MORODET, JEAN JACQUES (French). Contracted in 1645 to strike 173 Marks' worth of gold Ecus, and 156 Marks' of Quarter Ecus, of Louis XIII. He was Mint-master at Amiens from circ. 1641 to 1647. Vide Mazerolle, op. cit. I, 626, 630.
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.
MIMEREL, JACQUES
MIMEREL, JACQUES (French). Sculptor and Architect of Lyons, circ. 1639-1669; born at Amiens and christened, 2. March 1614. He executed numerous works of sculpture, and was Engraver to the city of Lyons. He is the author of several Portrait-medallions and cast Medals, which are signed : MIMEREL. F. or M. F. One of these, with portrait of Louis XIV., and commemorating the Peace of the Pyrenees (signed : M. F.) is reproduced in A. Steyert, Histoire de Lyon, III, 287. The work on this medal is poor....
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MIMEREL, JACQUES (French). Sculptor and Architect of Lyons, circ. 1639-1669; born at Amiens and christened, 2. March 1614. He executed numerous works of sculpture, and was Engraver to the city of Lyons. He is the author of several Portrait-medallions and cast Medals, which are signed : MIMEREL. F. or M. F. One of these, with portrait of Louis XIV., and commemorating the Peace of the Pyrenees (signed : M. F.) is reproduced in A. Steyert, Histoire de Lyon, III, 287. The work on this medal is poor....
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MISSERONI, GIROLAMO
MISSERONI, GIROLAMO (or HIERONYMO) (Ital.). Milanese Gemengraver, who also distinguished himself in the cutting of vases in crystal, agate, and lapis-lazuli. Several of his fine works, and of those of his brother Girolamo, are preserved at the Florence Museum and in various collections at Vienna and Prague. Towards the end of the sixteenth century he settled in the Bohemian capital, and worked for the emperor Rudolph II. In the Vienna “ Kunstkammer " is preserved a Beaker, four feet high, in r...
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MISSERONI, GIROLAMO (or HIERONYMO) (Ital.). Milanese Gemengraver, who also distinguished himself in the cutting of vases in crystal, agate, and lapis-lazuli. Several of his fine works, and of those of his brother Girolamo, are preserved at the Florence Museum and in various collections at Vienna and Prague. Towards the end of the sixteenth century he settled in the Bohemian capital, and worked for the emperor Rudolph II. In the Vienna “ Kunstkammer " is preserved a Beaker, four feet high, in r...
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MISSERONI
MISSERONI. A family of Gem-engravers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Girolamo and Gasparo Misseroni were contemporaries of Jacopo da Trezzo, and were called from Milan to Prague in the service of the emperor Rudolph II. Their descendants Ambrogio, Alessandro, Ottavio, Dionis, and Giulio all worked for the Imperial court, and, according to Nagler, produced very fine work. The family was originary of Milan. The name occurs in various forms : MISERON ; — MISSERONI ; MISURONNI, &c. Bibl...
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MISSERONI. A family of Gem-engravers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Girolamo and Gasparo Misseroni were contemporaries of Jacopo da Trezzo, and were called from Milan to Prague in the service of the emperor Rudolph II. Their descendants Ambrogio, Alessandro, Ottavio, Dionis, and Giulio all worked for the Imperial court, and, according to Nagler, produced very fine work. The family was originary of Milan. The name occurs in various forms : MISERON ; — MISSERONI ; MISURONNI, &c. Bibl...
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MITCHELL, F. N.
MITCHELL, F. N. (Amer.). Sculptor, and Medallist, of the middle years of the nineteenth century; worked at Boston. By him are the following medals : General Dr Joseph Warren, of Boston (4 var.) ; — United States Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va (or Portsmouth Yellow Fever medal); — Medal of the United States Agricultural Society, 1852; — Medal of the Maine Agricultural Society ;— Medal of the Sandwich Islands Agricultural Society ; — Medal of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics' Association; — ...
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MITCHELL, F. N. (Amer.). Sculptor, and Medallist, of the middle years of the nineteenth century; worked at Boston. By him are the following medals : General Dr Joseph Warren, of Boston (4 var.) ; — United States Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va (or Portsmouth Yellow Fever medal); — Medal of the United States Agricultural Society, 1852; — Medal of the Maine Agricultural Society ;— Medal of the Sandwich Islands Agricultural Society ; — Medal of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics' Association; — ...
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