MEZZARA, Mme FLORENCE (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Mühlhausen; pupil of Joseph Mezzara. By this artist are numerous Portrait-medallions, many of which were exhibited at the Paris Salon between 1883 and 1895 : 1883. Mlle van Bommel; — A star; — St. Cecilia, after Gauthier; — Portrait, after Fragonard ; — M. Thorens; — Mme J. Koechlin- Dollfus;— 1884. Mme Marthe Devoyod; — Winter, after Aubert; — Mlle Pauline Vaillant; — The barge, after C. Meyer; — Mlle de Z***; — Mme Koechlin-Schwartz ; — Mater dolorosa, after Bouguereau ; — Charles Mezzara ; — Chloe, after J. Lefebvre , — A. Mezzara; — The Holy Family, after Raphael; — 1885. Love conquered, after Chaplin; — Dawn, after Hamon; — Love, after Rubens; — 1893. The Adoration of the Wise Men; — Alexandre Mezzara; — Mlle In?s Mezzara; — Antony Mezzara; — Mlle Mireille Mezzara ;— 1895. Alfred Koechlin ; — Mlle In?s Mezzara; — Mlle Genevi?ve Jourdan ; — Mlle Marguerite Hollard, &c.
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
MAZZAFIRRI, MICHELE
MAZZAFIRRI, MICHELE (Ital.). Florentine Medallist, born circ. 1530, died about 1597. He was attached to the Court and person of the two successors of Cosimo I. and especially to the third Grand Duke, Ferdinand III., of whom and his consort, Christine of Lorraine, no less than eleven medals are known by him. He was really a Goldsmith by profession, and attained greater celebrity in that branch than in medallic art, although none of his works of plate and jewellery have come down to us, and are ...
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MAZZAFIRRI, MICHELE (Ital.). Florentine Medallist, born circ. 1530, died about 1597. He was attached to the Court and person of the two successors of Cosimo I. and especially to the third Grand Duke, Ferdinand III., of whom and his consort, Christine of Lorraine, no less than eleven medals are known by him. He was really a Goldsmith by profession, and attained greater celebrity in that branch than in medallic art, although none of his works of plate and jewellery have come down to us, and are ...
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MEIER, BARTHOLD
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 ...
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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 ...
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MEINERT
MEINERT, or MAYNERT, JOSEPH (Austr.). Mint-engraver at Warsaw, 1836-1856, and a famous Counterfeiter of Polish coins. So far, 104 dies, intended for the production of imitations, are known as by him. Count Czapsky of Stankow collected these dies and published a catalogue of them. "Die Sammler moderner Münzen glaubten sich in Folge des erwähnten Senkverfahrens völlig gegen Betrug gesichert, auch das aber ist nur noch ein schöner Traum (Kirmis, Daheim, Feb. 1902, p. 24). There is a Portrait-medal ...
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MEINERT, or MAYNERT, JOSEPH (Austr.). Mint-engraver at Warsaw, 1836-1856, and a famous Counterfeiter of Polish coins. So far, 104 dies, intended for the production of imitations, are known as by him. Count Czapsky of Stankow collected these dies and published a catalogue of them. "Die Sammler moderner Münzen glaubten sich in Folge des erwähnten Senkverfahrens völlig gegen Betrug gesichert, auch das aber ist nur noch ein schöner Traum (Kirmis, Daheim, Feb. 1902, p. 24). There is a Portrait-medal ...
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MEINHARDT, BARTHOLD
MEINHARDT, BARTHOLD (Germ.). Mint-master at Blankenburg (County of Regenstein), circ. 1564-66. He styled himself " Silberkremer aus Goslar", and was commissioned to strike currency of the weight and standard of that of Mansfeld. We find him later as Mint-master at Eisleben, Friedeborn, etc., circ. 1582-1595, during which period he signed coins of Count Peter Ernest (reigning in conjunction with Johann Albert, Johann Hoyer, Bruno II. and Hoyer Christoph ; and afterwards, with Bruno II., Gebhard V...
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MEINHARDT, BARTHOLD (Germ.). Mint-master at Blankenburg (County of Regenstein), circ. 1564-66. He styled himself " Silberkremer aus Goslar", and was commissioned to strike currency of the weight and standard of that of Mansfeld. We find him later as Mint-master at Eisleben, Friedeborn, etc., circ. 1582-1595, during which period he signed coins of Count Peter Ernest (reigning in conjunction with Johann Albert, Johann Hoyer, Bruno II. and Hoyer Christoph ; and afterwards, with Bruno II., Gebhard V...
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