MESNARD, COSME (French). Mint-engraver at Nantes, 1575- 1604.
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 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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MAUGER, JEAN
MAUGER, JEAN (French). Medallist of the second half of the seventeenth century and first quarter of the eighteenth ; probably born at Dieppe about 1648, where he is said to have had his first training as a carver in ivory, which trade was then a flourishing one in that town ; died at Paris on the 9th of September 1722 at the age of seventy-four. Nothing is known of the circumstances which led the artist to settle in Paris, circ. 1677, and later to enter the King's service as an Engraver. B...
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MAUGER, JEAN (French). Medallist of the second half of the seventeenth century and first quarter of the eighteenth ; probably born at Dieppe about 1648, where he is said to have had his first training as a carver in ivory, which trade was then a flourishing one in that town ; died at Paris on the 9th of September 1722 at the age of seventy-four. Nothing is known of the circumstances which led the artist to settle in Paris, circ. 1677, and later to enter the King's service as an Engraver. B...
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MAURA Y MONTANER, BARTOLOMÉ
MAURA Y MONTANER, BARTOLOMÉ (Span.). Contemporary Medallist and Line-engraver, born at Palma de Mallorca, circ. 1850. He went to Madrid in 1858 in order to continue his studies, and there became a pupil of D. Frederico de Madrazo at the Escuela Especial de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado. For five consecutive years he was engaged at the Prado Museum reproducing in copper-plate the most famous works of Spanish Masters, direct from the originals. Since 1869, he has executed a large number of en...
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MAURA Y MONTANER, BARTOLOMÉ (Span.). Contemporary Medallist and Line-engraver, born at Palma de Mallorca, circ. 1850. He went to Madrid in 1858 in order to continue his studies, and there became a pupil of D. Frederico de Madrazo at the Escuela Especial de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado. For five consecutive years he was engaged at the Prado Museum reproducing in copper-plate the most famous works of Spanish Masters, direct from the originals. Since 1869, he has executed a large number of en...
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