MÜLLER, O. (WOUTER) (Dutch). Silversmith, and Medallist of Amsterdam, whose date of activity is comprised between 1653 and 1688. Bolzenthal calls him "der Meister Müller", and praises much the excellence of the execution of his medals, which, like those of Peter Van Abeele, are embossed and chased, and in high relief. Vide Franks and Grueber, Med. III., II, 733. Of interest to English collectors are the following medals by this artist : 1652. Admiral Martin Harpertsz ; — 1653. Martin Tromp; R. Naval engagement ; — 1654. Conclusion of the Peace of Westminster with Holland; — 1655. Prince William I. and the four Burgomasters of Amsterdam ; William I. and the four Admirals ; — Dedication of the new Town-hall of Amsterdam; — 1658. Cromwell and Masaniello ; — 1666. Peace between Holland and the Bishop of Münster (The Prince Elector of Brandenburg); — Michael de Ruyter. Naval action (3 var., one illustrated) ; — Cornelius Evertsen ; Naval engagement ; — Cornelius Tromp ; Naval action; — 1667. Peace of Breda; — 1677. Marriage of William III., Prince of Orange, and Princess Mary; — 1688. Embarcation of William of Orange at Helvoetsluys (3 var.), etc. Bolzenthal says : " Only a few works are known by O. Müller ; two with the portraits of Admirals Mich. Adriaanszoon de Ruyter, and Cornelis Evertsen, the latter killed in battle in 1666, and a beautiful one of the Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg, 1666, who assisted the Germans against the Bishop of Galen and thus procured peace. All these medals are in silver; the last mentioned has on the obverse an excellent full face portrait of the Elector crowned by two warriors in Roman costume ; underneath words: keur vorst van brandenburg. 1666, and around it, are verses in Dutch, celebrating him as a faithful ally. On the reverse is an allegorical representation surrounded also by a poetical inscription in which the name of Müller appears." Besides the medals above-mentioned I have found the descriptions of a few others : William I., Prince of Orange. The four Admirals; — 1655. The Exchange of Amsterdam; — Undated. A group of three figures representing Amsterdam, Valour, and Commerce, &c. “ Les médailles de Muller ", says Pinchart, " sont de tr?s grand module et en haut relief. Toutes sont ornées de légendes ver sifiées en langue vulgaire (qu'il a peut-?tre composées lui-m?me), particularité dont nous ne trouvons pas d'autre exemple d'un usage aussi absolu. Il n'a signé aucune de ses ?uvres ? la mani?re que l'ont fait les autres artistes : il introduisait son nom dans les légendes en déclarant que c'est ? l'art de Muller qu'elles sont dues. Ces inscriptions nous apprennent encore que parmi les productions de son burin, dont on ne rencontre que des exemplaires d'argent, celles qui offrent les portraits de Martin Tromp et de Ruyter existent en or. En 1666 Muller mit au jour cinq différentes médailles, tandis que de 1656 ? 1665 et de 1668 ? 1676 et 1678 ? 1687, il n'a rien produit; du moins aucune ?uvre de ces époques ne nous est connue. " Dutch works of reference give this artist's name as WOUTER MÜLLER. Bibliography. — Franks and Grueber, Medallic Illustrations, &c. — Kamm Levin en Werken, &c. — Van Loon, op. cit. — Grueber, Guide, &c. — Pinchart, Biographies, &c, Rev. num. belge, 1853, p 52; 1889, p. 393. — Oelrichs, Gedächtnissmünzen zur Geschichte Friedrich Wilhelm des Grossen, Berlin, 1778. — N. Chevalier, Histoire de Guillaume III., Amsterdam, 1692.
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
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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MOREAU, AUGUSTE MATHURIN
MOREAU, AUGUSTE MATHURIN (French). Sculptor of the nineteenth century, born at Dijon, 18 November 1822; pupil of A. Ramey and Dumont; won in 1842 the second Grand Prix de Rome; Knight of the Legion of Honour since 1865. Beside many fine works of sculpture, he has executed Portrait-medallions, cast in bronze, some of which were exhibited at the Paris Salons, as late as 1906, when he showed fifteen bronze Plaquettes entitled : Souvenirs de Troyes; and 1907, a bronze Plaquette, " Enfant", after Bou...
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MOREAU, AUGUSTE MATHURIN (French). Sculptor of the nineteenth century, born at Dijon, 18 November 1822; pupil of A. Ramey and Dumont; won in 1842 the second Grand Prix de Rome; Knight of the Legion of Honour since 1865. Beside many fine works of sculpture, he has executed Portrait-medallions, cast in bronze, some of which were exhibited at the Paris Salons, as late as 1906, when he showed fifteen bronze Plaquettes entitled : Souvenirs de Troyes; and 1907, a bronze Plaquette, " Enfant", after Bou...
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