PHILLOT, STEPHAN (Swiss.). Mint-master at Freiburg, 1596-1618. He died on January 9, 1619. He was an artist, and the author of the remarkable Plan of Freiburg, dated 1606.
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.
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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PENIN, MARIUS PONS JEAN BAPTISTE
PENIN, MARIUS PONS JEAN BAPTISTE (French). Medallist, born at Barjols (Var.), 15. August 1807, died there, 9. November 1883. Son of a goldsmith, he developed at an early age artistic taste and ability. He settled in 1828 at Lyons, where he produced a large number of medals and jetons, among which I may mention: Portrait-medal of Ludovic Penin, 1868; — Scientific Congress of Nismes, 1844 ; — Series of Jetons for Industrial Societies; — The Metric system exclusively adopted in France, 1840 ; — Vir...
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PENIN, MARIUS PONS JEAN BAPTISTE (French). Medallist, born at Barjols (Var.), 15. August 1807, died there, 9. November 1883. Son of a goldsmith, he developed at an early age artistic taste and ability. He settled in 1828 at Lyons, where he produced a large number of medals and jetons, among which I may mention: Portrait-medal of Ludovic Penin, 1868; — Scientific Congress of Nismes, 1844 ; — Series of Jetons for Industrial Societies; — The Metric system exclusively adopted in France, 1840 ; — Vir...
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PERCIER, CHARLES
PERCIER, CHARLES (French). Architect, born at Paris, 22. August 1764, died there, 5. September 1838. The Louvre Museum preserves a number of drawings by this artist, who also designed some of the medals of the Napoleonic series. Marx, in Médailleurs modernes en France et a I'étranger, 1900, PI. IV, reproduces two of his designs for the medal commemorating the Capitulation of Spandau, Stettin, Magdeburg, and Custrin, one of which was adopted by Jeuffroy. Bibliography. — Chavignerie et Auvray, op....
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PERCIER, CHARLES (French). Architect, born at Paris, 22. August 1764, died there, 5. September 1838. The Louvre Museum preserves a number of drawings by this artist, who also designed some of the medals of the Napoleonic series. Marx, in Médailleurs modernes en France et a I'étranger, 1900, PI. IV, reproduces two of his designs for the medal commemorating the Capitulation of Spandau, Stettin, Magdeburg, and Custrin, one of which was adopted by Jeuffroy. Bibliography. — Chavignerie et Auvray, op....
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PERDOUX, EUGÉNE
PERDOUX, EUGÉNE (French). Son of Joseph P., Engraver at Versailles, and collaborator with Duplessis-Berteaux. E. P. was pupil of Léon Cogniat and David d'Angers. Many times medallist at Ecole des Beaux- Arts, author of many canvases admitted to the Salon, and of a Traité de dessin et de perspective. Removed to Limoges in 1844, and was Professor of design at the Lycée in that city. Produced a number of medallions (Gazette du centre, 26 Aug. 1894). One of these, an unsigned, uniface, 164 X 191 mm....
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PERDOUX, EUGÉNE (French). Son of Joseph P., Engraver at Versailles, and collaborator with Duplessis-Berteaux. E. P. was pupil of Léon Cogniat and David d'Angers. Many times medallist at Ecole des Beaux- Arts, author of many canvases admitted to the Salon, and of a Traité de dessin et de perspective. Removed to Limoges in 1844, and was Professor of design at the Lycée in that city. Produced a number of medallions (Gazette du centre, 26 Aug. 1894). One of these, an unsigned, uniface, 164 X 191 mm....
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