyx cameo. Bibliography. — Chavignerie et Auvray, op. cit.
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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