NEUSS, JOHANN JAKOB (Germ.). Son of J. J. Neuss Senr. ; Medallist, and Gem-engraver, and owner of a private mint at Augsburg ; born in 1770 ; died in 1847 or 1848. He was apprenticed to J. M. Bückle, on whose appointment as " Hofmedailleur " to the Court of Baden, he became Medallist to the city of Augsburg. After the incorporation of that town in the kingdom of Bavaria, he obtained the title of K. B. Hofgraveur. The medals by Neuss, says Nagler, are of tasteful treatment, and of very careful and clean execution. His gems, seals, works in precious stones, crystal, &c. have a certain merit. At any rate, we cannot deny the Engraver, as Bolzenthal notices, the merit of having been an industrious artist. The list of Neuss's productions is a very extensive one, but I only know of the following : Sede Vacante of Brixen, 1791; — The French Revolution ; — Peace of Luneville, 1801 (three types) ; — Peace of Amiens, 1802 (two types); — Hans Adam, Marquard, Carl and Aloys, Counts of Reisach, 1805; — Ben. Adam von Liebert, 1808; — Prize Medal of the Augsburg Academy; — Empress Josephine; — Queen Hortense, of Holland; — King Maximilian, of Bavaria; — Duke Eugene of Leuchtenberg ; — Medal on the Constitution of 1816 granted by Maximilian to Bavaria; — Commemoration of the Augsburg Confession, 1820; Castle Gailenbach, the property for 200 years of the families von Koch and von Paris, 1822; — Visit of King Maximilian of Bavaria and Queen Caroline, to Augsburg, 1824; — 25th Anniversary of Maximilian's Reign, 1824; — Accession of Ludwig l. of Bavaria, 1825; — Johann Lorenz, Baron von Schaezler, 1826; — Pope Leo XII., 1827; — Albrecht Dürer, Third Centenary, 1828; — Dr Georg Pickel, Würzburg, 1828 ; — Inauguration of a Monument to King Maximilian, at Passau, 1829; — Dome of Ulm, 1830; — St. Martin's Church at Landshut, 1831 ; — St. George's Church at Nördlingen. — Dedication of the Evangelical Church at Munich, 1832; — Dr Carl von Rotteck, 1832; — Dr Franz Xavier von Haeberl, 1834; — Dr Joseph Hoerger, Augsburg, 1834; — Death of Emperor Francis I., 1835; — Accession of Emperor Ferdinand I., 1835 ; — Visit of Ludwig I. of Bavaria to Augsburg; — Return of Ludwig I. from Greece, 1838; — Bishop Wittman, of Ratisbon; — Inauguration of the Gutenberg Monument by Thorwaldsen, at Mayence, 1837; — Centenary of the Diocese of Ratisbon, 1840 ; — Inauguration of the Railway line from Munich to Augsburg, 1840; — 4th Centenary of Printing, 1840 ; — Federation of German States, 1840; — Dome of Cologne, 1842; — Kissingen Spa, 1842; — First German Parliament, at Frankfort-on-M., 1848 (engraved by A. Neuss); — Weakness of the Frankfort Diet in connection with Christian VIII. of Denmark's open letter, 1846; — Clemens August, archbishop of Cologne, undated (engr. by A. Neuss); — Dr Georg Anton von Strahl, 1843 (engr. by A. Neuss); — The Reisacher, † 1511, 1805. Besides the above, Neuss has executed a series of Portrait-medals, and Historical, Religious, Prize medals, &c. ; also figures in precious stones copied from antique seals, and gems, amongst which I will only mention a Portrait in carnelian of Prince Charles of Bavaria, 1824, seals, armorial bearings, and other works in die-sinking and decorative art. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Nagler, Allgemeines Künstler-Lexikon. — Various Sale Catalogues, ?c. — Singer, op. cit.
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
MÜLLER, ADOLPH
MÜLLER, ADOLPH (Austr.). A Firm of Die-sinkers at Vienna, now trading under the style of A. MÜLLER'S SÖHNE. I have only come across very few of their medallic productions : Betrothal of Archduke Rudolf of Austria with Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, 1880; — Their Marriage, 1881 ; — Adam Mickiewicz, 1890 ; — 20th Anniversary of the Schweckat voluntary Fire Brigade, 1890 ; — Choral Festival at Heidenreichstein, 1890; — Trooping of the Colour at Atzgersdorf, 1890 ; — Silver Wedding of the Emperor Fr...
