MISSERONI. A family of Gem-engravers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Girolamo and Gasparo Misseroni were contemporaries of Jacopo da Trezzo, and were called from Milan to Prague in the service of the emperor Rudolph II. Their descendants Ambrogio, Alessandro, Ottavio, Dionis, and Giulio all worked for the Imperial court, and, according to Nagler, produced very fine work. The family was originary of Milan. The name occurs in various forms : MISERON ; — MISSERONI ; MISURONNI, &c. Bibliography. — Nagler, Allgemeines Künstler-Lexikon. — Babelon, op. cit. — Mariette, op. cit.
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
MÉRIGOT, PIERRE
MÉRIGOT, PIERRE (French). " Master" Engraver to the King, circ. 1569- 1590. In 1590 he took part in the competition for the engraving of the Franc with portrait of Charles X., but appears to have died soon after that date. Mazerolle places his birth to circ. 1538. In 1572 he repaired a coining-press for an Italian forger, Geronimo Zoucha, whom he later caused to be arrested. By him are: 1569-1573. Jetons for the Cour des Monnaies; — 1570. Jetons for Pâris Hesselin, maître des Comptes ; — 1582. J...
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MÉRIGOT, PIERRE (French). " Master" Engraver to the King, circ. 1569- 1590. In 1590 he took part in the competition for the engraving of the Franc with portrait of Charles X., but appears to have died soon after that date. Mazerolle places his birth to circ. 1538. In 1572 he repaired a coining-press for an Italian forger, Geronimo Zoucha, whom he later caused to be arrested. By him are: 1569-1573. Jetons for the Cour des Monnaies; — 1570. Jetons for Pâris Hesselin, maître des Comptes ; — 1582. J...
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MERKER, PAUL
MERKER, PAUL (Germ.). Sculptor, Medallist and Gem-engraver of the end of the eighteenth century, and first two decades of the nineteenth, who worked at Brunswick, where he died in 1823. His productions are signed : P.M. or P. MERKER F. One of his best known works commemorates the peace of Luneville, 1801, and his Portrait-medals of Ebert, and others, are praised very highly by Nagler. In 1795 Merker was already a noted artist, and in 1806 he became a member of the Academy of Berlin. His gems, s...
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MERKER, PAUL (Germ.). Sculptor, Medallist and Gem-engraver of the end of the eighteenth century, and first two decades of the nineteenth, who worked at Brunswick, where he died in 1823. His productions are signed : P.M. or P. MERKER F. One of his best known works commemorates the peace of Luneville, 1801, and his Portrait-medals of Ebert, and others, are praised very highly by Nagler. In 1795 Merker was already a noted artist, and in 1806 he became a member of the Academy of Berlin. His gems, s...
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MERLEN, JOHANN BAPTIST
MERLEN, JOHANN BAPTIST (Dutch). Medallist and Coin-engraver, of Flemish origin, but who apparently came over to this country from France, where he had been engaged in medal-work under the First Empire. His earliest productions, known to me, are jetons of the Academy of Medicine of Brussels, dated an XII., from which might be inferred that he learned die-sinking, and first practised the art, at Brussels (Vide Revue belge de numismatique, 1874, p. 390). Very little is known of his lite, except th...
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MERLEN, JOHANN BAPTIST (Dutch). Medallist and Coin-engraver, of Flemish origin, but who apparently came over to this country from France, where he had been engaged in medal-work under the First Empire. His earliest productions, known to me, are jetons of the Academy of Medicine of Brussels, dated an XII., from which might be inferred that he learned die-sinking, and first practised the art, at Brussels (Vide Revue belge de numismatique, 1874, p. 390). Very little is known of his lite, except th...
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MERLEY, LOUIS
MERLEY, LOUIS (French). Sculptor, Medallist and Gem-engraver, born at St. Etienne (Loire) on 7th January 1815, died at Paris on 17th September 1883. He studied sculpture under Pradier and David d'Angers, and medal-engraving under Galle. In 1838 he became a pupil at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts ; then went to Rome, where he obtained in 1843 the first Grand Prix de Rome for gem-engraving; subject : Arion saved from the waters. During his residence in Italy, Merley executed various medals modelled af...
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MERLEY, LOUIS (French). Sculptor, Medallist and Gem-engraver, born at St. Etienne (Loire) on 7th January 1815, died at Paris on 17th September 1883. He studied sculpture under Pradier and David d'Angers, and medal-engraving under Galle. In 1838 he became a pupil at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts ; then went to Rome, where he obtained in 1843 the first Grand Prix de Rome for gem-engraving; subject : Arion saved from the waters. During his residence in Italy, Merley executed various medals modelled af...
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