MONTAGNY, JEAN PIERRE (French). Medallist and Coin-engraver, son of the Line-engraver, Clément Montagny, born at Saint-Etienne, 31. July 1789, died blind at Belleville in 1862; he was a pupil of his father, of his uncle Fleury Montagny, and Cartellier. Chavignerie and Auvray, mention the following productions which the artist exhibited at the Paris Salons : 1819. The four Evangelists, bas-relief in wax ; — Models in wax ; — Marriage- Piece; — Various Jetons for the Mint; — Aesculapius, wax model; — Bas-relief, engraved on steel; — 1822. Frame of medals and wax impressions : Marriage Medal ; — The Four Evangelists ; — Two commemorative Medals of the Birth of the Duke of Bordeaux, after Laffitte ; — The Duke and Duchess of Berry, and the Duke of Bordeaux ; — Bailly, first mayor or Paris ; — Charles James. Fox; — 1824. A Portrait, model in wax; — Frame of medals; — 1824. Coronation of Charles X; — Charles X., King of France; — Pope Leo XII.; — 1833. Accession of Louis Philippe; — Stamp of the Société libre des Beaux-Arts, after a drawing by Hittorff ; — Jeton of the Société libre des Beaux- Arts ; — Jeton for the Charcoal trade of the city of Paris ; — Prize Medal, with the King's bust, granted by the French government; — 1834. Commemorative Medal of the Passage of the Great St. Bernard by Napoleon (after Andrieu ; 2 var.) ; — Bonaparte, first consul of the French Republic; — France guided by her Genius (allegorical subject in connection with the Revolution of 1830); — Commemorative Medal of the Restoration of Napoleon's statue on the Colonne Vendôme; — Commemorative Medal of the capture of Antwerp citadel; — Marquis Lally-Tollendal, † 1830 ; — 1835. Medallions and Bas-reliefs representing Hunting scenes, Fights between animals, &c. ; — Truth lighting up Justice and the Genius of Evil conquered, bronze medals; — Medal of the Société libre des Beaux-Arts ; — 1837. Frame of medals ; — 1838. Portrait-medallion of Jacques Laffitte ; — 1838. Prize Medal of the City of Marseilles ; — Agriculture, with the attributes of the town of Valenciennes ; — 1851. Thirty medals and models in clay; — 1852. Commemorative medal of the Election of Louis Napoleon to the Presidency of the French Republic ; — Cardinal Gousset, archbishop of Rheims. Various commemorative medals of the Revolution of 1848, described by De Saulcy, are by Montagny : Journées de Février 1848 (Génie du mal vaincu); — Archbishop Affre (struck at the Paris Mint); — The 23. and 24. February 1848 ; — The Revolution of 1848, Triumph of Liberty (sev. var., signed MONTAGNY F. or MONTAGNY FECIT); — Another, on the same event, of different type; — Pattern 20 Francs, 1848 (2 var.); — Pattern 5 Francs, 1848 (2 var.; illustrated); — Pattern 10 Centimes, 1848 (2 var.). These pattern pieces, which exist in gold, silver, and copper, were executed in competition with other artists for the Monetary Commission of 1848. In 1824 he produced a Pattern 5 Franc piece of Charles X., and in 1831 a Pattern 100 Franc piece of Louis Philippe, also three Pattern 5 Franc pieces, of same date. Again in 1852 he executed a Pattern coin of Louis Napoleon, with his bust on obv. and head of Liberty on R. By Montagny are also the following medals : Visit of Queen Victoria to Château d'Eu, 1843 (2 var.); — Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778 (sev. var.); — Campaign of 1814 ; — Return of Napoleon's ashes from St. Helena, 1840; — Transfer of the body of Napoleon to the Invalides, 1840; — Napoleon's Tomb at St. Helena, 1841 ; — Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, elected to the Presidency of the French Republic, 1848; — P. J. Béranger, poet; — Bosquet, marshal of France; — Cabet, French socialist; — Obelisk of Louqsor, 1831; — Louis Philippe and Leopold I. of Belgium and consort, Visit to Paris, 1835; — Louis Philippe and Marie Amélie, 1833; — Louis Philippe, Historical Museum of Versailles, 1837; — Victor Emmanuel II., King of Sardinia, 1859 (2 var., with French and Italian legends); — Marat (sev. var.); — Voltaire, 1820 (sev. var.); — Robert Boyveau-Laffecteur, Jeton of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium (3 var.); — Pope Leo XII., 1826, &c. Bibliography. — Chavignerie et Auvray, op. cit. — Bolzenthal,op. cit., p. — 299. Rondot, op. cit. — De Saulcy, Souvenirs numismatiques de la Révolution de 1848. — Dr F. P. Weber, op. cit. — Tobler, Die Münz- und Medaillen-Sammlung Wunderly v. Muralt, IV. — Numismatic Circular, nos 60552-57. — Dewamin, Cent ans de numismatique francaise, 1889.
