MICHAUX, ROBERT (Belg.). Engraver and Medallist, born at Brussels, 30. June 1824, died there 6. June 1901. Pupil of Hart. He is the father of Alphonse Michaux, the present Mint-engraver at Brussels. This Die-sinker's signature occurs on a medal commemorating the Death of King Charles XV. oi Sweden, and struck at Brussels in 1873, on commission for a Swedish firm of publishers. By the same artist is a Portrait-medal of Lagerberg, the well-known Swedish numismatist, dated 1872, and the Inauguration of the Railway from Warsaw to Bromberg, 1862, &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
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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MEIT, CONRAD
MEIT, CONRAD (Germ.). Sculptor to the Archduchess Margarethe, a friend of Albrecht Dürer, who worked some time at Wittenberg, in the early part of the sixteenth century. He appears to have been also a Medallist, as shown by the Portrait-medal of the young Nuremberg patrician Peter Harsdörffer, signed : CONTRFET VON CONRAT MIT. A model of this medal in alabaster was published by Imhoff, but the inscription could no longer be read. By the same artist is a statuette of Judith in alabaster in the Ba...
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MEIT, CONRAD (Germ.). Sculptor to the Archduchess Margarethe, a friend of Albrecht Dürer, who worked some time at Wittenberg, in the early part of the sixteenth century. He appears to have been also a Medallist, as shown by the Portrait-medal of the young Nuremberg patrician Peter Harsdörffer, signed : CONTRFET VON CONRAT MIT. A model of this medal in alabaster was published by Imhoff, but the inscription could no longer be read. By the same artist is a statuette of Judith in alabaster in the Ba...
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MELCHIOR, JOHANN PETER
MELCHIOR, JOHANN PETER (Germ.). Sculptor and Modeller in wax, terra-cotta, etc., born in 1742, died in 1825. Between 1770 and 1779 he was Court Sculptor at Höchst-am-Main ; later he worked at Frankenthal, Mannheim, and Nuremberg, and in 1796 he was appointed Inspector of the Porcelain Manufactory of Nymphenburg. There he executed numerous Portrait-medallions of the Bavarian Royal family ; — Samuel Thomas von Soemmering, a distinguished physician, and others. From an earlier date are the artist'...
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MELCHIOR, JOHANN PETER (Germ.). Sculptor and Modeller in wax, terra-cotta, etc., born in 1742, died in 1825. Between 1770 and 1779 he was Court Sculptor at Höchst-am-Main ; later he worked at Frankenthal, Mannheim, and Nuremberg, and in 1796 he was appointed Inspector of the Porcelain Manufactory of Nymphenburg. There he executed numerous Portrait-medallions of the Bavarian Royal family ; — Samuel Thomas von Soemmering, a distinguished physician, and others. From an earlier date are the artist'...
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