NYEKAMER, MATTHAEUS (Dutch). Mint-master at Sneek (Friesland), 1498-1500.
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
Mint master:
In medieval and early modern Germany, the Münzmeister ("mint master", the Latin term is monetarius) was the director or administrator of a mint, a moneyer with responsibility for the minting of coins, or specie. His duties were defined differently at different locations and ages.
NEIDHART, JOHANN
NEIDHART, JOHANN (Germ.). Medallist and Coin-engraver, born at Nuremberg, and in the service of the Dukes of Würtemberg at the Mint of Oels, from 1672 to 1707. He also worked for the Imperial Mint of Brieg, and for the Episcopal Mint of Neisse. By him are various medals, amongst others a Scho. 1 Prize Medal of the city of Breslau, 1703, and commemorative medals of the Siege of Belgrade, 1688, signed I. N., and Peace of Passarowitz, 1718 (executed in conjunction with Martin Brunner). Amnion calls...
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NEIDHART, JOHANN (Germ.). Medallist and Coin-engraver, born at Nuremberg, and in the service of the Dukes of Würtemberg at the Mint of Oels, from 1672 to 1707. He also worked for the Imperial Mint of Brieg, and for the Episcopal Mint of Neisse. By him are various medals, amongst others a Scho. 1 Prize Medal of the city of Breslau, 1703, and commemorative medals of the Siege of Belgrade, 1688, signed I. N., and Peace of Passarowitz, 1718 (executed in conjunction with Martin Brunner). Amnion calls...
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NEIDINGER, JOSEPH FRANZ
NEIDINGER, JOSEPH (or JOHANN) FRANZ (Germ.). Medallist of the second half of the seventeenth century, who resided at Venice, and cut a series of medals with portraits of various members of the Barbarigo family, etc. I have seen his signature on the two following medals : Franz Anton Berka, count Howora, baron von Dubba and Lippa, 1635-1706 (signed: 10. FRANC. NEIDINGER.); — Francisco Morosini, doge of Venice, 1688-1694 (signed : NEIDINGER); — Dr J. C. Fetz, of Feldkirchen, &c. Little is known o...
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NEIDINGER, JOSEPH (or JOHANN) FRANZ (Germ.). Medallist of the second half of the seventeenth century, who resided at Venice, and cut a series of medals with portraits of various members of the Barbarigo family, etc. I have seen his signature on the two following medals : Franz Anton Berka, count Howora, baron von Dubba and Lippa, 1635-1706 (signed: 10. FRANC. NEIDINGER.); — Francisco Morosini, doge of Venice, 1688-1694 (signed : NEIDINGER); — Dr J. C. Fetz, of Feldkirchen, &c. Little is known o...
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NELL, HANS
NELL, HANS (Germ.). Line-engraver, and Medallist of the second quarter of the sixteenth century, at Augsburg, mentioned by Bolzenthal, after Stetten, as the author of a Portrait-medallion of Charles V., circ. 1540. Stetten has omitted to describe this medal, and it is therefore impossible to recognize it among the great number dedicated to the fame of this monarch. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Stetten, Kunst-, Gewerb- und Handwerks- Geschichte der Reichstadt Augsburg, 1779. — Nagler, o...
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NELL, HANS (Germ.). Line-engraver, and Medallist of the second quarter of the sixteenth century, at Augsburg, mentioned by Bolzenthal, after Stetten, as the author of a Portrait-medallion of Charles V., circ. 1540. Stetten has omitted to describe this medal, and it is therefore impossible to recognize it among the great number dedicated to the fame of this monarch. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Stetten, Kunst-, Gewerb- und Handwerks- Geschichte der Reichstadt Augsburg, 1779. — Nagler, o...
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NESTI, VITTORIO
NESTI, VITTORIO (Ital.). Sculptor, and Medallist at Florence, during the second quarter of the nineteenth century. He has executed Portrait-medals, mostly bearing inscriptions on the reverses. His best known medallic productions are: Antonio Allegri, 1825 ; — Bernardo Luino; — Ferdinand, Count of Bubna-Lititz, Commander-general of Lombardy (on his death, 1825); — Diodara Saluzzo, poetess, 1842 ; — Juditha Pasta ; — Gioacchino Rossini ; — Maria Felicit? Malibran, 1834 ; — Antonietta de Montenegr...
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NESTI, VITTORIO (Ital.). Sculptor, and Medallist at Florence, during the second quarter of the nineteenth century. He has executed Portrait-medals, mostly bearing inscriptions on the reverses. His best known medallic productions are: Antonio Allegri, 1825 ; — Bernardo Luino; — Ferdinand, Count of Bubna-Lititz, Commander-general of Lombardy (on his death, 1825); — Diodara Saluzzo, poetess, 1842 ; — Juditha Pasta ; — Gioacchino Rossini ; — Maria Felicit? Malibran, 1834 ; — Antonietta de Montenegr...
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