PAUL FRIEDRICH CRUM. Mint-master at Coburg, 1685-1714.
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.
ORTENSI, FRANCESCO DI GIROLAMO
ORTENSI, FRANCESCO DI GIROLAMO or FRANCESCO DAL PRATO (q. v.). (Ital.). Medallist, Painter, Sculptor, and Goldsmith, of Florence, born in 1512, died on 13. October 1562. He was a son of Girolamo d'Andrea degli Ortensi, surnamed " dal Prato ". because he lived on the "Prato d'Ognissanti " at Florence. Vasari praises the various works executed by Francesco for the Duke Alexander, among them a damascened armour and various medals. Two of these medals were especially celebrated ; one of Cosimo I., ...
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ORTENSI, FRANCESCO DI GIROLAMO or FRANCESCO DAL PRATO (q. v.). (Ital.). Medallist, Painter, Sculptor, and Goldsmith, of Florence, born in 1512, died on 13. October 1562. He was a son of Girolamo d'Andrea degli Ortensi, surnamed " dal Prato ". because he lived on the "Prato d'Ognissanti " at Florence. Vasari praises the various works executed by Francesco for the Duke Alexander, among them a damascened armour and various medals. Two of these medals were especially celebrated ; one of Cosimo I., ...
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ORTH, FRIEDRICH
ORTH, FRIEDRICH (Austr.). Successor of ANT. PITTNER'S NACHF. (q. v.). Die-sinker, and Manufacturer of medals, residing at Vienna, Magdalenenstrasse 32, VI, I. The firm still makes a speciality of striking medals for artists. I have seen, amongst this establishment's productions : Kaiser Francis Joseph Jubilee, 1898 (various types, by — Radnitzki and other artists); Vienna Musical Friends' Society ; — Chopin, by Maria Gherson ; — Andreas Hofer; — New year's Medals and Plaquettes ; — Anton Scharf...
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ORTH, FRIEDRICH (Austr.). Successor of ANT. PITTNER'S NACHF. (q. v.). Die-sinker, and Manufacturer of medals, residing at Vienna, Magdalenenstrasse 32, VI, I. The firm still makes a speciality of striking medals for artists. I have seen, amongst this establishment's productions : Kaiser Francis Joseph Jubilee, 1898 (various types, by — Radnitzki and other artists); Vienna Musical Friends' Society ; — Chopin, by Maria Gherson ; — Andreas Hofer; — New year's Medals and Plaquettes ; — Anton Scharf...
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ORTOLANI, GIUSEPPE
ORTOLANI, GIUSEPPE (Ital.). Medallist, born at Venice, circ. 1674, worked at Rome under three successive Popes, Alexander VIII., Innocent XII., and Clement XI, for whom he not only engraved medals, but also coins. He died in 1734. His signature occurs under various forms: IO. ORTOLANI F.; — IO. HORTOLANI. F. ; — IO. HO. ; — GIOS. ORTOL. F. ; — GIO. ORTOL. F. ; — JOS. ORTOLANI. VEN. F. etc. The only signed coins of Ortolani belong to the pontificate of Clement XI. He appears to have been employe...
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ORTOLANI, GIUSEPPE (Ital.). Medallist, born at Venice, circ. 1674, worked at Rome under three successive Popes, Alexander VIII., Innocent XII., and Clement XI, for whom he not only engraved medals, but also coins. He died in 1734. His signature occurs under various forms: IO. ORTOLANI F.; — IO. HORTOLANI. F. ; — IO. HO. ; — GIOS. ORTOL. F. ; — GIO. ORTOL. F. ; — JOS. ORTOLANI. VEN. F. etc. The only signed coins of Ortolani belong to the pontificate of Clement XI. He appears to have been employe...
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OS, JAN VAN
OS, JAN VAN (Dutch). Painter, born in 1744, died at The Hague 13. February 1808. He was a member of the Dutch Institute and of various foreign Academies. In 1825 he was presented with a diamond ring by Tsar Alexander I., for a picture representing the Cossacks entering Utrecht. He designed a medal representing the hut of Peter the Great at Zaardam, 1839 ; it is signed : G. V. O. INV. and was engraved by J. P. Schouberg. Numerous paintings exist by him. Bibliography. — Immerzeel, Leven, &c. — Ive...
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OS, JAN VAN (Dutch). Painter, born in 1744, died at The Hague 13. February 1808. He was a member of the Dutch Institute and of various foreign Academies. In 1825 he was presented with a diamond ring by Tsar Alexander I., for a picture representing the Cossacks entering Utrecht. He designed a medal representing the hut of Peter the Great at Zaardam, 1839 ; it is signed : G. V. O. INV. and was engraved by J. P. Schouberg. Numerous paintings exist by him. Bibliography. — Immerzeel, Leven, &c. — Ive...
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