MONTFORT, JEAN DE (Belg.). A Flemish Sculptor and Medallist of the first half of the seventeenth century. He was Assayer at the Antwerp Mint in 1602, Councillor and Mint-master in 1613. He also resided for some time in France, and has executed about ten medals, the best known being that of the Infanta Isabella, daughter of Philip II. He signed : MONTFORT F. ; — IO.MONT.F. ; — MONF.F., or MONT. This medallist's activity began at the time when Conrad Bloc, who may have been his master, ceased to work in the Netherlands, and, says Pinchart, " His medals are chased with more art than those of Bloc, and they distinguish themselves in that the portraits are better modelled and more expressive. " Jean de Montfort executed the lion in gilt copper which adorns the mausoleum, erected by the Archduke Albert, to the Dukes of Brabant John II. and Anthony of Burgundy, in the church of Sainte- Gudule at Brussels. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Pinchart, Histoire de la Gravure des Médailles, 1870. — C. Picqué, La Médaille de Genevi?ve d'Urfé, duchesse de Croy, Revue belge de num., 1897. — A. Pinchart, Jean de Montfort, Revue belge II, 2 (1852), p. 97. — Rondot and De La Tour, op. cit. — Van Loon, op. cit. — Catalogus, &c. — Kramm, 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
Mint master:
In medieval and early modern Germany, the Münzmeister ("mint master", the Latin term is monetarius) was the director or administrator of a mint, a moneyer with responsibility for the minting of coins, or specie. His duties were defined differently at different locations and ages.
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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