MEIER, BARTHOLD (Dan.). Mint-engraver and Court-medallist at Copenhagen, 1680-1688; Warden of the Mint at Dömitz, 1689; and Mint-master at Schwerin, 1696-1702. Meier was Chief Medallist to Christian V. of whom he cut several Portrait-medals; he is also the author of the following commemorative medals : Fortitude and Prudence of William and Mary of Great Britain, 1689 (probably issued to celebrate their Coronation); — Danish auxiliaries for England ; obv. A fleet at sea; beneath. Inscription : A CHRISTIANO V. MISSVM WILHELMO III. etc. MDCLXXXIX | B. M.; — Johan Lassenius; — Birthday of King Christian V., 1694; — Medal on the Peace of Celle in Ratzeburg, 29. September 1693, &c. This Medallist's productions, says Bolzenthal, do not leave upon one a favourable impression. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Franks & Grueber, op. cit. — Grueber, Guide ?c. — Hildebrand, op. cit.
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.
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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MARTIN, GUILLAUME (2.)
MARTIN, GUILLAUME (French). Sculptor, Goldsmith, and Engraver of Paris, whose period of activity is comprised between circa 1558 and 1590, which latter date is supposed to be that of his death. Although somewhat inferior to Etienne de Laulne, as an artist, he nevertheless ranks amongst the first Masters of the early French Renaissance Medallic School. On the 24. March 1557 (1558) the Cour des Monnaies authorized him, at the same time as Claude de Héry " ? faire chef-d'oeuvre de tailleuret graveu...
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MARTIN, GUILLAUME (French). Sculptor, Goldsmith, and Engraver of Paris, whose period of activity is comprised between circa 1558 and 1590, which latter date is supposed to be that of his death. Although somewhat inferior to Etienne de Laulne, as an artist, he nevertheless ranks amongst the first Masters of the early French Renaissance Medallic School. On the 24. March 1557 (1558) the Cour des Monnaies authorized him, at the same time as Claude de Héry " ? faire chef-d'oeuvre de tailleuret graveu...
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