PAGANO, GIOVANNI GIACOMO (Ital.). Mint-master at Milan, appointed on 20. December 1602 and in office till 1605.
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.
Ö FERAL, FRIEDRICH WILHELM
Ö FERAL, FRIEDRICH WILHELM (Germ.). Vide Vol. II, p. 87. Mint-master and Engraver to the Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, Frederick Augustus, at Dresden, 1734-1764. His signature Ö F.; — F. W. O F., or Ö FERRAL occurs on Thalers, Gulden, Groschen, &c, issued under him for Saxony and Poland; also on coins of the successor of Frederick Augustus II., Frederick Christian, who only reigned a few months. Almost the entire coinage of Frederick Augustus II., says Mr. F. C. Higgins, was the signed w...
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Ö FERAL, FRIEDRICH WILHELM (Germ.). Vide Vol. II, p. 87. Mint-master and Engraver to the Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, Frederick Augustus, at Dresden, 1734-1764. His signature Ö F.; — F. W. O F., or Ö FERRAL occurs on Thalers, Gulden, Groschen, &c, issued under him for Saxony and Poland; also on coins of the successor of Frederick Augustus II., Frederick Christian, who only reigned a few months. Almost the entire coinage of Frederick Augustus II., says Mr. F. C. Higgins, was the signed w...
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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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