MICHAEL SCHALENBERGER. Medallist at Nuremberg, 1601-1608.
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
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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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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