MICHAELIS, GEORG FRIEDRICH (Germ.). Mint-master at Clausthal, 1802- 1807, and Burg Friedberg i. d. W. His signature M. or G. F. M. occurs on currency of Brunswick-Lüneburg of George III. of Great Britain.
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.
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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MEISSONNIER, JEAN LOUIS ERNEST
MEISSONNIER, JEAN LOUIS ERNEST (French). A famous Painter of the nineteenth century, born at Lyons in 1811, died at Paris in 1891. He began as a book illustrator of "Paul et Virginie" amongst other works, practising the while and perfecting his art as a figure painter, in which he achieved signal success, from his “Chess-player" series to his designs for the decoration of the Pantheon, "The Apotheosis of France". He was also a successful modeller in wax and clay, and by him are some Portrait-med...
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MEISSONNIER, JEAN LOUIS ERNEST (French). A famous Painter of the nineteenth century, born at Lyons in 1811, died at Paris in 1891. He began as a book illustrator of "Paul et Virginie" amongst other works, practising the while and perfecting his art as a figure painter, in which he achieved signal success, from his “Chess-player" series to his designs for the decoration of the Pantheon, "The Apotheosis of France". He was also a successful modeller in wax and clay, and by him are some Portrait-med...
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MEISSONNIER, JUSTE AUR?LE
MEISSONNIER, JUSTE AUR?LE (French). Architect, Painter, Sculptor, and Goldsmith, born at Turin in 1675, died at Paris in 1750. He was one of the artists, says Rondot, who gave a new impulse to the decorative art, created under Louis XIV. by Lepautre, Marot, and others. As chief of a school he is one of the originators of the style (so-called) of Louis XV. Meissonnier is famous as a Goldsmith, and he was " Dessinateur ordinaire du Cabinet du roi. " Bibliography. — Rondot, op. cit., p. 355. — J. J...
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MEISSONNIER, JUSTE AUR?LE (French). Architect, Painter, Sculptor, and Goldsmith, born at Turin in 1675, died at Paris in 1750. He was one of the artists, says Rondot, who gave a new impulse to the decorative art, created under Louis XIV. by Lepautre, Marot, and others. As chief of a school he is one of the originators of the style (so-called) of Louis XV. Meissonnier is famous as a Goldsmith, and he was " Dessinateur ordinaire du Cabinet du roi. " Bibliography. — Rondot, op. cit., p. 355. — J. J...
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