NEUDECK, ANDREAS (Austr.). Contemporary Sculptor, Medallist, and Mint-engraver at Vienna. He was born on 18. October 1849, and entered the Mint as Assistant-engraver, circ. 1870. On F. Gaul's death in 1874, he was promoted to the rank of Engraver, and in 1903 he became Director of the Engraving Department at the Mint, which office he still holds. Neudeck is a clever Die-sinker, and for many years worked under the great Master A. Scharff, for whom he cut many reverses of medals, being especially successful in decorative work and the carrying out of minute details. Amongst this artist's best known medallic productions are : Fourth Austrian Federal Rifle Meeting at Brünn, 1892; — Visits of the " Klüb der Münz-und Medaillenfreunde " of Vienna to the St. Florian Institute, May 1894, and Klosterneuburg, 1896 (in conjunction with F.X. Pawlik); — Double Gulden of 1873, struck as a Prize for the Vienna Rifle Meeting of that year (engraved in conjunction with F. Gaul, and Friedrich Leisek); — Prize Medal of the Horticultural Society of Krakau ; — Mining Double Gulden of Kuttenberg, 1887 (obv. by Friedr. Leisek); — R. of Al. 20 Kronenpiece of 1892 (obv. by A. Scharff); — R. of One Krone, 1892 (obv. by Scharff); — Nickel 20 Heller piece, 1892 (obv. only); — ?. One Heller, 1892 (both sides); — Prize Medal for successful pupils of the Theresianum at Vienna, 1883; — Prize Medal for Pupils of the Oriental Academy of Vienna, 1884 ; — Prize Medal for the International " Concurrenzdörren " of Vienna, 1888; — Visit of the Emperor to the Mint, 1899 (in conjunction with A. Scharff); — Prize Medal for Pupils of the Consular Academy at Vienna, 1899 ; — Jubilee of the Lower- Austrian Choral Society, 1885 ; — Medals of the Vienna Touring Club, 1888; — Medal of the Moravian Agricultural Society, 1895 ; — Paul Constantin Fiala von Feigelsfeld, † 1685, Memorial Medal, 1898; — Horticultural Show at Prague, 1898; — Marriage Medal of Alfonso Count Paar with Eleonora, Princess Windischgraetz, 1901 ; — Birth of Maria Alexandra, Princess of Baden, 1902 ; — Prize Medal of the I. Corinthian Ornithological Society, 1896 ; — Ticket of the Berndorf Metallwaaren fabrik, 1897 ; — Inauguration by Francis Joseph I. of the Institution built (1886) on the site of the Ringtheater, which was burnt down, 8. December 1881 ; — Centenary of the Accession of Leopold the Saint, 1896 (in conjunction with F. X. Pawlik) ; — Second Centenary of the Preservation from plague of the Vienna Mint officials, 1879; — Commemorative Jeton of the Marriage of H. I. H. Archduchess Elizabeth with Prince Otto zu Windischgraetz, 1902; — Mining Medal of Littai, 1886; — 5 Kronenpiece, 1900 (designed by A. Scharff); — The German Theater at Prague ; — Hans Makart, 1884 ; — Frankfort-on-M. cathedral (R), 1886; — Antwerp cathedral; — Arkadenhof at the Vienna Town House; — Russian Church at Vienna; — Count Enzenberg, 1900 ; — Finance Minister Böhm-Bawerk, 1905 ; — Technological Museum, 1905 ; — Plaquettes, Castles Bachofen and Echt, &c. At the Frankfort-on-M. 1900 Exhibition of Modern Medals, this artist's work was represented by fifteen medals. Bibliography. — Mittheilungen des Klübs der Münz- und Medaillenfreunde in Wien, 1890- 1905.
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
MOUTERDE, JEAN MARIE
MOUTERDE, JEAN MARIE (French). .. 1773- † 1793. Masterfounder, Gilder, and Engraver, of Lyons ; son of Gabriel Mouterde, born 26. April 1748. He engraved various medals, and was one of the promoters of the coinage of pure bell-metal in 1791. He took part in the defence of Lyons, and was guillotined, 26. December 1793. Mouterde was the first to utilise pure bell-metal for purposes of coinage ; his dizains are well-known. His name, in conjunction with those of Mercié and Mathieu, occurs on the fol...