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MÜLLER, ADOLPH (Austr.). A Firm of Die-sinkers at Vienna, now trading under the style of A. MÜLLER'S SÖHNE. I have only come across very few of their medallic productions : Betrothal of Archduke Rudolf of Austria with Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, 1880; — Their Marriage, 1881 ; — Adam Mickiewicz, 1890 ; — 20th Anniversary of the Schweckat voluntary Fire Brigade, 1890 ; — Choral Festival at Heidenreichstein, 1890; — Trooping of the Colour at Atzgersdorf, 1890 ; — Silver Wedding of the Emperor Fr...
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MÜLLER, HEINRICH (2.)
MÜLLER, HEINRICH (Germ.). Mint-master at Nuremberg, 1611- 1616. He was a native of Veltkirchen, and settled at Nuremberg in 1588 as an assayer of gold and silver. On Paul Dietherr's decease, he purchased the tools from his widow, and was appointed Mintmaster by the town council. He died in 1616, and was succeeded by Hans Putzer. His daughter Margaretha married Georg Nürnberger. Bibliography. — C. F. Gebert-Nürnberg, Geschichte der Münzstätte der Reichstadt Nürnberg, 1891. — Ammon, op. cit....
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MÜLLER, HEINRICH (Germ.). Mint-master at Nuremberg, 1611- 1616. He was a native of Veltkirchen, and settled at Nuremberg in 1588 as an assayer of gold and silver. On Paul Dietherr's decease, he purchased the tools from his widow, and was appointed Mintmaster by the town council. He died in 1616, and was succeeded by Hans Putzer. His daughter Margaretha married Georg Nürnberger. Bibliography. — C. F. Gebert-Nürnberg, Geschichte der Münzstätte der Reichstadt Nürnberg, 1891. — Ammon, op. cit....
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MÜLLER, HENNING
MÜLLER, HENNING (Germ.). Mint-master and Engraver at Sondershausen, for the Counts of Schwarzburg, 1675-1682, and conjointly at Ellrich from 1675 to 1678, and Gotha, 1681-1683. He was in the service of the Counts Christian Wilhelm I. and Anton Günter II., of whom he engraved medals of 1677 and 1679 (of thaler and gulden sizes resp.), and beside these he is the author of the Thaler, Gulden, Double Groschen, and Groschen on the death of Count Ludwig Gunther II. at Ebeleben, 1681. The following co...
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MÜLLER, HENNING (Germ.). Mint-master and Engraver at Sondershausen, for the Counts of Schwarzburg, 1675-1682, and conjointly at Ellrich from 1675 to 1678, and Gotha, 1681-1683. He was in the service of the Counts Christian Wilhelm I. and Anton Günter II., of whom he engraved medals of 1677 and 1679 (of thaler and gulden sizes resp.), and beside these he is the author of the Thaler, Gulden, Double Groschen, and Groschen on the death of Count Ludwig Gunther II. at Ebeleben, 1681. The following co...
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MÜLLER, CHRISTIAN ERNST
MÜLLER, CHRISTIAN ERNST (Germ.). Son of the famous Medallist, Philipp Heinrich Müller; born at Augsburg; resided for some time at Nuremberg, and in collaboration with his father worked for the medal-publishers F. Kleinert and L. G. Lauffer; he was also employed between 1710 and 1720 by the Salzburg mint; — later, and until 1741, he appears to have been working at Augsburg; and from 1759 to 1761, ne was Mint-warden at Oettingen. Zeller ascribes to him Portrait-Thalers, Half Thalers and Quarter Th...
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MÜLLER, CHRISTIAN ERNST (Germ.). Son of the famous Medallist, Philipp Heinrich Müller; born at Augsburg; resided for some time at Nuremberg, and in collaboration with his father worked for the medal-publishers F. Kleinert and L. G. Lauffer; he was also employed between 1710 and 1720 by the Salzburg mint; — later, and until 1741, he appears to have been working at Augsburg; and from 1759 to 1761, ne was Mint-warden at Oettingen. Zeller ascribes to him Portrait-Thalers, Half Thalers and Quarter Th...
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