MÜLLER, MICHAEL (Germ.). Modeller at Augsburg, circ. 1552, in which year he cut a view of Augsburg in boxwood.
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
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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MOORE, JOSEPH
MOORE, JOSEPH (Brit.). Medallist of the second half of the nineteenth century, born at Birmingham, 17th February 1817, died there in 1901. His father had served in the Peninsular War and met with a serious accident when the future Engraver was yet a child. At ten years of age he persuaded his parents to allow him to try to earn his own living; he entered the office of a then well-known silversmith, and while there he learned drawing under Henry Follet Osler. His next step in life was when he was...
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MOORE, JOSEPH (Brit.). Medallist of the second half of the nineteenth century, born at Birmingham, 17th February 1817, died there in 1901. His father had served in the Peninsular War and met with a serious accident when the future Engraver was yet a child. At ten years of age he persuaded his parents to allow him to try to earn his own living; he entered the office of a then well-known silversmith, and while there he learned drawing under Henry Follet Osler. His next step in life was when he was...
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MOREAU
MOREAU (French). Engraver of the first half of the nineteenth century, best known for his various Patterns for the coinage of Charles X., 1824, and Louis Philippe, 1830. These consist of: 5 Franc pieces (Dewamin Pl. 49, 2); — 2 Francs (D., PI. 49, 3) of Charles X. ; — 100 Francs; — 5 Francs &c. of Louis Philippe. This artist's signature : MOREAU S. occurs on a medal commemorating the Recovery of George III., Cheltenham, 1788-9. Moreau engraved also Jettons, Tickets, Advertising Counters, Badges...
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MOREAU (French). Engraver of the first half of the nineteenth century, best known for his various Patterns for the coinage of Charles X., 1824, and Louis Philippe, 1830. These consist of: 5 Franc pieces (Dewamin Pl. 49, 2); — 2 Francs (D., PI. 49, 3) of Charles X. ; — 100 Francs; — 5 Francs &c. of Louis Philippe. This artist's signature : MOREAU S. occurs on a medal commemorating the Recovery of George III., Cheltenham, 1788-9. Moreau engraved also Jettons, Tickets, Advertising Counters, Badges...
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