NAZARO, ORAZIO (Ital.). Goldsmith of Cremona, who was residing at Rome towards the end of the sixteenth century. Milanesi suggested him as the author of a Portrait-medal of the Genoese, Benedetto Lomellini, 1569. Bibliography. — Blanchet, op. cit. — Armand, op. cit., I, 253 ; III, 121.
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
MOSCETTI, CARLO
MOSCETTI, CARLO (Ital.). Medallist of the third quarter of the nineteenth century, residing at Rome. By him I have seen the following medals : Prof. Luigi Maria Rezzi, of Piacenza; — Liberation of Rome, 1870; — Medal of Merit (Roma revendicata ai suoi liberatori); — Fifth Century of the German Hospital at Rome, under Papal patronage and Austrian Imperial Presidency, 1885; — Vaccination Medal, with bust of king Umberto, 1878; — Garibaldi, 1875; — Cholera Epidemics, 1885-86; — Attempt on the life ...
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MOSCETTI, CARLO (Ital.). Medallist of the third quarter of the nineteenth century, residing at Rome. By him I have seen the following medals : Prof. Luigi Maria Rezzi, of Piacenza; — Liberation of Rome, 1870; — Medal of Merit (Roma revendicata ai suoi liberatori); — Fifth Century of the German Hospital at Rome, under Papal patronage and Austrian Imperial Presidency, 1885; — Vaccination Medal, with bust of king Umberto, 1878; — Garibaldi, 1875; — Cholera Epidemics, 1885-86; — Attempt on the life ...
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MOSER, GEORG MICHAEL
MOSER, GEORG MICHAEL (Swiss). 1706-1783. Goldsmith, Chaser, and Enameller, Gem -engraver, and Medallist, born at Schaffhausen on 17. January, 1706. His father, Michael M., was a Coppersmith of some note. With him, young Moser learned drawing and chasing. At the age of 18 he went to Geneva and applied himself there to the goldsmith's art. After a year and a half he left for Paris and London, practically without means. In England, he was first employed by a cabinet-maker, named Trotter, as a chase...
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MOSER, GEORG MICHAEL (Swiss). 1706-1783. Goldsmith, Chaser, and Enameller, Gem -engraver, and Medallist, born at Schaffhausen on 17. January, 1706. His father, Michael M., was a Coppersmith of some note. With him, young Moser learned drawing and chasing. At the age of 18 he went to Geneva and applied himself there to the goldsmith's art. After a year and a half he left for Paris and London, practically without means. In England, he was first employed by a cabinet-maker, named Trotter, as a chase...
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MOSSOP, WILLIAM
MOSSOP, WILLIAM (Brit.). Medallist of the second half of the eighteenth century, born at Dublin in 1751, died there either in 1804 or 1806. The following particulars are borrowed from Frazer's work On the Medallists of Ireland and their Work. “ The name of Mossop's father was Browne, and when he died, his widow married W. Mossop, a relation of the popular actor and stage-manager, Henry Mossop. The father of her child having been a Roman catholic, she changed his name, to obtain admission for him...
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MOSSOP, WILLIAM (Brit.). Medallist of the second half of the eighteenth century, born at Dublin in 1751, died there either in 1804 or 1806. The following particulars are borrowed from Frazer's work On the Medallists of Ireland and their Work. “ The name of Mossop's father was Browne, and when he died, his widow married W. Mossop, a relation of the popular actor and stage-manager, Henry Mossop. The father of her child having been a Roman catholic, she changed his name, to obtain admission for him...
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MOSSOP, WILLIAM STEPHEN
MOSSOP, WILLIAM STEPHEN (Brit.). Son of the last, and also a Medallist, born at Dublin in 1788, and educated at the Academy of Samuel White. " He was ", says Frazer, " in 1802, placed in the Art Schools of the Royal Dublin Society, under Francis West, the master of the Figure School, and became afterwards his private pupil until the unexpected death of his father obliged him, at the age of sixteen years, to commence practising his future profession for a livelihood. His first work was a medal fo...
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MOSSOP, WILLIAM STEPHEN (Brit.). Son of the last, and also a Medallist, born at Dublin in 1788, and educated at the Academy of Samuel White. " He was ", says Frazer, " in 1802, placed in the Art Schools of the Royal Dublin Society, under Francis West, the master of the Figure School, and became afterwards his private pupil until the unexpected death of his father obliged him, at the age of sixteen years, to commence practising his future profession for a livelihood. His first work was a medal fo...
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