MESSERSCHMIDT, PHILIBERT LUDWIG (Germ.). Mint-master at Meisenhem, circ. 1625. His initials occur on currency of Count Palatine John II. of Zweibrücken.
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.
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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MAURER
MAURER (Germ.). Die-sinker and Engraver, born at Dresden, and nephew of John Croker, Chief-engraver at the London Mint, 1705-1741. At the call of Croker, Maurer came to London towards 1740, to assist his uncle in his work at the mint, but nothing further is known of him, nor can it be ascertained how long he stayed in England. It is surmised that as Croker died without male issue Maurer had been appointed his heir. Bibliography. — Ammon, op. cit. — Lochner, Medaillen Sammlung, p. VIII, pr...
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MAURER (Germ.). Die-sinker and Engraver, born at Dresden, and nephew of John Croker, Chief-engraver at the London Mint, 1705-1741. At the call of Croker, Maurer came to London towards 1740, to assist his uncle in his work at the mint, but nothing further is known of him, nor can it be ascertained how long he stayed in England. It is surmised that as Croker died without male issue Maurer had been appointed his heir. Bibliography. — Ammon, op. cit. — Lochner, Medaillen Sammlung, p. VIII, pr...
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