MEER, JEAN VAN DER (Dutch). Mint-engraver at Vroenhoven, 1500-1502, replaced by Ulric Peeters, on 6. August 1502. His wages amounted to 12 Flemish livres per annum (Jänne Van der Meer, ysersnydere der munten van der Vroenhove tot Tricht, etc. ; Royal Archives). Bibliography. — A. Pinchart, Biographies des graveurs belges, Revue de la num. belge, 1853, p. 284.
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
MARTENS, JEAN BAPTISTE
MARTENS, JEAN BAPTISTE (Belg.). Contemporary Sculptor, born at Wonterghem (Belgium) ; pupil of V. Vilain and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris. The following medallic productions were exhibited by him at the Salon: 1861 . Portrait-medallion of M. P.J. R. *** ; — 1864. Portrait-medallion of M. le Comte de H.***; — 1866. Portrait-medallion of the artist's father and mother ; — Portraitmedallion of Jules Favre; — 1870. Portrait-medallion of a young Lady. Bibliography. — Chavignerie et Auvray, op. cit...
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MARTENS, JEAN BAPTISTE (Belg.). Contemporary Sculptor, born at Wonterghem (Belgium) ; pupil of V. Vilain and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris. The following medallic productions were exhibited by him at the Salon: 1861 . Portrait-medallion of M. P.J. R. *** ; — 1864. Portrait-medallion of M. le Comte de H.***; — 1866. Portrait-medallion of the artist's father and mother ; — Portraitmedallion of Jules Favre; — 1870. Portrait-medallion of a young Lady. Bibliography. — Chavignerie et Auvray, op. cit...
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MARTIN (2.)
MARTIN (or MARTYN), SIR RICHARD (Brit.). (1534-1617). The following exhaustive account of Martin's life was contributed by Mr. Warwick Wroth, to the Dictionary of National Biography (Vol. XXXVI). "Master of the Mint and Lord Mayor of London was born in 1534. He adopted the business of a Goldsmith, and in 1594 is mentioned as one of the goldsmiths to Queen Elizabeth (Cal. State Papers, Dom. 1591-4, p. 559; 1603-10, p. 574). In 1559- 60 he was appointed Warden of the Mint, and held this office til...
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MARTIN (or MARTYN), SIR RICHARD (Brit.). (1534-1617). The following exhaustive account of Martin's life was contributed by Mr. Warwick Wroth, to the Dictionary of National Biography (Vol. XXXVI). "Master of the Mint and Lord Mayor of London was born in 1534. He adopted the business of a Goldsmith, and in 1594 is mentioned as one of the goldsmiths to Queen Elizabeth (Cal. State Papers, Dom. 1591-4, p. 559; 1603-10, p. 574). In 1559- 60 he was appointed Warden of the Mint, and held this office til...
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MARTIN, DIEGO
MARTIN, DIEGO (Span.). Goldsmith of the fourth quarter of the sixteenth century, about whom Bolzenthal (p. 173) gives the following particulars : " Towards the end of the sixteenth century, an artist, who might pass for a second Cellini, worked for the Electoral Court of Brandenburg, in the reign of the Markgrave John George. A cloud seems to rest over his name and history, which we may perhaps succeed in dispelling. Might he not be identified in the Spanish goldsmith, Diego Martin, whose works ...
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MARTIN, DIEGO (Span.). Goldsmith of the fourth quarter of the sixteenth century, about whom Bolzenthal (p. 173) gives the following particulars : " Towards the end of the sixteenth century, an artist, who might pass for a second Cellini, worked for the Electoral Court of Brandenburg, in the reign of the Markgrave John George. A cloud seems to rest over his name and history, which we may perhaps succeed in dispelling. Might he not be identified in the Spanish goldsmith, Diego Martin, whose works ...
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MARTIN, GEORGES LOUIS GABRIEL
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, stu...
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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, stu...
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