OSENBORG, JASPER VAN (Dutch). Mint-master at Groningen, 1561.
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.
NINI, JEAN-BAPTISTE
NINI, JEAN-BAPTISTE (Ital.). Modeller, and Engraver of Portraitmedallions, in terra-cotta, was born at Urbino (Papal States) in 1717, and died at Chaumont, near Blois, in France, in 1786. Thither he had been called in 1772 by Le Ray, grand master of the rivers and forest, and the proprietor of the castle of Chaumont since 1750, to manage some glass and pottery works which had been established in the dependencies of the manor house. There is no trace left of the finely worked glasses of Nini, b...
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NINI, JEAN-BAPTISTE (Ital.). Modeller, and Engraver of Portraitmedallions, in terra-cotta, was born at Urbino (Papal States) in 1717, and died at Chaumont, near Blois, in France, in 1786. Thither he had been called in 1772 by Le Ray, grand master of the rivers and forest, and the proprietor of the castle of Chaumont since 1750, to manage some glass and pottery works which had been established in the dependencies of the manor house. There is no trace left of the finely worked glasses of Nini, b...
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NITSCH, PAUL
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 (we...
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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 (we...
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NOCQ, HENRY
NOCQ, HENRY (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, and one of the most qualified representatives of modern French Art, was born at Paris on 13. January 1868. He studied under Chapu, and first began to exhibit at the Paris Salon in 1887. In 1890 he competed for the Prix de Rome in medal-engraving. At the Salon of 1889 he obtained a Mention honorable. For the last fifteen years, the artist has been a constant exhibitor at the Salons of Plaquettes, Medals, Chasings in various metals, Enamel...
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NOCQ, HENRY (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, and one of the most qualified representatives of modern French Art, was born at Paris on 13. January 1868. He studied under Chapu, and first began to exhibit at the Paris Salon in 1887. In 1890 he competed for the Prix de Rome in medal-engraving. At the Salon of 1889 he obtained a Mention honorable. For the last fifteen years, the artist has been a constant exhibitor at the Salons of Plaquettes, Medals, Chasings in various metals, Enamel...
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NOIROT, CLAUDE
NOIROT, CLAUDE (Belg.). Mint-engraver at Dordrecht, circ. 1550- 1563, in which year he settled at Antwerp, on account of the inactivity of the Dordrecht mint. By him are Jetons of the Chambre des Comptes of Antwerp, dated 1550, 1551 and 1553; the new issue of Carolus of 1554; the Philippus in silver of 1557, the dies for which had first been entrusted to Giovanni Paolo Poggini, who did not satisfy the authorities; Half Real in gold, 1558-1559; Noir denier or Mite de Flandre, 1561 ; Half, Fifth, ...
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NOIROT, CLAUDE (Belg.). Mint-engraver at Dordrecht, circ. 1550- 1563, in which year he settled at Antwerp, on account of the inactivity of the Dordrecht mint. By him are Jetons of the Chambre des Comptes of Antwerp, dated 1550, 1551 and 1553; the new issue of Carolus of 1554; the Philippus in silver of 1557, the dies for which had first been entrusted to Giovanni Paolo Poggini, who did not satisfy the authorities; Half Real in gold, 1558-1559; Noir denier or Mite de Flandre, 1561 ; Half, Fifth, ...
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