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MOUTERDE, JEAN MARIE (French). .. 1773- † 1793. Masterfounder, Gilder, and Engraver, of Lyons ; son of Gabriel Mouterde, born 26. April 1748. He engraved various medals, and was one of the promoters of the coinage of pure bell-metal in 1791. He took part in the defence of Lyons, and was guillotined, 26. December 1793. Mouterde was the first to utilise pure bell-metal for purposes of coinage ; his dizains are well-known. His name, in conjunction with those of Mercié and Mathieu, occurs on the fol...
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MOUTERDE, LOUIS ANTOINE JEAN
MOUTERDE, LOUIS ANTOINE JEAN (French). Cousin of Emmanuel Mouterde ; born in 1812; pupil of Jean Jacques Barre, 1830-1833; was also more of a Die-sinker than a Medallist, but he however produced several medals and medallions, which are signed : L. MOUTERDE F., or L. F. ENGRAVED MEDALS : Joseph Charles Jacquard, 1834; — Bonne foi et Justice; R. Tribunal de commerce de Lyon, 1835 ; — Conseil municipal de Lyon, 1838 ; — The Virgin and St. Anne ; R. St. Blandine. — CAST MEDALLIONS : J. C. Jacquard,...
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MOUTERDE, LOUIS ANTOINE JEAN (French). Cousin of Emmanuel Mouterde ; born in 1812; pupil of Jean Jacques Barre, 1830-1833; was also more of a Die-sinker than a Medallist, but he however produced several medals and medallions, which are signed : L. MOUTERDE F., or L. F. ENGRAVED MEDALS : Joseph Charles Jacquard, 1834; — Bonne foi et Justice; R. Tribunal de commerce de Lyon, 1835 ; — Conseil municipal de Lyon, 1838 ; — The Virgin and St. Anne ; R. St. Blandine. — CAST MEDALLIONS : J. C. Jacquard,...
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MUDIE, JAMES
MUDIE, JAMES (Brit.). Issuer of a series of medals, styled “ National Medals", commemorating British Victories over the French, under the reign of George III., to whose son, George IV., the work was dedicated. The collection cost the publisher, in addition to six years' devotion of his time and trouble, upwards of ? 10.000. This series, to which various British and foreign artists contributed, consists of the following pieces : 1. George III., Religion, Faith, and Constancy, 1817 (Webb and Depau...
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MUDIE, JAMES (Brit.). Issuer of a series of medals, styled “ National Medals", commemorating British Victories over the French, under the reign of George III., to whose son, George IV., the work was dedicated. The collection cost the publisher, in addition to six years' devotion of his time and trouble, upwards of ? 10.000. This series, to which various British and foreign artists contributed, consists of the following pieces : 1. George III., Religion, Faith, and Constancy, 1817 (Webb and Depau...
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MÜLLER (5.)
MÜLLER (Germ.). Sculptor, Engraver, and Chaser of the second quarter of the nineteenth century. By him is a chased Portraitmedallion in silver commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the reign of Frederick William III. of Prussia, 1837. Von Kull mentions a Chaser of the name of Müller, who was working at Munich in 1839. A Portrait-medal of Paracelsus, belonging to Durand's series, 1844, is also signed : MULLER. By the same artist are possibly also : Dr Jacob Harsen ; — Dr Friedrich Gottfried Hayne...
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MÜLLER (Germ.). Sculptor, Engraver, and Chaser of the second quarter of the nineteenth century. By him is a chased Portraitmedallion in silver commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the reign of Frederick William III. of Prussia, 1837. Von Kull mentions a Chaser of the name of Müller, who was working at Munich in 1839. A Portrait-medal of Paracelsus, belonging to Durand's series, 1844, is also signed : MULLER. By the same artist are possibly also : Dr Jacob Harsen ; — Dr Friedrich Gottfried Hayne...
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