PAUL MERKER. Mint-engraver at Brunswick, circ. 1794-† 1823.
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
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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OSBORN, JOHN
OSBORN, JOHN (Brit.). Engraver of the first half of the seventeenth century, who executed dies for medallions in pressed horn. No particulars are known of this artist's life ; he describes himself as an Englishman, and seems to have been at work in Amsterdam, circ. 1626. '' The busts of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, and his wife Amelia (reduced) seem to have been executed by John Osborn expressly for impressing horn. They are also found in bronze and lead, but both materials show traces of ...
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OSBORN, JOHN (Brit.). Engraver of the first half of the seventeenth century, who executed dies for medallions in pressed horn. No particulars are known of this artist's life ; he describes himself as an Englishman, and seems to have been at work in Amsterdam, circ. 1626. '' The busts of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, and his wife Amelia (reduced) seem to have been executed by John Osborn expressly for impressing horn. They are also found in bronze and lead, but both materials show traces of ...
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OSTERMANN, LUDWIG
OSTERMANN, LUDWIG (Germ.). Director and Proprietor of the GOTTFRIED LOOS MEDALLIC MINT at Berlin, after the death of Loos in 1843. This Die-sinking establishment still exists under the name of Berliner Medaillen-Münze von L. Ostermann vorm. G. Loos. Ostermann died in 1879. He was succeeded as Director byEmil Krüger, 1879-1895 ; and the present owner is Herr Arthur Krüger. For a list of some of the productions issued by L. Ostermann, cfr. GOTTFRIED BERNARD LOOS (Vol. III). Vide also KRÜGER, EMIL ...
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OSTERMANN, LUDWIG (Germ.). Director and Proprietor of the GOTTFRIED LOOS MEDALLIC MINT at Berlin, after the death of Loos in 1843. This Die-sinking establishment still exists under the name of Berliner Medaillen-Münze von L. Ostermann vorm. G. Loos. Ostermann died in 1879. He was succeeded as Director byEmil Krüger, 1879-1895 ; and the present owner is Herr Arthur Krüger. For a list of some of the productions issued by L. Ostermann, cfr. GOTTFRIED BERNARD LOOS (Vol. III). Vide also KRÜGER, EMIL ...
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