PHILIPP BISCHOF. Mint-master at Wurzburg, 1754- 1761, and Warden at Darmstadt, 1765-1766.
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.
PÉCOU, JEAN WILLIAM HENRI
PÉCOU, JEAN WILLIAM HENRI (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Bordeaux, in 1854. He learned drawing and modelling at the municipal schools of his native city, and in 1874, entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, where he studied under Jouffroy. Later he became a pupil of Delaplanche and Falgui?re. At the Salon of 1884 and 1885 he obtained Mentions, and he was rewarded with a medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1900. Beside many busts, stone medallions and large works of scu...
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PÉCOU, JEAN WILLIAM HENRI (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Bordeaux, in 1854. He learned drawing and modelling at the municipal schools of his native city, and in 1874, entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, where he studied under Jouffroy. Later he became a pupil of Delaplanche and Falgui?re. At the Salon of 1884 and 1885 he obtained Mentions, and he was rewarded with a medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1900. Beside many busts, stone medallions and large works of scu...
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PEIOU
PEIOU (Greek). This inscription on a gem in the British Museum has been erroneously read as an Engraver's signature. Murray, Catalogue of Engraved Gems, describes it thus :— "Artemis standing to l., holding with her r. hand the antler of a deer, standing at her further side; a bow in 1. hand; 1. shoulder bare ; drapery clinging to figure as in archaistic style. Inscribed HEIOY; cable border. Paste. Blacas Coll. "This paste, first published by Stosch, has long been celebrated, but the design, th...
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PEIOU (Greek). This inscription on a gem in the British Museum has been erroneously read as an Engraver's signature. Murray, Catalogue of Engraved Gems, describes it thus :— "Artemis standing to l., holding with her r. hand the antler of a deer, standing at her further side; a bow in 1. hand; 1. shoulder bare ; drapery clinging to figure as in archaistic style. Inscribed HEIOY; cable border. Paste. Blacas Coll. "This paste, first published by Stosch, has long been celebrated, but the design, th...
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PELEGUER
PELEGUER (Span.). Medallist of Valencia, of the latter part of the eighteenth century, and first three decades of the nineteenth, whose signature occurs in full on Proclamation Medals of King Charles IV. (1789) for Murcia, Orihuela, Valencia, &c. and also on the following medals: 1784. Prosperity of the Royal House of Spain; obv. Busts of Charles III. and his children Charles and Marie-Louise ; R. a. pasqval . g.pastor, &c. Arms of Valencia; ex.: PELEGVER. ; — Religious Medal, with figure of the...
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PELEGUER (Span.). Medallist of Valencia, of the latter part of the eighteenth century, and first three decades of the nineteenth, whose signature occurs in full on Proclamation Medals of King Charles IV. (1789) for Murcia, Orihuela, Valencia, &c. and also on the following medals: 1784. Prosperity of the Royal House of Spain; obv. Busts of Charles III. and his children Charles and Marie-Louise ; R. a. pasqval . g.pastor, &c. Arms of Valencia; ex.: PELEGVER. ; — Religious Medal, with figure of the...
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PENIN, LUDOVIC
PENIN, LUDOVIC (French). Medallist, born at Lyons, 8. January 1830, son of Marius Penin. He entered the School of Fine Arts at Lyons in 1847, and studied under J. Fabisch. In 1860 he took the direction of his father's die-sinking establishment. In 1864 he was appointed Engraver to H. H. Pius IX. He died on 16. March 1868, at the early age of 38. His best known medals are: Commemorative medal of N.-D. de France at Puy ; — Agricultural, Musical, Religious, &c. Prize medals; — Sociétés de secours d...
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PENIN, LUDOVIC (French). Medallist, born at Lyons, 8. January 1830, son of Marius Penin. He entered the School of Fine Arts at Lyons in 1847, and studied under J. Fabisch. In 1860 he took the direction of his father's die-sinking establishment. In 1864 he was appointed Engraver to H. H. Pius IX. He died on 16. March 1868, at the early age of 38. His best known medals are: Commemorative medal of N.-D. de France at Puy ; — Agricultural, Musical, Religious, &c. Prize medals; — Sociétés de secours d...
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