MERLEY, LOUIS (French). Sculptor, Medallist and Gem-engraver, born at St. Etienne (Loire) on 7th January 1815, died at Paris on 17th September 1883. He studied sculpture under Pradier and David d'Angers, and medal-engraving under Galle. In 1838 he became a pupil at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts ; then went to Rome, where he obtained in 1843 the first Grand Prix de Rome for gem-engraving; subject : Arion saved from the waters. During his residence in Italy, Merley executed various medals modelled after the antique, amongst them one representing Mercury. After his return to Paris, he devoted himself almost exclusively to medallic art. In 1848 he gained the First Prize from the Monetary Commission of the Second Republic in competition with other engravers for the Twenty-Franc piece. Later, in 1866, he became an Officer of the Legion of Honour. Amongst the artist's principal medallic productions are : 1840. The Genius of Industry of the town of St. Etienne; — 1848. Al. Pattern 20 Francs (illustrated); — Al. Pattern 10 Francs; — AR. Pattern 5 Francs; — ?. Pattern 10 Centimes; — 1851. The cities of Algeria, Bone, Algiers, and Constantine making their submission to France ; — Medal with head of the French Republic; — Pattern 20 and 10 Francs of Switzerland, 1851 ; — Pattern 10 Francs; — Medal with head of Mercury (copied from an antique statue, and sent to the Salon from Rome); — Portrait-medallions; — 1853. Commemorative medal of the Discovery of Niniveh; — Marshal Bugeaud, duke of Isly; — Pacification of Algeria; — 1854. Inauguration of the Paris Ceinture Railway (in conjunction with Bovy); — 1855. Portrait-medallion of Mme Merley ; — Commemorative medal of the Inauguration of a statue of Napoleon I. at Lyons; — The Paris Ceinture Railway ; — The Railway from Paris to the Mediterranean ; — Queen Victoria orders 20000 rifles from the St. Etienne Works, 1855 ; — Visit of Queen Victoria to Napoleon III.; — Agricultural Prize Medal; — 1857. Commemorative medal of the Loan of 500 millions (commissioned by the Ministry of Finance) ; — Marriage Medal; — 1859. Inauguration of an equestrian statue of Napoleon I. at Cherbourg; — Inauguration of the Church of Sainte-Clotilde, at Paris; — Security (medal commissioned by the Fire Insurance Company of Le Mans) ; — Fame ; — France and England (medal executed for M. F. Escoffier, director of the manufactory of arms at St. Etienne); — Portrait-medal of M. de Grimaldi, of Salins (Jura); — 1860. Treaty of Commerce between France and England; — 1861. Portrait-medallion of M. Clérot, keeper of the Mint Museum, at Paris ; — Portrait-medallion of M. Marcotte de Quiviéres, commissaire général des monnaies et médailles; — Portrait-cameo of M. Conte-Grandchamp, sardonyx of three strata; — Portrait-cameo of M. Marcotte de Quiviéres, sardonyx of three strata ; — 1863. Commemorative medal of Queen Victoria's visit to France (dated 1855); — 1864. Prize Medal of the Academy of the Balearic Isles; — 1865. Acts of bravery of general Naglée, an episode of the American war; — 1866. The Palace of Longchamps, at Marseilles; — 1867. Commemorative medal on the completion of the Tribunal of Commerce, of Paris; — Cameo, representing the same subject; — Portrait-cameo of Mlle Lemoine, onyx of two strata ; — 1868. Commemorative medal of the journey of Napoleon III. to Algeria, in 1865 ; — Medai on the Inauguration of the Railway-bridge at Auteuil, Paris; — 1872. Prize Medal of the Société de l'lndustrie minérale of St. Etienne; — Laureate Head, cameo, agate onyx; — 1874. Prize Medal of the Section of architecture at the Salon, representing a fragment of the Court of the Louvre by Pierre Lescot ; — Portait-medal of Louis Napoleon, Prince Imperial (issued when a cadet at Woolwich) ; — Prévoyance administrative, the Cattle Market, and Public Slaughterhouses of La Villette; — 1877. Prize Medal for Rifle Shooting; — Portrait-medallions of Mme A***; — Judith Sorge; — Mme L***; — G. Frédérica Sorge; — 1881. Commemorative Medal of the F?te of the 14th July 1880, and Distribution of Standards; — Portrait-medal of Labrouste and de Lanneau, directors of the Sainte- Barbe College, &c. I have seen his signature : L. MERLEY F. on other medals not enumerated above : Prize Medal of the Second Republic ; — Another of the Third Republic (reproduced in Brichaut-Peteghem, Souvenirs numismatiques de la Révolution francaise, 1870- 1871); — Prize Medal of Exhibitions (Revue belge, 1874, 399). Bibliography. — Chavignerie et Auvray, op. cit., II, 75. — Nouvelle Biographie générale, 1861. — Grand Dictionnaire Larousse. — Nonveau Larousse illustré. — Dr F. P. Weber, Medals and Medallions, &c. — De Saulcy, Souvenirs numismatiques de la Révolution de 1848. — J. Florange, 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
MATZENKOPF, FRANZ
MATZENKOPF, FRANZ (Austr.). Mint-engraver and Medallist at Salzburg, circ. 1727-1754. His signature F. M. K. or MK. occurs on currency of Leopold Anton (1727-1744), Jacob Ernst (1745-1747), and Andreas (1747-1753). One of his last works is a medal on the Coronation of the Archbishop Sigismund III., Count von Schrattenbach, 1753, which exists in various sizes and types; — but he did also : R. of Medal on Coronation of Leopold Anton, Count von Firmian, 1727 (obv. by Donner); — Medal on Coronat...
