PERDRIER, FRANCOIS (French). Mint-master at Paris, 1 522-1529. In 1550 he was Assayer at the Mint of the Hôtel de Nesle, under Jacques Pinatel.
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.
PADDESLEY, JOHN
PADDESLEY, JOHN (Brit.). Goldsmith of London and Master of the Mints of London, Calais, Bristol, and York, anni 13-24 of Henry VI., 1434-1446. Under Henry V., we find his name, JOHN PATESLEY, mentioned in 1422 as Warden of the Mint of London, and on a document of 1438 (Henry VI.), JOHN PADDESLE is styled " Warden of the Exchange in England and at Calais ". John Paddesley or Pattesley was a son of Samuel Pattesley of Bury St. Edmunds. He was a Sheriff in 1432, and Mayor in 1440. Chaffers states ...
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PADDESLEY, JOHN (Brit.). Goldsmith of London and Master of the Mints of London, Calais, Bristol, and York, anni 13-24 of Henry VI., 1434-1446. Under Henry V., we find his name, JOHN PATESLEY, mentioned in 1422 as Warden of the Mint of London, and on a document of 1438 (Henry VI.), JOHN PADDESLE is styled " Warden of the Exchange in England and at Calais ". John Paddesley or Pattesley was a son of Samuel Pattesley of Bury St. Edmunds. He was a Sheriff in 1432, and Mayor in 1440. Chaffers states ...
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PAGANO, LEONARDO
PAGANO, LEONARDO (Ital.). Goldsmith of Rome, end of the fifteenth century and early part of the sixteenth. In 1508 he is mentioned as a member of the College of goldsmiths of Rome. Milanesi suggests the attribution to him, or to lautizio perugino, a contemporaneous Seal-engraver, of the medals, signed L. P., of Giovanni Lodovico Toscani, Milanese lawyer, † 1475 (Armand, II, p. 28, nos 14 and 15). Friedländer has given them to lysippus, in which the initials L. P. would represent Lysippus Pictor....
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PAGANO, LEONARDO (Ital.). Goldsmith of Rome, end of the fifteenth century and early part of the sixteenth. In 1508 he is mentioned as a member of the College of goldsmiths of Rome. Milanesi suggests the attribution to him, or to lautizio perugino, a contemporaneous Seal-engraver, of the medals, signed L. P., of Giovanni Lodovico Toscani, Milanese lawyer, † 1475 (Armand, II, p. 28, nos 14 and 15). Friedländer has given them to lysippus, in which the initials L. P. would represent Lysippus Pictor....
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PALADINO G.
PALADINO G. (Ital.). Medallist of the latter end of the sixteenth century, known especially for his numerous reproductions of Papal medals after originals from the fifteenth century. Many are signed G. P. ; — G. P. F., — or G. PALADINO. To this series belong : Martin V. (1417-1431) 4 varieties : 1.The Colonna arms; 2. Two cardinals placing tiara on Pope's head; The Porta Santa; 4. Facade of a Church (Basilica Vaticana); — Eugenius IV. (1431- 1447) 6 var. : 1. The Condulmeri arms; 2. Two cardina...
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PALADINO G. (Ital.). Medallist of the latter end of the sixteenth century, known especially for his numerous reproductions of Papal medals after originals from the fifteenth century. Many are signed G. P. ; — G. P. F., — or G. PALADINO. To this series belong : Martin V. (1417-1431) 4 varieties : 1.The Colonna arms; 2. Two cardinals placing tiara on Pope's head; The Porta Santa; 4. Facade of a Church (Basilica Vaticana); — Eugenius IV. (1431- 1447) 6 var. : 1. The Condulmeri arms; 2. Two cardina...
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PALLOY, PIERRE FRANCOIS
PALLOY, PIERRE FRANCOIS (French), surnamed LE PATRIOTE PALLOY. Master-builder, born at Paris, 23. January 1755, died 19 January 1835 at Sceaux, was entrusted with the demolition of the Bastille in 1789, and issued a series of medals in lead, iron, and copper obtained from the celebrated State prisons. Among these are : 1789. Siege of the Bastille; dedicated to the Electors of 1789, by Palloy ; with obv. legend : ce plomb scellait les anneaux qui ENCHAINOIENT LES VICTIMES DU DESPOTISME. RETRACE L...
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PALLOY, PIERRE FRANCOIS (French), surnamed LE PATRIOTE PALLOY. Master-builder, born at Paris, 23. January 1755, died 19 January 1835 at Sceaux, was entrusted with the demolition of the Bastille in 1789, and issued a series of medals in lead, iron, and copper obtained from the celebrated State prisons. Among these are : 1789. Siege of the Bastille; dedicated to the Electors of 1789, by Palloy ; with obv. legend : ce plomb scellait les anneaux qui ENCHAINOIENT LES VICTIMES DU DESPOTISME. RETRACE L...
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