PETER NEUSS. Mint-engraver at Augsburg, 1764-1775 ; Mint-master there, 1775-1782.
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.
PARRHASIUS
PARRHASIUS (Greek). A Painter of ancient Greece, born at Ephesus; came to Athens and became the rival of Zeuxis; he was the contemporary of Socrates and a man of arrogant temper. His works were characterised by the pains bestowed on them. The design of Parrhasius representing the combats of Centaurs and Lapithae was reproduced in rilievos by the sculptor MYS on the shield of the bronze statue of Minerva, the anterior production of Pheidias. Bibliography. — C. Drury E. Fortnum, Bronzes of Europe...
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PARRHASIUS (Greek). A Painter of ancient Greece, born at Ephesus; came to Athens and became the rival of Zeuxis; he was the contemporary of Socrates and a man of arrogant temper. His works were characterised by the pains bestowed on them. The design of Parrhasius representing the combats of Centaurs and Lapithae was reproduced in rilievos by the sculptor MYS on the shield of the bronze statue of Minerva, the anterior production of Pheidias. Bibliography. — C. Drury E. Fortnum, Bronzes of Europe...
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PASCAL, FRANCOIS MICHEL
PASCAL, FRANCOIS MICHEL (French). Contemporary Sculptor, born at Paris, 29. September 1810, died there in January 1882; pupil of David d'Angers; entered the Ecole des Beaux Arts on 1. October 1828. He obtained a medal of the Third Class in 1847, and another of the Second Class in 1848. Besides numerous works of sculpture, this artist has also produced some Portrait-medallions: 1833. M. Courtin, architect; — M. Ed. S***; — M. K***; — Colonel Storn ; — M. A. G***; — Daubigny, painter; — Morin ; ...
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PASCAL, FRANCOIS MICHEL (French). Contemporary Sculptor, born at Paris, 29. September 1810, died there in January 1882; pupil of David d'Angers; entered the Ecole des Beaux Arts on 1. October 1828. He obtained a medal of the Third Class in 1847, and another of the Second Class in 1848. Besides numerous works of sculpture, this artist has also produced some Portrait-medallions: 1833. M. Courtin, architect; — M. Ed. S***; — M. K***; — Colonel Storn ; — M. A. G***; — Daubigny, painter; — Morin ; ...
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PASINATI, GIUSEPPE
PASINATI, GIUSEPPE (Ital.). Sculptor and Medallist of the end of eighteenth century and early part of the nineteenth. He was Chiefengraver at the Mint of Rome, circ. 1814, in which year he engraved the Annual medal of Pope Pius VII., commemorating the Loyalty of the Papal Volunteers of Cesena and Imola ; and by the same Engraver are the Medals of 1815 ; R. Constancy and Religion, and Dedication of the Madonna of Savona, as well as a Portraitmedal of Alessandro Volta. Another of his medals comme...
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PASINATI, GIUSEPPE (Ital.). Sculptor and Medallist of the end of eighteenth century and early part of the nineteenth. He was Chiefengraver at the Mint of Rome, circ. 1814, in which year he engraved the Annual medal of Pope Pius VII., commemorating the Loyalty of the Papal Volunteers of Cesena and Imola ; and by the same Engraver are the Medals of 1815 ; R. Constancy and Religion, and Dedication of the Madonna of Savona, as well as a Portraitmedal of Alessandro Volta. Another of his medals comme...
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PASSAGLIA
PASSAGLIA (Ital.). Gem-engraver of the eighteenth century, who flourished at Rome, and produced many works after the antique. King says : " A lieutenant in the Papal guard, he has surpassed every modern, except perhaps Rega, in attaining to not merely the antique spirit in design, but even the peculiar all but inimitable antique touch in the execution. Of the former, his Centaur vanquished by a Bacchante is a conspicuous proof; of the latter, his Cupid crossing the waves on his own quiver, mast...
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PASSAGLIA (Ital.). Gem-engraver of the eighteenth century, who flourished at Rome, and produced many works after the antique. King says : " A lieutenant in the Papal guard, he has surpassed every modern, except perhaps Rega, in attaining to not merely the antique spirit in design, but even the peculiar all but inimitable antique touch in the execution. Of the former, his Centaur vanquished by a Bacchante is a conspicuous proof; of the latter, his Cupid crossing the waves on his own quiver, mast...
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