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
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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MIDDELTHUN
MIDDELTHUN (Norw.). Mint-engraver and Medallist at Kongsberg (Norway), under Charles XIV. John of Sweden, 1818-1844. His signature : M occurs on the following medals, &c. : Coronation of King Charles XIV. John at Throndhjem, 7. September 1818; — Medal of Merit, with King's bust (100 specimens struck at the Kongsberg mint in 1821); — Medal for Cadets, with King's bust (signed : MIDDELTHUN F.). A Thaler of Charles XIV. John, dated 1819, bears also his initial. Bibliography. — Hildebrand, op. cit...
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MIDDELTHUN (Norw.). Mint-engraver and Medallist at Kongsberg (Norway), under Charles XIV. John of Sweden, 1818-1844. His signature : M occurs on the following medals, &c. : Coronation of King Charles XIV. John at Throndhjem, 7. September 1818; — Medal of Merit, with King's bust (100 specimens struck at the Kongsberg mint in 1821); — Medal for Cadets, with King's bust (signed : MIDDELTHUN F.). A Thaler of Charles XIV. John, dated 1819, bears also his initial. Bibliography. — Hildebrand, op. cit...
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MICHAUT, AUGUSTE FRANCOIS
MICHAUT, AUGUSTE FRANCOIS (French). Sculptor, Medallist, and Engraver of coins, born at Paris, 29. September 1786, died there in December 1879, at the age of ninety-six. He was a pupil of Moitte, Lemot, and Galle, and in 1812 he obtained at the Salon the " Second Grand Prix pour Rome ", for medal-engraving, the subject being : The French Hercules. This artist will better be remembered as a Coin-engraver than as a Medallist. His dies of Louis XVIII. and Charles X. are undoubtedly his best product...
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MICHAUT, AUGUSTE FRANCOIS (French). Sculptor, Medallist, and Engraver of coins, born at Paris, 29. September 1786, died there in December 1879, at the age of ninety-six. He was a pupil of Moitte, Lemot, and Galle, and in 1812 he obtained at the Salon the " Second Grand Prix pour Rome ", for medal-engraving, the subject being : The French Hercules. This artist will better be remembered as a Coin-engraver than as a Medallist. His dies of Louis XVIII. and Charles X. are undoubtedly his best product...
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MICHAUX, ALPHONSE
MICHAUX, ALPHONSE (Belg.). Coin-engraver and Medallist, born at Brussels, 15. December 1860; pupil of the Academy of Fine Arts of that city. In 1895 he was appointed Chief-engraver (Chef de la fabrication des coins monétaires) at the Brussels Mint, but had been connected with the Mint since 1878. By him are the dies of a certain number of Belgian coins, amongst which I may mention the new Nickel 10 and 5 Centimes pieces of Belgium, with holes in centre (one illustrated); also the Nickel 10 and 5...
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MICHAUX, ALPHONSE (Belg.). Coin-engraver and Medallist, born at Brussels, 15. December 1860; pupil of the Academy of Fine Arts of that city. In 1895 he was appointed Chief-engraver (Chef de la fabrication des coins monétaires) at the Brussels Mint, but had been connected with the Mint since 1878. By him are the dies of a certain number of Belgian coins, amongst which I may mention the new Nickel 10 and 5 Centimes pieces of Belgium, with holes in centre (one illustrated); also the Nickel 10 and 5...
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