MIMEREL, JACQUES (French). Sculptor and Architect of Lyons, circ. 1639-1669; born at Amiens and christened, 2. March 1614. He executed numerous works of sculpture, and was Engraver to the city of Lyons. He is the author of several Portrait-medallions and cast Medals, which are signed : MIMEREL. F. or M. F. One of these, with portrait of Louis XIV., and commemorating the Peace of the Pyrenees (signed : M. F.) is reproduced in A. Steyert, Histoire de Lyon, III, 287. The work on this medal is poor. Another, with portrait of Charles Grolier, provost of merchants at Lyons, and dated 1658, was formerly in the late Baron Pichon's collection. As an architect, Mimerel directed the building of the Church of St. Antoine at Lyons. By this Engraver is also a Jubilee Medal of 1666, portraying St. John the Baptist standing on obv. and Censor on altar on R. Bibliography. — N. Rondot, Lalyame, Hendricy et Mimerel, sculpteurs et médailleurs ? Lyon au XVIIe si?cle, 1888. — Rondot et De La Tour, op. cit. — Rondot, Médailleurs lyonnais, 1897. — S. Lami, Dictionnaire des sculpteurs.
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
MERCANDETTI, TOMMASO
MERCANDETTI, TOMMASO (Ital.). Medallist, and Engraver of coins, gems and seals, born at Rome, 2. December 1758, died there 11. May 1821. His father, Pietro Mercandetti, who filled the post of Engraver at the Papal Mint, died at an early age, in 1767, leaving his family in poor circumstances, so that the young Tommaso, who had been placed in the seminary of Albano, had to be withdrawn from his studies and put to apprenticeship, when only nine years' old, with the gem-engraver, Girolamo Rossi. Aft...
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MERCANDETTI, TOMMASO (Ital.). Medallist, and Engraver of coins, gems and seals, born at Rome, 2. December 1758, died there 11. May 1821. His father, Pietro Mercandetti, who filled the post of Engraver at the Papal Mint, died at an early age, in 1767, leaving his family in poor circumstances, so that the young Tommaso, who had been placed in the seminary of Albano, had to be withdrawn from his studies and put to apprenticeship, when only nine years' old, with the gem-engraver, Girolamo Rossi. Aft...
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MERCATOR, MICHAEL
MERCATOR, MICHAEL (Dutch). Mercator, says Dr Cahn (German Renaissance Medals in the British Museum, London, 1904, pp. 12-13) (translation of the German name " Kauffmann") came from Venlo (Duchy of Gueldres), and was in the service of Floris von Egmont, count of Buren, for whom he acted as a diplomat and worked as an artist ". In consequence of the relations between the Count and King Henry VIII. he was, on various occasions, sent to England as an ambassador. A letter from his prince to the king...
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MERCATOR, MICHAEL (Dutch). Mercator, says Dr Cahn (German Renaissance Medals in the British Museum, London, 1904, pp. 12-13) (translation of the German name " Kauffmann") came from Venlo (Duchy of Gueldres), and was in the service of Floris von Egmont, count of Buren, for whom he acted as a diplomat and worked as an artist ". In consequence of the relations between the Count and King Henry VIII. he was, on various occasions, sent to England as an ambassador. A letter from his prince to the king...
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MERCIÉ, ANTONIN
MERCIÉ, ANTONIN (French). Sculptor and Painter, born at Toulouse in 1845 ; pupil of Jouffroy and Falgui?re; first grand Prix de Rome in 1868; O* in 1879. By him are various Portrait-medallions : 1868. Mlle C***; — The wolf, the mother and the child, bronze plaque; — 1877. The Genius of Arts; — 1882. Medal of the Ligue des Patriotes (engraved by Henri Dubois); — 1883. Melles Gabrielle et William, etc. His works in Sculpture and Painting are numerous and some have attained great fame. Bibliography...
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MERCIÉ, ANTONIN (French). Sculptor and Painter, born at Toulouse in 1845 ; pupil of Jouffroy and Falgui?re; first grand Prix de Rome in 1868; O* in 1879. By him are various Portrait-medallions : 1868. Mlle C***; — The wolf, the mother and the child, bronze plaque; — 1877. The Genius of Arts; — 1882. Medal of the Ligue des Patriotes (engraved by Henri Dubois); — 1883. Melles Gabrielle et William, etc. His works in Sculpture and Painting are numerous and some have attained great fame. Bibliography...
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MERCIÉ, CLAUDE ANTOINE
MERCIÉ, CLAUDE ANTOINE (French.). Engraver, born at Gray, 28. December 1751, died at Lyons, 10. April 1812. He was one of the founders of the " Société des artistes réunis" of Lyons, which undertook in 1791 and 1792 the coinage of pure bell-metal, for which he cut the dies. His signature: MERCIE.F.LUG. occurs on a medal of Bonaparte, obv. BONAPARTE RÉÉDIFICATEUR DE LYON; R. Inscription within oak-wreath, 1800 (illustrated). He engraved other medals and jetons, but was really a manufacturer of b...
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MERCIÉ, CLAUDE ANTOINE (French.). Engraver, born at Gray, 28. December 1751, died at Lyons, 10. April 1812. He was one of the founders of the " Société des artistes réunis" of Lyons, which undertook in 1791 and 1792 the coinage of pure bell-metal, for which he cut the dies. His signature: MERCIE.F.LUG. occurs on a medal of Bonaparte, obv. BONAPARTE RÉÉDIFICATEUR DE LYON; R. Inscription within oak-wreath, 1800 (illustrated). He engraved other medals and jetons, but was really a manufacturer of b...
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