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MATZENKOPF, FRANZ (Austr.). Mint-engraver and Medallist at Salzburg, circ. 1727-1754. His signature F. M. K. or MK. occurs on currency of Leopold Anton (1727-1744), Jacob Ernst (1745-1747), and Andreas (1747-1753). One of his last works is a medal on the Coronation of the Archbishop Sigismund III., Count von Schrattenbach, 1753, which exists in various sizes and types; — but he did also : R. of Medal on Coronation of Leopold Anton, Count von Firmian, 1727 (obv. by Donner); — Medal on Coronat...
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MATZENKOPF
MATZENKOPF, FRANZ JUNE (Austr.). Son of the last ; Mintengraver and Medallist at Salzburg, 1755- 1805 ; born in 1738, died in 1808. He worked under the Archbishop Sigismund (Graf von Schrattenbach) and later. The currency engraved by this artist is usually signed : F.M. ; — M ; — F. M. K. ; — MK, and comprises the reigns of Sigismund (1753-1771), Hieronymus (1772- 1803), and Ferdinand (1803-1805). By him are also medals: Sede Vacante, 1772 ; — Prize Medal for Mint-workmen. 1766 R. ARTIS MONETA...
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MATZENKOPF, FRANZ JUNE (Austr.). Son of the last ; Mintengraver and Medallist at Salzburg, 1755- 1805 ; born in 1738, died in 1808. He worked under the Archbishop Sigismund (Graf von Schrattenbach) and later. The currency engraved by this artist is usually signed : F.M. ; — M ; — F. M. K. ; — MK, and comprises the reigns of Sigismund (1753-1771), Hieronymus (1772- 1803), and Ferdinand (1803-1805). By him are also medals: Sede Vacante, 1772 ; — Prize Medal for Mint-workmen. 1766 R. ARTIS MONETA...
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MATZENKOPF, FRANZ XAVER
MATZENKOPF, FRANZ XAVER (Austr.). Son of the last, born in 1767; Mint-engraver and Medallist at Salzburg, 1789-1807; died on 7. February 1844. On the secularization of the Archbishopric in 1809, he worked in the service of Bavaria, but in 1816/17 we find him filling the post of Engraver at the Mint of Vienna. Amongst his productions are : Memorial medal of General Laudon, 1790; — Medal of Merit, with bust on obv. of the Grand Duke Ferdinand III. of Tuscany, 1806 (signed : F. X. M.) ; — Med...
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MATZENKOPF, FRANZ XAVER (Austr.). Son of the last, born in 1767; Mint-engraver and Medallist at Salzburg, 1789-1807; died on 7. February 1844. On the secularization of the Archbishopric in 1809, he worked in the service of Bavaria, but in 1816/17 we find him filling the post of Engraver at the Mint of Vienna. Amongst his productions are : Memorial medal of General Laudon, 1790; — Medal of Merit, with bust on obv. of the Grand Duke Ferdinand III. of Tuscany, 1806 (signed : F. X. M.) ; — Med...
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MAUGENDRE-VILLERS, ÉDOUARD
MAUGENDRE-VILLERS, ÉDOUARD (French). Contemporary Sculptor, born at Gournay-en-Bray (Seine-Inférieure); pupil of A. Dumont. By him are numerous Portrait-medallions, cast in bronze: 1881. Louis Cognard, hostage of the Prussians in 1870 (commissioned by the town of Saint-Germain-en-Laye) ; — 1890. 15 Portrait- medallions in bronze, &c. ; — 1891. 26 Medals and Medallions (among these a medal in bronze, " Instruction maternelle"); — 1894. Salammbo; — Cléopâtre (the two last are Bronze reliefs or...
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MAUGENDRE-VILLERS, ÉDOUARD (French). Contemporary Sculptor, born at Gournay-en-Bray (Seine-Inférieure); pupil of A. Dumont. By him are numerous Portrait-medallions, cast in bronze: 1881. Louis Cognard, hostage of the Prussians in 1870 (commissioned by the town of Saint-Germain-en-Laye) ; — 1890. 15 Portrait- medallions in bronze, &c. ; — 1891. 26 Medals and Medallions (among these a medal in bronze, " Instruction maternelle"); — 1894. Salammbo; — Cléopâtre (the two last are Bronze reliefs or...
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