MARTIN KESSEL. Mint-master at Saalfeld, 1594- 1614.
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.
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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MAJANO, BENEDETTO DA
MAJANO, BENEDETTO DA (Ital.). Sculptor of the last decade of the fifteenth century, to whom Friedländer suggests the attribution of a Portrait-medal of Giovanni Tornabuoni, a variety of which is dated 1492. Armand describes it under the works of the Médailleur ? I' Espérance. Prof. W. Bode has however no ascribed this medal also to Niccolo Spinelli of Florence. In his art are two Reliefs in bronze, representing the Madonna enthroned, and another, in silvered bronze, of St. Sebastian. Bibliograph...
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MAJANO, BENEDETTO DA (Ital.). Sculptor of the last decade of the fifteenth century, to whom Friedländer suggests the attribution of a Portrait-medal of Giovanni Tornabuoni, a variety of which is dated 1492. Armand describes it under the works of the Médailleur ? I' Espérance. Prof. W. Bode has however no ascribed this medal also to Niccolo Spinelli of Florence. In his art are two Reliefs in bronze, representing the Madonna enthroned, and another, in silvered bronze, of St. Sebastian. Bibliograph...
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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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