MICHAEL ANGELO BUONAROTTI. Vide Vol. I, p. 172. This famous Artist was also familiar with the art of modelling in wax.
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
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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MEINHARDT, HANS GEORG
MEINHARDT, HANS GEORG (Germ.). Possibly the same as (HANS) GEORG MAINHART. Mint-master at Eisleben, Halle and Stolberg, circ. 1595-1615 ; later (probably the same person) at Winsen, 1619- 1621; appointed 1. January 1622 at Moisburg, from where he went to Poland. We next find him as Mint-master at Lobsenz, where in 1637 he was still in office. Bahrfeldt (Beiträge zur Münz-geschichte der Lüneburgischen Lande, Wien, 1893) surmises that this same HANS GEORG MEINHARDT was also connected with the epis...
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MEINHARDT, HANS GEORG (Germ.). Possibly the same as (HANS) GEORG MAINHART. Mint-master at Eisleben, Halle and Stolberg, circ. 1595-1615 ; later (probably the same person) at Winsen, 1619- 1621; appointed 1. January 1622 at Moisburg, from where he went to Poland. We next find him as Mint-master at Lobsenz, where in 1637 he was still in office. Bahrfeldt (Beiträge zur Münz-geschichte der Lüneburgischen Lande, Wien, 1893) surmises that this same HANS GEORG MEINHARDT was also connected with the epis...
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