MÜLLER, JOHANN CHRISTOPH (Germ.). Modeller in wax, and Medallist, who resided at Stuttgart, arc. 1670-1695. He is the author of the following medallic productions, which are all signed : JCM : Undated. Carl Ludwig von der Pfalz (illustrated) ; — 1671. Nuremberg Shooting Medal; — Undated, and 1674. Eberhard III. of Würtemberg (Binder I., 139, 145, 146); — Undated. Wilhelm Ludwig of Würtemberg ; — Undated, and 1680. Friedrich Carl of Würtemberg; — 1682. Marriage of Friedrich Carl of Würtemberg with Princess Eleonora of Brandenburg, 1682 ; — Konrad Wilhelm von Wernau, bishop of Würzburg, undated, 54 mill, (reproduced in Domanig, Die Deutsche Medaille, n° 357), etc. Müller acted as Mint-engraver at Oettingen, circ. 1674. and a Strassburg Thaler of 1679 on the Peace of Nymwegen bears the initials I. C. M. The medal of Charles Louis of the Palatinate is a very fine casting ; most of the others are struck. Bibliography. — Erman, op. cit. — Menadier, Schaumünzen des Hauses Hohen-zollern, 1901. — Domanig, Die Deutsche Medaille, Wien, 1907.
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
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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MONTEILH, LOUIS FERDINAND
MONTEILH, LOUIS FERDINAND (French). Line- and Gem-engraver, Chaser, etc., born at Angoul?me in 1792; died there on the 9th of May 1869. He was deaf and dumb by birth, and was educated at the institution of the Abbé de l'Epée at Paris. Later he studied drawing and modelling, and learned the art of engraving in general, and particularly gem-engraving. His cameos and intaglios in carnelian and crystal, seals, pendants, Portrait-medallions (executed in Nini's style) of Louis XVI., Marie Antoinette, ...
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MONTEILH, LOUIS FERDINAND (French). Line- and Gem-engraver, Chaser, etc., born at Angoul?me in 1792; died there on the 9th of May 1869. He was deaf and dumb by birth, and was educated at the institution of the Abbé de l'Epée at Paris. Later he studied drawing and modelling, and learned the art of engraving in general, and particularly gem-engraving. His cameos and intaglios in carnelian and crystal, seals, pendants, Portrait-medallions (executed in Nini's style) of Louis XVI., Marie Antoinette, ...
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MONTFORT, JEAN DE
MONTFORT, JEAN DE (Belg.). A Flemish Sculptor and Medallist of the first half of the seventeenth century. He was Assayer at the Antwerp Mint in 1602, Councillor and Mint-master in 1613. He also resided for some time in France, and has executed about ten medals, the best known being that of the Infanta Isabella, daughter of Philip II. He signed : MONTFORT F. ; — IO.MONT.F. ; — MONF.F., or MONT. This medallist's activity began at the time when Conrad Bloc, who may have been his master, ceased to w...
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MONTFORT, JEAN DE (Belg.). A Flemish Sculptor and Medallist of the first half of the seventeenth century. He was Assayer at the Antwerp Mint in 1602, Councillor and Mint-master in 1613. He also resided for some time in France, and has executed about ten medals, the best known being that of the Infanta Isabella, daughter of Philip II. He signed : MONTFORT F. ; — IO.MONT.F. ; — MONF.F., or MONT. This medallist's activity began at the time when Conrad Bloc, who may have been his master, ceased to w...
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MOORE, JAMES
MOORE, JAMES (Brit). Contemporary Founder and Caster, residing at Thames Ditton, and employed at various times by sculptors and modellers, to cast Portrait-medallions. Prof. Legros, Lantéri, Morel- Ladeuil, and other artists' productions were cast by him. He died in April 1905, at the age of seventy-nine. He was until a few years ago the proprietor of the Thames Ditton Bronze Foundry, where he produced altogether over 250 works of colossal proportions, besides 340 smaller works, from statues by ...
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MOORE, JAMES (Brit). Contemporary Founder and Caster, residing at Thames Ditton, and employed at various times by sculptors and modellers, to cast Portrait-medallions. Prof. Legros, Lantéri, Morel- Ladeuil, and other artists' productions were cast by him. He died in April 1905, at the age of seventy-nine. He was until a few years ago the proprietor of the Thames Ditton Bronze Foundry, where he produced altogether over 250 works of colossal proportions, besides 340 smaller works, from statues by ...
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