MOLOSSOS (Greek). Mint-engraver at Thurium, circ. 404-388 B.C. All scholars, Raoul Rochette, von Sallet, Brunn, Dr Head, Evans, Blanchet, etc., are agreed that the signature MO?O??O? on Thurian coins refers to the Engraver of the dies and not to a magistrate. On a Didrachm in the British Museum collection, the artist's full signature occurs on the exergual line of the R, and abbreviated to M on the obv., a repetition of the same signature on both sides of coins, which has already been observed on some of the works of Aristoxenos, Euainetos and Kimon. According to Dr Evans, Molossos was a contemporary of the great masters of Syracuse, but his coins, which belong to the period comprised between B.C. 404 and 388, show a degradation of style and drawing so much more marked and extraordinary seeing that the issues of the same mint of the period immediately preceding rank amongst the most exquisite productions of monetary art, such as the beautiful tetradrachms signed I?TOPO?, ?, etc. In a find of Tarentine didrachms of Evans' II. Period (B.C. 420- 388) were several Thurian coins signed MO?O??O?, which enables one to determine the approximative date of the last. On the other hand, the similarity of style and work with the coins signed NIKAN?PO? and ?PY, which Molossos appears to have imitated, proves that he did not work previous to about 404 B.C. Bibliography. — Head, Historia Numorum, 1887. — A. Evans, Horsemen of Tarentum. — Imhoof-Blumer, Monnaies grecques. — A. von Sallet, Künstlerinschriften, &c. — L. Forrer, 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
MEUNIER, CONSTANTIN
MEUNIER, CONSTANTIN (Belg.). Painter and Sculpfor, born at Etterbeek, 12. April 1831, died in 1905. His first teacher was the engraver J. B. Meunier. He has obtained numerous distinctions at International Exhibitions. He was an Officer of the Order of Leopold. Many of his bas-reliefs are in the style of Plaques, and some have even been reduced to that size, as La Gl?be, Monument au Travail, and others. The Plaquette of the Société royale belge des Aquarellistes' is by this artist, and was struc...
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MEUNIER, CONSTANTIN (Belg.). Painter and Sculpfor, born at Etterbeek, 12. April 1831, died in 1905. His first teacher was the engraver J. B. Meunier. He has obtained numerous distinctions at International Exhibitions. He was an Officer of the Order of Leopold. Many of his bas-reliefs are in the style of Plaques, and some have even been reduced to that size, as La Gl?be, Monument au Travail, and others. The Plaquette of the Société royale belge des Aquarellistes' is by this artist, and was struc...
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MEYBUSCH, ANTON
MEYBUSCH, ANTON (Germ.). Medallist, said to have been of German origin, but I should suspect Dutch, as the Engraver sometimes signed himself Meijbus. He was probably born at Copenhagen, where he first studied, and learned the art of die-sinking. Between 1667 and 1677, he was, according to Nagler, engaged in medallic work for Christian V. of Denmark; after 1676 he went over to Stockholm and produced there numerous medals of Charles XI. and Queen Ulrica Eleonora. In 1684 he was invited to France...
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MEYBUSCH, ANTON (Germ.). Medallist, said to have been of German origin, but I should suspect Dutch, as the Engraver sometimes signed himself Meijbus. He was probably born at Copenhagen, where he first studied, and learned the art of die-sinking. Between 1667 and 1677, he was, according to Nagler, engaged in medallic work for Christian V. of Denmark; after 1676 he went over to Stockholm and produced there numerous medals of Charles XI. and Queen Ulrica Eleonora. In 1684 he was invited to France...
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MEYER, H. DE
MEYER, H. DE (Dutch). Medallist of the second half of the eighteenth century, by whom are : Medal on the Solemn Installation of Prince William V. of Orange-Nassau as hereditary Stadholder of the province of Utrecht, 1766; — Prize Medal of the Amsterdam Rifle Club, 1779 (signed : D. MEYER F.); — Badges of the Utrecht Association "Pro Patria et Libertate"; — Silver Wedding of N. Kien and M. Buck, 1786; — The Treaty with France solemnly f?ted at Zierikzee, 1786; — Medal of the Society "'tFortuyn ",...
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MEYER, H. DE (Dutch). Medallist of the second half of the eighteenth century, by whom are : Medal on the Solemn Installation of Prince William V. of Orange-Nassau as hereditary Stadholder of the province of Utrecht, 1766; — Prize Medal of the Amsterdam Rifle Club, 1779 (signed : D. MEYER F.); — Badges of the Utrecht Association "Pro Patria et Libertate"; — Silver Wedding of N. Kien and M. Buck, 1786; — The Treaty with France solemnly f?ted at Zierikzee, 1786; — Medal of the Society "'tFortuyn ",...
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MEZZARA
MEZZARA, Mme FLORENCE (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Mühlhausen; pupil of Joseph Mezzara. By this artist are numerous Portrait-medallions, many of which were exhibited at the Paris Salon between 1883 and 1895 : 1883. Mlle van Bommel; — A star; — St. Cecilia, after Gauthier; — Portrait, after Fragonard ; — M. Thorens; — Mme J. Koechlin- Dollfus;— 1884. Mme Marthe Devoyod; — Winter, after Aubert; — Mlle Pauline Vaillant; — The barge, after C. Meyer; — Mlle de Z***; — Mme Ko...
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MEZZARA, Mme FLORENCE (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Mühlhausen; pupil of Joseph Mezzara. By this artist are numerous Portrait-medallions, many of which were exhibited at the Paris Salon between 1883 and 1895 : 1883. Mlle van Bommel; — A star; — St. Cecilia, after Gauthier; — Portrait, after Fragonard ; — M. Thorens; — Mme J. Koechlin- Dollfus;— 1884. Mme Marthe Devoyod; — Winter, after Aubert; — Mlle Pauline Vaillant; — The barge, after C. Meyer; — Mlle de Z***; — Mme Ko...
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