MISSERONI, AMBROGIO (Ital.). A brother of Dionis, and Ottavio; worked in the service of the emperor Rudolph II., in the early years of the seventeenth century.
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
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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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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