NOGENT, JEAN DE (French). Seal-engraver at Paris, in the service of Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy, second half of the fourteenth century. Bibliography. — Lecoy de la Marche, Les Sceaux, Paris, 1889.
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
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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NASSARO, MATTEO DAL
NASSARO, MATTEO DAL (Ital.). 1515- † 1547 or 1548. Painter, Goldsmith, Gem-, and Coin-engraver, and Medallist, son of a shoemaker of Verona, Jacopo dal Nassaro. In his youth, he learned drawing and music, and was taught engraving by the two Veronese artists, Galeazzo Mondella, who was a clever daughtsman, and Niccolo Avanzi, who distinguished himself at Rome. One of his first works of note was a Deposition from the Cross in bloodstone, so managed that the sanguine spots of the jasper represente...
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NASSARO, MATTEO DAL (Ital.). 1515- † 1547 or 1548. Painter, Goldsmith, Gem-, and Coin-engraver, and Medallist, son of a shoemaker of Verona, Jacopo dal Nassaro. In his youth, he learned drawing and music, and was taught engraving by the two Veronese artists, Galeazzo Mondella, who was a clever daughtsman, and Niccolo Avanzi, who distinguished himself at Rome. One of his first works of note was a Deposition from the Cross in bloodstone, so managed that the sanguine spots of the jasper represente...
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NATALIS, FLAMINIO
NATALIS, FLAMINIO (Belg.). Goldsmith, Seal-and Gem-engraver of Li?ge, during the second half of the sixteenth century; he is said to have engraved medals also. King mentions him as an admirable Engraver of coats-of-arms, and states that he died at Rome in 1596, at the age of 55. Nagler mentions that Flaminio Natalis was a relative of Michel Natalis, whose father was Mint-engraver to the Prince of Li?ge, Elector of Cologne. Bibliography. — Nagler, op. cit. — Mariette, op. cit. — Pinchart, op. ci...
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NATALIS, FLAMINIO (Belg.). Goldsmith, Seal-and Gem-engraver of Li?ge, during the second half of the sixteenth century; he is said to have engraved medals also. King mentions him as an admirable Engraver of coats-of-arms, and states that he died at Rome in 1596, at the age of 55. Nagler mentions that Flaminio Natalis was a relative of Michel Natalis, whose father was Mint-engraver to the Prince of Li?ge, Elector of Cologne. Bibliography. — Nagler, op. cit. — Mariette, op. cit. — Pinchart, op. ci...
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NATTER, JOHANN LORENZ
NATTER, JOHANN LORENZ (Germ.). A renowned Gem-engraver, Medallist, and Coin-engraver, born at Biberach, in Swabia (Würtemberg) in 1705, died at St. Petersburg, 27. December 1763. He was first apprenticed to a goldsmith of his native town, with whom he remained for six years; he then went to Switzerland, learned die-sinking with the Seal-engraver, Bernard Ochs, at Berne, and worked there for several years, making also a prolonged stay at Neuchâtel, as a skilled workman in the employ of the jewell...
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NATTER, JOHANN LORENZ (Germ.). A renowned Gem-engraver, Medallist, and Coin-engraver, born at Biberach, in Swabia (Würtemberg) in 1705, died at St. Petersburg, 27. December 1763. He was first apprenticed to a goldsmith of his native town, with whom he remained for six years; he then went to Switzerland, learned die-sinking with the Seal-engraver, Bernard Ochs, at Berne, and worked there for several years, making also a prolonged stay at Neuchâtel, as a skilled workman in the employ of the jewell...
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