MONTPENSIER, FRANCOIS DE (French). Mint-engraver at Lyons, 1503-1523. Vide MONTPANCIER.
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
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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MICHAUX, ROBERT
MICHAUX, ROBERT (Belg.). Engraver and Medallist, born at Brussels, 30. June 1824, died there 6. June 1901. Pupil of Hart. He is the father of Alphonse Michaux, the present Mint-engraver at Brussels. This Die-sinker's signature occurs on a medal commemorating the Death of King Charles XV. oi Sweden, and struck at Brussels in 1873, on commission for a Swedish firm of publishers. By the same artist is a Portrait-medal of Lagerberg, the well-known Swedish numismatist, dated 1872, and the Inauguratio...
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MICHAUX, ROBERT (Belg.). Engraver and Medallist, born at Brussels, 30. June 1824, died there 6. June 1901. Pupil of Hart. He is the father of Alphonse Michaux, the present Mint-engraver at Brussels. This Die-sinker's signature occurs on a medal commemorating the Death of King Charles XV. oi Sweden, and struck at Brussels in 1873, on commission for a Swedish firm of publishers. By the same artist is a Portrait-medal of Lagerberg, the well-known Swedish numismatist, dated 1872, and the Inauguratio...
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MICHEL, GEORGES CHARLES PROSPER
MICHEL, GEORGES CHARLES PROSPER (French). Contemporary Gem-engraver, born at Rouen; pupil of Amable Simon. By him are the following works : 1879. St. George spearing the Dragon, sard; — Ariadne, sard; — 1880. The Archangel Michael crushing Satan, amethyst; — 1881. Oedipus divining the secret of the Sphinx, sard cameo; — The Secret from on high, after Moulin, sard cameo; — Head of Ariadne, sard cameo ; — 1882. Portrait of Jules Grévy, sard intaglio; — 1883. Zephyr, after Proud'hon, cameointaglio ...
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MICHEL, GEORGES CHARLES PROSPER (French). Contemporary Gem-engraver, born at Rouen; pupil of Amable Simon. By him are the following works : 1879. St. George spearing the Dragon, sard; — Ariadne, sard; — 1880. The Archangel Michael crushing Satan, amethyst; — 1881. Oedipus divining the secret of the Sphinx, sard cameo; — The Secret from on high, after Moulin, sard cameo; — Head of Ariadne, sard cameo ; — 1882. Portrait of Jules Grévy, sard intaglio; — 1883. Zephyr, after Proud'hon, cameointaglio ...
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