PACHTA VON RAIHOFEN, FRANZ JOSEPH, GRAF (Bohem). Mintmaster- general for Bohemia, 1755-1774.
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
O'BRISSET, JOHN
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...
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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...
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OCAMPO, C.
OCAMPO, C. (Mex.). Mint-engraver and Medallist at Mexico, 1865-1867. He worked in conjunction with the Engraver A. Spiritu, under the direction of Navalon. His signature : C. OCAMPO Grabador is found on the following medals : Head of Maximilian; Virgin of Guadaloupe, 1865 ; — Maximilian and Carlotta; similar R by A. Spiritu (obv. signed : OCAMPO G.); — Medal for Scientific and Artistic Merit, with bust of Maximilian ; — School Medal (honor a la juventud estudiosa); — Maximilian and Carlotta; 1...
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OCAMPO, C. (Mex.). Mint-engraver and Medallist at Mexico, 1865-1867. He worked in conjunction with the Engraver A. Spiritu, under the direction of Navalon. His signature : C. OCAMPO Grabador is found on the following medals : Head of Maximilian; Virgin of Guadaloupe, 1865 ; — Maximilian and Carlotta; similar R by A. Spiritu (obv. signed : OCAMPO G.); — Medal for Scientific and Artistic Merit, with bust of Maximilian ; — School Medal (honor a la juventud estudiosa); — Maximilian and Carlotta; 1...
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ODELLI
ODELLI (Ital.). Gem-engraver of the end of the eighteenth century and early part of the nineteenth, who flourished at Rome, and is best known for his copies of antique intaglios and cameos; amongst others a cameo of Vespasian in blue quartz, of very fine work. He, in partnership with Cades, Ginganelli, and Dies, produced, in the first quarter of the nineteenth century, at the commission of Prince Poniatowsky, of Florence, the enormous series of gems that have made the latter's name notorious (K...
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ODELLI (Ital.). Gem-engraver of the end of the eighteenth century and early part of the nineteenth, who flourished at Rome, and is best known for his copies of antique intaglios and cameos; amongst others a cameo of Vespasian in blue quartz, of very fine work. He, in partnership with Cades, Ginganelli, and Dies, produced, in the first quarter of the nineteenth century, at the commission of Prince Poniatowsky, of Florence, the enormous series of gems that have made the latter's name notorious (K...
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ODESCALCHI, DON LIVIO
ODESCALCHI, DON LIVIO, Duke of Syrmia (Austr.). An indenture of 5. August 1702 of the Court Chamber, Vienna, authorised the prince to strike coins at Gratz; another, of 27. December 1710, to issue Ducats and Thalers at the Mint of Hall " nach dem Reichschrott und Korn an Half 14 Loth 4 Gren, somit aus der Wr. Mark 10 4/5 Stücke auszumünzen. '' Bibliography. — C. Oesterreicher, Regesten zu J. Newald's Publicationen über österreichische Münzprägungen im ersten Viertel des XVII. Jahrhunderts, ...
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ODESCALCHI, DON LIVIO, Duke of Syrmia (Austr.). An indenture of 5. August 1702 of the Court Chamber, Vienna, authorised the prince to strike coins at Gratz; another, of 27. December 1710, to issue Ducats and Thalers at the Mint of Hall " nach dem Reichschrott und Korn an Half 14 Loth 4 Gren, somit aus der Wr. Mark 10 4/5 Stücke auszumünzen. '' Bibliography. — C. Oesterreicher, Regesten zu J. Newald's Publicationen über österreichische Münzprägungen im ersten Viertel des XVII. Jahrhunderts, ...
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