MELCHIOR, JOHANN PETER (Germ.). Sculptor and Modeller in wax, terra-cotta, etc., born in 1742, died in 1825. Between 1770 and 1779 he was Court Sculptor at Höchst-am-Main ; later he worked at Frankenthal, Mannheim, and Nuremberg, and in 1796 he was appointed Inspector of the Porcelain Manufactory of Nymphenburg. There he executed numerous Portrait-medallions of the Bavarian Royal family ; — Samuel Thomas von Soemmering, a distinguished physician, and others. From an earlier date are the artist's Portrait-medallions of Goethe, 1775; — Goethe's father; — Frau Rat, etc. Bibliography. — D. F. Heynemann, Die Medaillen-Sammlung der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, 1900.
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
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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MASINI, LORENZO
MASINI, LORENZO (Ital.). Venetian Gem-engraver of the eighteenth century, whose signature MASINI or MASINOS occurs on some intagli executed by him. He also imitated antique gems : Diana of the Mountains, in amethyst, signed: A?O???NIOY; — Diana with a bow in her hand, carnelian, equally signed; — Head of Syrius, with a collar, on which is inscribed : ??IOC E?OIEI (a copy). Masini is said to have engraved his name on this gem in the presence of Baron Stosch in whose possession it was; — Head of...
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MASINI, LORENZO (Ital.). Venetian Gem-engraver of the eighteenth century, whose signature MASINI or MASINOS occurs on some intagli executed by him. He also imitated antique gems : Diana of the Mountains, in amethyst, signed: A?O???NIOY; — Diana with a bow in her hand, carnelian, equally signed; — Head of Syrius, with a collar, on which is inscribed : ??IOC E?OIEI (a copy). Masini is said to have engraved his name on this gem in the presence of Baron Stosch in whose possession it was; — Head of...
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MASLITZER, HANS
MASLITZER, HANS (Germ.). Goldsmith and Medallist of Nuremberg, circ. 1538-1574, of whom however very little is known. The late Alfred von Sallet suggested that he may have been the author of the medal reproduced here, which bears his portrait on obv. Neudörffer in his Nachrichten von Künstlern und Werkleuten, 1547, gives the following particulars of this artist: "dieser Maslitzer ist eine Zeit lang Rechenmeister gewesen und ein zierlicher Schreiber, wohl gegründet und berühmt. Seinen Anfang im G...
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MASLITZER, HANS (Germ.). Goldsmith and Medallist of Nuremberg, circ. 1538-1574, of whom however very little is known. The late Alfred von Sallet suggested that he may have been the author of the medal reproduced here, which bears his portrait on obv. Neudörffer in his Nachrichten von Künstlern und Werkleuten, 1547, gives the following particulars of this artist: "dieser Maslitzer ist eine Zeit lang Rechenmeister gewesen und ein zierlicher Schreiber, wohl gegründet und berühmt. Seinen Anfang im G...
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