NITSCH, PAUL (Germ.). Goldsmith, Medallist, Gem-, and Sealengraver of Breslau, who was working during the last quarter of the sixteenth century. He is the artist of the altar work in Breslau Cathedral, and by him are dies of large gold coins of Bishop Adam Weisskopf, of Breslau, 1588-1590. He also cut a medal of Abbot Johann Queschwitz (1586-1590), and various seals, gems, &c. Friedensburg and Seger give as works of this Engraver: Medals of Andreas von Jerin, bishop of Neisse, 1588 and 1596 (weight of four ducats) ; — Medal of Adam Weisskopf, 1590 (2 var.) ; — Medal of Johann Queschwitz, abbot of St. Vincent, Breslau, 1586, 1596. Bibliography. — Friedensburg, op. cit. — Friedensburg and Seger, Medaillen auf schlesische Personen, Breslau, 1901.
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
MYONET, GUIGUES
MYONET, GUIGUES dit DOMEIN (French). Mint-master at Grenoble, appointed 13. January 1490, and in office until 1503, when he was succeeded by Thomas Blondel. On his coins is a G which really stands for the name of the Mint, but it disappeared with Louis XII. His issues comprise : Ecus d'or of Charles VIII. (Hoffmann, n° 8); — A variety of same (Hoffmann, n° 9); — Carolus (Hoffmann, n° 22 ; two varieties) ; — Douzains of Louis XII. (several varieties, without the G). Myonet died at the end of 1502...
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MYONET, GUIGUES dit DOMEIN (French). Mint-master at Grenoble, appointed 13. January 1490, and in office until 1503, when he was succeeded by Thomas Blondel. On his coins is a G which really stands for the name of the Mint, but it disappeared with Louis XII. His issues comprise : Ecus d'or of Charles VIII. (Hoffmann, n° 8); — A variety of same (Hoffmann, n° 9); — Carolus (Hoffmann, n° 22 ; two varieties) ; — Douzains of Louis XII. (several varieties, without the G). Myonet died at the end of 1502...
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MYRON
MYRON (Greek). A celebrated Greek Sculptor, a native of Eleutherae in Boeotia; pupil of Ageladas of Argos, lived about B.C. 500-440. Not only was he one of the most famous artists in antiquity, but one of his works, the renowned Discobolos, is at the present day almost the best known example of Greek sculpture of this period, if not of all times. We are fortunate in possessing not only several admirable copies of this statue, but also of another famous work, the Satyr Marsyas. On the other hand ...
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MYRON (Greek). A celebrated Greek Sculptor, a native of Eleutherae in Boeotia; pupil of Ageladas of Argos, lived about B.C. 500-440. Not only was he one of the most famous artists in antiquity, but one of his works, the renowned Discobolos, is at the present day almost the best known example of Greek sculpture of this period, if not of all times. We are fortunate in possessing not only several admirable copies of this statue, but also of another famous work, the Satyr Marsyas. On the other hand ...
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MYRTON
MYRTON (Greek). Gem-engraver of the first century A.D. (?) The gem reproduced here is from Reinach's engraving, which is copied from impressions in the Strozzi Cabinet at Rome. The original is no longer extant, but there are pastes of it. The subject is, Venus riding on a swan. A copy by Cerbera came into the British Museum with the Blacas collection. The engraving and inscription, remarks Reinach, offer nothing suspicious. King describes the Blacas gem as Leda, the swan flying towards her, and ...
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MYRTON (Greek). Gem-engraver of the first century A.D. (?) The gem reproduced here is from Reinach's engraving, which is copied from impressions in the Strozzi Cabinet at Rome. The original is no longer extant, but there are pastes of it. The subject is, Venus riding on a swan. A copy by Cerbera came into the British Museum with the Blacas collection. The engraving and inscription, remarks Reinach, offer nothing suspicious. King describes the Blacas gem as Leda, the swan flying towards her, and ...
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NAPIER, FRANCIS
NAPIER, FRANCIS (Brit). A contract was passed between James IV. and Napier, 5th September 1591, by which it was ordered that the " haill aucht and fourpenny peces, at the leist fourteine hundreth stane veocht", were to be brought in and delivered to the said Francis Napier within the space of four years, to be reduced to the fineness of ten and a half deniers; as also all the other billon money — " penniys and twa penny plakis onlie exceptit " — these last being the half-hardheads with l-R. Bi...
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NAPIER, FRANCIS (Brit). A contract was passed between James IV. and Napier, 5th September 1591, by which it was ordered that the " haill aucht and fourpenny peces, at the leist fourteine hundreth stane veocht", were to be brought in and delivered to the said Francis Napier within the space of four years, to be reduced to the fineness of ten and a half deniers; as also all the other billon money — " penniys and twa penny plakis onlie exceptit " — these last being the half-hardheads with l-R. Bi...
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