especially relating to th e former’s triumphal entry into th e Hague in 1689.
He frequently copied th e designs of other medallists. He is said to have
visited England in his la tte r days.—i. 609, 610, 637, 662, 676, 680, 682,
684, 686, 706, 714, 715, 721, 722 ; ii. 2, 5, 8 ,10, 25, 27, 31, 37, 44, 45, 48,
50, 55, 63, 66, 112,114,124, 135,139, 140, 168, 175, 220.
LUTMA, J a n , the younger, an eminent Dutch engraver and goldsmith,
b. a t Amsterdam in 1609, d. there in 1685. His engravings are numerous,
and of very fine execution, b u t his initials occur on one medal only.—
i. 529.
MALER, Christian, goldsmith and medallist, b. a t Nuremberg and
worked there from 1603 to 1652. He was much engaged by th e House
of Brandenburg and th e Emperor, Ferdinand I I ., from whom he received
permission to strike medals in his own house, a privilege noted on most
of his works by th e words “ cum privilegio.”—i. 206, 225, 226.
MARL, Friedrich, a pupil of Raimund Faltz, of whose dies he became
possessed a t his death, was Chief Medallist to Frederick I. of Prussia.
Died in 1743. His earliest works date from 1704.—i. 642, 643.
MARMÉ, J. C., engraver and medallist, worked a t Cleves from 1735
to> 1757. He executed medals commemorative of th e Treaties of Dresden
and Aix-la-Chapelle.—ii. 649.
P MARTEAU, François, a French medallist, who worked from 1720 to
about 1760. H e was much engaged on th e medallic series of Louis XV.
—ii. 593, 594, 599, 600, 621, 635, 649, 680.
MAUGER, Jean, a French medallist, who worked a t P a ris from 1677
to 1722, b u t of whose life scarcely anything is known. He was patronized
by the Academy and was much engaged on th e medallic series of Louis
X IV . H e died in 1722. His works are of bold and vigorous workmanship
; many were executed after designs drawn by Sebastian Le Clerc.—
i. 427, 429, 498, 514, 515, 517, 551, 652, 708, 709, 711, 723; ii. 22, 69, 71,
72, 74, 83, 88, 9 5 ,1 2 7 ,1 2 8 ,1 5 8 ,1 7 6 ,1 7 7 ,1 8 3 , 268, 294, 307, 379, 384,406.
M E IE R , Berthold, was Court-medallist a t Copenhagen from 1680 to
1689, in which year he was appointed Warden of th e Mint a t Domitz,
and from 1696 to 1702 Master of th e Mint a t Schwerin.—i. 682, 697.
MERCATOR, Michael, a native of Venloo, diplomatist, medallist, &c.
"-Æ 32, 41-44.
MEVBUSCH, Anton, probably a native of Copenhagen, was medallist
to Christian V. of Denmark from 1667 to 1677. He also worked for
Charles X I. of Sweden. L a te r on he went to Paris, where with Joseph
Roettier, and other foreign artists, he was engaged on th e medallic series
of Louis X IV . I n 1690 Meybusch returned to Copenhagen and died
there in 1701.—i. 657, 687; ii. 49.
M IL L S , George, an English medallist, b. in 1793, received three gold
medals from th e Society of Arts, and was an exhibitor a t the Royal
Academy from 1816 to 1823. He executed several medals for the
“ National Series” issued by Mudie, and also several pa tte rn s for coins,
though he was never employed a t th e Mint. Died a t Birmingham,
28 Jan . 1824.—ii. 472.
MILTON, Jo h n , whose works date from 1760 to 1802, was an assistant
engraver to th e Royal Mint from 1789 to 1798, and also medallist to th e
Prince of Wales.-—i. 11, 577; ii. 456, 585, 586.
MÖR IKOFER , Johann Melchior, a native of Frauenfeld, b. in 1706,
was appointed Engraver to th e Mint a t Bern, where he died in 1761.
His works are few b u t of fine execution.—ii. 664.
MOLART, —■, a clever French medallist, of whom little is known.
He worked on th e medallic series of Louis X IV .—i. 425, 708, 709; ii. 21,
73,87. " .
MOLTEDO, —, probably an Italian , who worked in Pa ris about 1826,
and was engaged on th e Durand series of medals.—i. 699.
MOSSOP, William, Ju n r., b. in Dublin in 1788, son of th e medallist
of the same name, studied a t th e Dublin Academy under Francis West,
and during his life executed a large number of national medals. About
seven years before his death, which occurred in 1827, he commenced a
series of medals of distinguished Irish characters, of which he only produced
six pieces.—i. 421; ii. 598.
MULLER, O., a native of Amsterdam, where he worked as a silversmith
and medallist. Of him little is known: b u t his medals show th a t
he was working there from 1653 to 1688. Bolzenthal calls him “ der
Meister Müller,” and praises much th e excellence of th e execution of his
medals, which, like those of P e ter V an Abeele, are embossed and chased,
an d in high relief.—i. 404, 414, 432, 516, 521, 522, 524, 525, 532, 568, 636.
MÜLLER, Philipp Heinrich, b. a t Augsburg in 1653, practised die-
sinking and was employed by Friedrich Kleinert of Nuremberg on his
large series of medals. After working several years a t Nuremberg he
returned to his native city and died there in 1718. Like B runner he made
a large number of dies for striking draughtsmen in wood.—i. 675, 681,
683, 717; ii. 16, 42, 55, 56, 62,101,126,134, 162, 269, 278, 281, 325, 330,
366, 386.
N., initial of a French medallist, which occurs on a few jetons of
Louis X IV ., referring to th e taking of Namur, th e peace of Ryswick, &c.
—ii. 70.
NATTER, Jo h n Laurence, gem-engraver and medallist, b. a t Biberach
in Swabia, studied in Ita ly and in 1740 came to England. In 1743 he