MAYER, ALEXANDER (Austr.). Mint-engraver at Kremnitz, circ. 1859-1868. He was born at Mödling near Vienna, 4. July 1840, and was a pupil of the Academy of Fine Arts of Vienna.
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
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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MARQUART, J. B. C.
MARQUART, J. B. C. (Belg.). Son of the last; studied metallurgy under his father, and was sent by the government of the Netherlands to learn medal-engraving at the Vienna Mint. Returning after a few months' stay in Austria, he went to Paris where he resided for thirteen years. We then find him filling an official post in government mining works in Hungary, and in 1764, appointed Warden of the Brussels Mint. Pinchart describes a medal by him, probably executed in Austria, of the Archduke Joseph, ...
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MARQUART, J. B. C. (Belg.). Son of the last; studied metallurgy under his father, and was sent by the government of the Netherlands to learn medal-engraving at the Vienna Mint. Returning after a few months' stay in Austria, he went to Paris where he resided for thirteen years. We then find him filling an official post in government mining works in Hungary, and in 1764, appointed Warden of the Brussels Mint. Pinchart describes a medal by him, probably executed in Austria, of the Archduke Joseph, ...
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MARRIAN AND GAUSBY
MARRIAN AND GAUSBY (Brit.). Die-sinkers of Birmingham, during the early portion of Queen Victoria's reign. They issued a series of Pattern pieces, comprising : 10, 5, 2 and 1 Cents, 1846 in Al, AR. and ? (of which many restrikes exist); — One Centum, 1846, in tin, &c. All these patterns read : MARRIAN & GAUSBY. D. BIRM. beneath the head of the Queen, and the legend on R. is : SMITH ON DECIMAL CURRENCY 1846. Bibliography. — S. M. Spink, Catalogue of Mr. Montagu's Collection of Coins from George I...
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MARRIAN AND GAUSBY (Brit.). Die-sinkers of Birmingham, during the early portion of Queen Victoria's reign. They issued a series of Pattern pieces, comprising : 10, 5, 2 and 1 Cents, 1846 in Al, AR. and ? (of which many restrikes exist); — One Centum, 1846, in tin, &c. All these patterns read : MARRIAN & GAUSBY. D. BIRM. beneath the head of the Queen, and the legend on R. is : SMITH ON DECIMAL CURRENCY 1846. Bibliography. — S. M. Spink, Catalogue of Mr. Montagu's Collection of Coins from George I...
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