MAURICE (French). Two Gem-engravers of that name, father and son, flourished under Louis XIII., during the first half of the seventeenth century. The father, who was a native of the Netherlands, first settled at Rouen, then at Paris; the son practised the art of gem-engraving at Rouen, but died at The Hague in 1732, at the age of eighty. As none of the works of these artists are signed, it is impossible to ascertain which of the gems of that period, some of which are of undoubted merit, may be ascribed to either of them. Bibliography. — King, op. cit. — Babelon, Histoire de la Gravure sur Gemmes en France, 1902.
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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