MICHEL, GEORGES CHARLES PROSPER (French). Contemporary Gem-engraver, born at Rouen; pupil of Amable Simon. By him are the following works : 1879. St. George spearing the Dragon, sard; — Ariadne, sard; — 1880. The Archangel Michael crushing Satan, amethyst; — 1881. Oedipus divining the secret of the Sphinx, sard cameo; — The Secret from on high, after Moulin, sard cameo; — Head of Ariadne, sard cameo ; — 1882. Portrait of Jules Grévy, sard intaglio; — 1883. Zephyr, after Proud'hon, cameointaglio ; — Herakles infant crushing serpents, cameo-intaglio in sard, etc. Bibliography. — Chavignerie et Auvray, op. cit. — Catalogues du Salon, &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
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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MELIOLUS
MELIOLUS or MELIOLI, BARTOLOMEO (Ital.). Goldsmith and Medallist of Mantua, born in 1448, died in 1514. About 1492, he was entrusted with the direction of the Mantuan mint, and remained apparently in office until 1514, the year of his death. We learn from a document in the Gonzaga archives that in 1493 the artist cut the dies for a gold Ducat with the portrait of the Marquis Gianfrancesco II. The other coins of that reign, which rank amongst the best monetary productions of the Italian Renaissan...
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MELIOLUS or MELIOLI, BARTOLOMEO (Ital.). Goldsmith and Medallist of Mantua, born in 1448, died in 1514. About 1492, he was entrusted with the direction of the Mantuan mint, and remained apparently in office until 1514, the year of his death. We learn from a document in the Gonzaga archives that in 1493 the artist cut the dies for a gold Ducat with the portrait of the Marquis Gianfrancesco II. The other coins of that reign, which rank amongst the best monetary productions of the Italian Renaissan...
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MELLGREN, CARL MAGNUS
MELLGREN, CARL MAGNUS (Swed.). Medallist of the second quarter of the nineteenth century, who resided at Stockholm. I have noticed his signature (C. M. M.) on the following medals: Bernhard Henrik Crusell, Swedish clarinetist (undated); — Erik Gustaf Geijer, professor of history at Upsala (undated); — Gustavus II. Adolphus. PEPIGIT NOBIS etc., 1832 ; — Gustavus III., Swedish Academy, 1836; — Carl Michael Bellman, 1833; — J. J. Berzelius, 1834, etc. Bibliography. — Schlickeysen-Pallmann, op. ci...
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MELLGREN, CARL MAGNUS (Swed.). Medallist of the second quarter of the nineteenth century, who resided at Stockholm. I have noticed his signature (C. M. M.) on the following medals: Bernhard Henrik Crusell, Swedish clarinetist (undated); — Erik Gustaf Geijer, professor of history at Upsala (undated); — Gustavus II. Adolphus. PEPIGIT NOBIS etc., 1832 ; — Gustavus III., Swedish Academy, 1836; — Carl Michael Bellman, 1833; — J. J. Berzelius, 1834, etc. Bibliography. — Schlickeysen-Pallmann, op. ci...
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MELON
MELON or MILON (also MELONE and MILLON), GIOVANNI V.(Ital.). Medallist of the second half of the sixteenth century; possibly a native of Cremona, and as suggested by Milanesi, a nephew of the painter Altobello Melone or Milone. His productions, which date from circ. 1571 to 1589, are variously signed : IO.V.MILON.F.; — IO.V.MELON.F. ; — IO.V.MILON ; — MELON F. : — MILLON.F. etc. The work on some of these medals is very good. Van Loon remarks that the commemorative piece of Don Juan's expedition...
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MELON or MILON (also MELONE and MILLON), GIOVANNI V.(Ital.). Medallist of the second half of the sixteenth century; possibly a native of Cremona, and as suggested by Milanesi, a nephew of the painter Altobello Melone or Milone. His productions, which date from circ. 1571 to 1589, are variously signed : IO.V.MILON.F.; — IO.V.MELON.F. ; — IO.V.MILON ; — MELON F. : — MILLON.F. etc. The work on some of these medals is very good. Van Loon remarks that the commemorative piece of Don Juan's expedition...
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