O'BRISSET, JOHN (Brit.). Artist of the first half of the eighteenth century, who executed dies for Medallions in pressed horn. He seems to have been working in England from about 1705 to 1727. It is not clear whether he was a Frenchman by origin, or of Irish descent. The name might have been anglicised from Aubrisset. There would seem to be, says Mr. Read, a faint chance of O' Brisset being Irish, as, when he signs by initials only, as in the portraits of Charles I., Philip V., and Prince George of Denmark, he uses the first two letters of his name, OB or I. OB. His portrait of William III. is signed with his name and the addition Londini. O'Brisset's skill was chiefly devoted to portraiture. Among this Engraver's best known productions are : Snuff-Box with the arms of Sir Francis Drake; — Bust of Charles I. (illlustrated), copied from Roettier's medal; — James II. ; — William III. ; — Queen Anne (boxes and medallions are found both in silver and tortoiseshell from O'Brisset's moulds, copied from a medal by C. Wermuth) ; — Prince George of Denmark (signed : I* OB* F 1708); — Philip V. of Spain ; — Silenus accompanied by nymphs and satyrs; — Duke of Marlborough (tortoiseshell, and also bronze); — Conversion of Saul, etc. Bibliography. — C. H. Read, English Work in impressed Horn, Portfolio, 1893.
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
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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NETZER, HEINRICH
NETZER, HEINRICH (Germ.). Sculptor and Medallist, born in 1865 at Isny in Wurtemberg; a pupil of the Academy of Munich. His Marriage-medal of Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, 1900, is reproduced in Die Moderne Medaille, 1900, p. 69, and presents on obv. a figure of Hymen, accompanied by the legend : YMENAIO?. It is of powerful design and originality. This artist's works of sculpture are better known, as the Triton in the Herzog Wilhelmsstrasse at Munich, the colossal group of Prometheus in the new...
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NETZER, HEINRICH (Germ.). Sculptor and Medallist, born in 1865 at Isny in Wurtemberg; a pupil of the Academy of Munich. His Marriage-medal of Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, 1900, is reproduced in Die Moderne Medaille, 1900, p. 69, and presents on obv. a figure of Hymen, accompanied by the legend : YMENAIO?. It is of powerful design and originality. This artist's works of sculpture are better known, as the Triton in the Herzog Wilhelmsstrasse at Munich, the colossal group of Prometheus in the new...
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NEUANTOS
NEUANTOS (Greek). Coin-engraver at the Mint of Cydonia in Crete, circ. 350-308 B.C. The inscription NEYANTO? E?OEl which occurs on a Tetradrachm of Cydonia is known since the eighteenth century, and was published for the first time by the Jesuit father, Froehlich, of Vienna. There can be no doubt as to the signification of this signature which is followed by the word E?OEI. The British Museum possesses a Didrachm of Cydonia, reproduced in Brit. Mus. Cat., Crete, PI. VII, n° 1, and presenting on...
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NEUANTOS (Greek). Coin-engraver at the Mint of Cydonia in Crete, circ. 350-308 B.C. The inscription NEYANTO? E?OEl which occurs on a Tetradrachm of Cydonia is known since the eighteenth century, and was published for the first time by the Jesuit father, Froehlich, of Vienna. There can be no doubt as to the signification of this signature which is followed by the word E?OEI. The British Museum possesses a Didrachm of Cydonia, reproduced in Brit. Mus. Cat., Crete, PI. VII, n° 1, and presenting on...
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NEUBAUER, ERNST GEORG
NEUBAUER, ERNST GEORG (Germ.). Mint-master at Berlin, 1725- 1749 ; probably, as Ammon states, a son of Johann Georg Neubauer. His signature EGN occurs on the following coins : Frederick William I. AI. Double Ducats, 1732-1733; Ducats, 1725, 1726, 1728-1740; Half Ducats, 1726; Wilhelms d'or, 1737-1740; Half Wilhelms d'or, 1738-1740; — AR. Thalers, 1727. — Frederick II. AI. Friedrichs d'or, 1741-1743, 1746; Double Ducats, 1749; Double Ducats, 1741-1749; — AR. Thalers, 1741 ; Gulden, 1741 ; Half G...
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NEUBAUER, ERNST GEORG (Germ.). Mint-master at Berlin, 1725- 1749 ; probably, as Ammon states, a son of Johann Georg Neubauer. His signature EGN occurs on the following coins : Frederick William I. AI. Double Ducats, 1732-1733; Ducats, 1725, 1726, 1728-1740; Half Ducats, 1726; Wilhelms d'or, 1737-1740; Half Wilhelms d'or, 1738-1740; — AR. Thalers, 1727. — Frederick II. AI. Friedrichs d'or, 1741-1743, 1746; Double Ducats, 1749; Double Ducats, 1741-1749; — AR. Thalers, 1741 ; Gulden, 1741 ; Half G...
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