MORO, ZUAN (Ital.). Mint-inspector at Venice, 1781.
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
MILTON, JOHN
MILTON, JOHN (Brit.). Medallist and Gem-engraver of the second half of the eighteenth century, who worked from about 1760 to 1802, and died on 10. February 1805. From 1789 to 1798 he was an assistant Engraver at the Royal Mint, and was also Medallist to the Prince of Wales (George IV.). He was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, 24. May 1792, and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1785 to 1802. His coins and medals were sold by Leigh and Sotheby, 30. May 1805 (cfr. Sale Catalogue). ...
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MILTON, JOHN (Brit.). Medallist and Gem-engraver of the second half of the eighteenth century, who worked from about 1760 to 1802, and died on 10. February 1805. From 1789 to 1798 he was an assistant Engraver at the Royal Mint, and was also Medallist to the Prince of Wales (George IV.). He was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, 24. May 1792, and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1785 to 1802. His coins and medals were sold by Leigh and Sotheby, 30. May 1805 (cfr. Sale Catalogue). ...
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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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