MOTTA, CHARLES (Smss). Die-sinker of the second half of the eighteenth century. According to Schlickeysen, he was residing at Geneva, circ. 1770. In 1788 we find him at Motiers-Travers (canton Neuchâtel), in which year he submitted Pattern pieces for 4, 2 and 1/2 Creutzers for the Neuchâtel coinage of Frederick William II., 1788. These were not adopted. Motta's signature occurs on Prize-medals of Geneva. Bibliography. — W. Wavre, La "grande lacune " dans It monnayage de Neuchâtel de 1614 ? 1789, Musée neuchâtelois, 1894.
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
MITTERMAYER, MATTHIAS VON WAFFENBERG
MITTERMAYER, MATTHIAS VON WAFFENBERG (Austr.). Mintmaster at Vienna, circ. 1679-1705 (?); died. 22. December 1708. His initials occur on the coins issued by him, which were all engraved by the Mint-engraver, Johann Michael Hoffmann. Among these are the two commemorative Thalers of the Siege of Vienna, 1683, Double Ducat of 1682, Ducats of 1683-84, Quarter Ducat, 1694, Thalers and Sechsers, &c. A Thaler of Prince Ferdinand Wilhelm Euseb of Schwarzenberg, and consort Maria Anna, 1696, of which se...
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MITTERMAYER, MATTHIAS VON WAFFENBERG (Austr.). Mintmaster at Vienna, circ. 1679-1705 (?); died. 22. December 1708. His initials occur on the coins issued by him, which were all engraved by the Mint-engraver, Johann Michael Hoffmann. Among these are the two commemorative Thalers of the Siege of Vienna, 1683, Double Ducat of 1682, Ducats of 1683-84, Quarter Ducat, 1694, Thalers and Sechsers, &c. A Thaler of Prince Ferdinand Wilhelm Euseb of Schwarzenberg, and consort Maria Anna, 1696, of which se...
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MNESARCHOS
MNESARCHOS (Greek). Son of Euphron or Euthyphron, and named as the father of Pythagoras. He is said to have been an Engraver of rings. According to some accounts, he was not of purely Greek origin, and may have belonged to the Tyrrhenians of Lemnos and Imbros. He died at the beginning of the tyranny of Polycrates, towards the middle of the sixth century B.C. (Diog. Laërt., VIII, 1). He cultivated the art of gem-engraving more for glory than for gain. Bibliography. — Babelon, op. cit. — King, op....
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MNESARCHOS (Greek). Son of Euphron or Euthyphron, and named as the father of Pythagoras. He is said to have been an Engraver of rings. According to some accounts, he was not of purely Greek origin, and may have belonged to the Tyrrhenians of Lemnos and Imbros. He died at the beginning of the tyranny of Polycrates, towards the middle of the sixth century B.C. (Diog. Laërt., VIII, 1). He cultivated the art of gem-engraving more for glory than for gain. Bibliography. — Babelon, op. cit. — King, op....
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MOCCHI, FRANCESCO
MOCCHI, FRANCESCO (ltal.). Sculptor and Medallist of the first half of the seventeenth century, who resided at Florence, and died there in 1646. One of his best known medallic productions is a Portrait-piece of Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma, with a representation on R. of his equestrian statue. Heiss ascribes to this artist a Portrait-medal of Pope Clement VIII., signed F. M. F.on obv. ; R. GREGEM.NE.DESERAS. Pope kneeling to r. (Vide vol. II, p. 116.) Isolated medals, says von Fabriczy, hav...
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MOCCHI, FRANCESCO (ltal.). Sculptor and Medallist of the first half of the seventeenth century, who resided at Florence, and died there in 1646. One of his best known medallic productions is a Portrait-piece of Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma, with a representation on R. of his equestrian statue. Heiss ascribes to this artist a Portrait-medal of Pope Clement VIII., signed F. M. F.on obv. ; R. GREGEM.NE.DESERAS. Pope kneeling to r. (Vide vol. II, p. 116.) Isolated medals, says von Fabriczy, hav...
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MOCCHI, LORENZO CIGLIA
MOCCHI, LORENZO CIGLIA (Ital.). Sculptor and Medallist, of the end of the fifteenth century, who, according to the noteworthy conjecture of G. Milanesi may be identified with the so-called MÉDAILLEUR A LA FORTUNE (q.v. Vol. II, 127). Hern von Fabriczy does not pronounce against this attribution, which appears quite reasonable, as the medal of Lorenzo Ciglia Mocchi (illustrated) is signed on R. L.C.M., which initials can only represent the name of Mocchi. All the eight medals bearing on R. a nude...
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MOCCHI, LORENZO CIGLIA (Ital.). Sculptor and Medallist, of the end of the fifteenth century, who, according to the noteworthy conjecture of G. Milanesi may be identified with the so-called MÉDAILLEUR A LA FORTUNE (q.v. Vol. II, 127). Hern von Fabriczy does not pronounce against this attribution, which appears quite reasonable, as the medal of Lorenzo Ciglia Mocchi (illustrated) is signed on R. L.C.M., which initials can only represent the name of Mocchi. All the eight medals bearing on R. a nude...
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