MAURER (Germ.). Die-sinker and Engraver, born at Dresden, and nephew of John Croker, Chief-engraver at the London Mint, 1705-1741. At the call of Croker, Maurer came to London towards 1740, to assist his uncle in his work at the mint, but nothing further is known of him, nor can it be ascertained how long he stayed in England. It is surmised that as Croker died without male issue Maurer had been appointed his heir. Bibliography. — Ammon, op. cit. — Lochner, Medaillen Sammlung, p. VIII, preface.
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
MARIOTON, CLAUDIUS
MARIOTON, CLAUDIUS (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Paris on February 2., 1844 ; pupil of Dumont and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, also of Jules Gabriel Thomas, and Levasseur. Amongst his medallic productions are : Portrait-medallion of Mme V***, 1874; — Sir James Sivewright; — Lady Sivewright; — Val?re Mabelle; — Musique des Champs, 1893; — Female restraining lion ; — Female caressing goat ; — Christ on the cross, medalet; — L'Urbaine, jeton ; — C. Marioton; — Dr Outin ; — Mm...
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MARIOTON, CLAUDIUS (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Paris on February 2., 1844 ; pupil of Dumont and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, also of Jules Gabriel Thomas, and Levasseur. Amongst his medallic productions are : Portrait-medallion of Mme V***, 1874; — Sir James Sivewright; — Lady Sivewright; — Val?re Mabelle; — Musique des Champs, 1893; — Female restraining lion ; — Female caressing goat ; — Christ on the cross, medalet; — L'Urbaine, jeton ; — C. Marioton; — Dr Outin ; — Mm...
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MARL, FRIEDRICH
MARL, FRIEDRICH (Germ.). Medallist of the first half of the eighteenth century; a pupil of Raimund Faltz, "of whose dies he became possessed on his death ". He worked for the Berlin Mint, and was appointed Chief Medallist to the King of Prussia. He died in 1743. This artist's earliest works date from 1704. One of his medals, signed : F. MARL and commemorating the Alliance of William of Orange with the Elector of Brandenburg in 1688, is really a copy from a die by Faltz, and was not struck before...
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MARL, FRIEDRICH (Germ.). Medallist of the first half of the eighteenth century; a pupil of Raimund Faltz, "of whose dies he became possessed on his death ". He worked for the Berlin Mint, and was appointed Chief Medallist to the King of Prussia. He died in 1743. This artist's earliest works date from 1704. One of his medals, signed : F. MARL and commemorating the Alliance of William of Orange with the Elector of Brandenburg in 1688, is really a copy from a die by Faltz, and was not struck before...
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MARMÉ, JOHANN CHRISTIAN
MARMÉ, JOHANN CHRISTIAN (Germ.). Mint-engraver and Medallist at Cleves, 1741-1757. According to I. V. Kull he worked also as Mint-engraver at Düsseldorf, 1737-1750; and Ammon states that his signature occurs on Ducats of Wied, 1744, and currency of the Elector Palatine, 1737, 1749, &c He executed commemorative medals of the Treaties of Dresden and Aix-la-Chapelle. His best known works are : Peace of Dresden, 1745 ; — Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748 (signed : MARME F.; 2 or 3 var.); — Frederick Al...
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MARMÉ, JOHANN CHRISTIAN (Germ.). Mint-engraver and Medallist at Cleves, 1741-1757. According to I. V. Kull he worked also as Mint-engraver at Düsseldorf, 1737-1750; and Ammon states that his signature occurs on Ducats of Wied, 1744, and currency of the Elector Palatine, 1737, 1749, &c He executed commemorative medals of the Treaties of Dresden and Aix-la-Chapelle. His best known works are : Peace of Dresden, 1745 ; — Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748 (signed : MARME F.; 2 or 3 var.); — Frederick Al...
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MARMITTA, LUIGI
MARMITTA, LUIGI (Ital.). Son of the last, and also a Painter, Gem-engraver, and Medallist. He was better known by the name of LUDOVICO DA PARMA, and, as an artist, greatly surpassed his father. We learn from Vasari that he was in the service of Cardinal Salviati at Rome, where he distinguished himself by his extraordinary talent, at a period when nothing mediocre would have passed muster there. He engraved crystal and gems in intaglio and cameo, his most famous work being a cameo of Socrates, bu...
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MARMITTA, LUIGI (Ital.). Son of the last, and also a Painter, Gem-engraver, and Medallist. He was better known by the name of LUDOVICO DA PARMA, and, as an artist, greatly surpassed his father. We learn from Vasari that he was in the service of Cardinal Salviati at Rome, where he distinguished himself by his extraordinary talent, at a period when nothing mediocre would have passed muster there. He engraved crystal and gems in intaglio and cameo, his most famous work being a cameo of Socrates, bu...
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