MÜLLER, CHRISTOPH (Germ.). Mint-warden at Dessau, 1693-1694, and Mühlhausen, 1701; Mint-master at Eisenach, 1702-1715. His initials C. M. occur on the coins.
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.
MONTAGNY, FLEURY
MONTAGNY, FLEURY (French). Son of the Line-engraver Jean Montagny; Medallist, born at St. Etienne, 4. February 1760, died at Marseilles in 1836. He received his first instruction from his father, and was later apprenticed to a Paris Die-sinker. When the French Government created in 1789 the State manufactory of arms at Versailles, Fleury Montagny was a member of the Committee, with Dupré, Dumarest, Jaley, and Galle, to whom were entrusted the works of engraving, chasing, and sculpture at the new...
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MONTAGNY, FLEURY (French). Son of the Line-engraver Jean Montagny; Medallist, born at St. Etienne, 4. February 1760, died at Marseilles in 1836. He received his first instruction from his father, and was later apprenticed to a Paris Die-sinker. When the French Government created in 1789 the State manufactory of arms at Versailles, Fleury Montagny was a member of the Committee, with Dupré, Dumarest, Jaley, and Galle, to whom were entrusted the works of engraving, chasing, and sculpture at the new...
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MONTAGNY, JEAN PIERRE
MONTAGNY, JEAN PIERRE (French). Medallist and Coin-engraver, son of the Line-engraver, Clément Montagny, born at Saint-Etienne, 31. July 1789, died blind at Belleville in 1862; he was a pupil of his father, of his uncle Fleury Montagny, and Cartellier. Chavignerie and Auvray, mention the following productions which the artist exhibited at the Paris Salons : 1819. The four Evangelists, bas-relief in wax ; — Models in wax ; — Marriage- Piece; — Various Jetons for the Mint; — Aesculapius, wax mode...
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MONTAGNY, JEAN PIERRE (French). Medallist and Coin-engraver, son of the Line-engraver, Clément Montagny, born at Saint-Etienne, 31. July 1789, died blind at Belleville in 1862; he was a pupil of his father, of his uncle Fleury Montagny, and Cartellier. Chavignerie and Auvray, mention the following productions which the artist exhibited at the Paris Salons : 1819. The four Evangelists, bas-relief in wax ; — Models in wax ; — Marriage- Piece; — Various Jetons for the Mint; — Aesculapius, wax mode...
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MONTAGNY, PIERRE ANTOINE
MONTAGNY, PIERRE ANTOINE (French). Medallist, whose activity ranged between 1790 and 1816. He executed various medals and jetons : Napoleon I., conquests, and campaign of 1806 (Istria, Dalmatia, Naples, Iena, Berlin, &c); — Medal of the French nation, 31. December 1770 ; — Jean Silvain Bailly, mayor of Paris, 1791 (signed : P. A. MONTAGNY F.) ; — Private currency; token or Bon for 6 Blancs (2 Sous 6 Deniers), 1791. Bust of Minerva (signed : MONTAGN.); — Bonaparte, First Consul, Scientific Expedi...
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MONTAGNY, PIERRE ANTOINE (French). Medallist, whose activity ranged between 1790 and 1816. He executed various medals and jetons : Napoleon I., conquests, and campaign of 1806 (Istria, Dalmatia, Naples, Iena, Berlin, &c); — Medal of the French nation, 31. December 1770 ; — Jean Silvain Bailly, mayor of Paris, 1791 (signed : P. A. MONTAGNY F.) ; — Private currency; token or Bon for 6 Blancs (2 Sous 6 Deniers), 1791. Bust of Minerva (signed : MONTAGN.); — Bonaparte, First Consul, Scientific Expedi...
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MONTAUTI, ANTONIO
MONTAUTI, ANTONIO (ltal.). A Florentine Sculptor, Architect, and Medallist of the first half of the eighteenth century, who died in 1740. He first worked in his native town, later at Rome, and distinguished himself in architecture as well as in sculpture. He was a pupil of Giuseppe Piamontini. At Rome he was entrusted with the superintendence of the building of St. Peter's. When Frederick IV. of Denmark visited Florence in 1708, Montauti executed his Portrait-medal on the R. of which is a person...
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MONTAUTI, ANTONIO (ltal.). A Florentine Sculptor, Architect, and Medallist of the first half of the eighteenth century, who died in 1740. He first worked in his native town, later at Rome, and distinguished himself in architecture as well as in sculpture. He was a pupil of Giuseppe Piamontini. At Rome he was entrusted with the superintendence of the building of St. Peter's. When Frederick IV. of Denmark visited Florence in 1708, Montauti executed his Portrait-medal on the R. of which is a person...
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