during th e plague in 1665. Some little time before his death he produced
his masterpiece, “ The Petition Crown.”—i. 282, 283, 313, 317, 319,
320, 327, 329, 337, 363, 385, 387, 388, 390-392, 398, 406-411, 430, 433,
434, 453, 462-465, 469, 472, 473, 476, 478, 480, 502, 506, 507, 512, 513,
546.
SMELTZING, Arend, was appointed Engraver to th e City of Leyden
in 1662, where he died, 4 Oct. 1710. He was th e father of J a n and
Martin Sraeltzing.—i. 532.
SMELTZING, Ja n , son of th e preceding, a native of Nimeguen,
worked a t Leyden from about 1684. Iii 1690, on account of certain
satirical medals which he had made, he was compelled for a time to seek
refuge in Prance, where he found employment a t the Mint in Paris. He
soon returned to Leyden, and died there, 18 Oct. 1695. He executed a
large series of medals, which on account of the excellence of th eir workmanship
were much esteemed—i- 607, 613, 615, 621, 622, 630-632, 638,
649, 651, 652, 655, 656, 664-666, 669-671, 680, 681-686,698,699, 701-703,
707, 710, 713, 720; ii. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 ,1 2 ,1 3 ,1 5 , 24, 28, 29, 31, 35, 36, 40, 52,
53, 57, 62, 74, 78, 79, 82, 89, 90, 138,152,157-159, 163, 222, 336.
SMELTZING, Martin, younger brother of the preceding, lived a t
Amsterdam, and executed medals for William I I I . of England,
Charles I I I . of Spain, Augustus I I . of Poland, and others. Died in
1713. His works are inferior in execution to those of his brother.—ii. 7,
129, 152, 176, 198, 199, 201, 209, 223, 240, 242, 247, 260, 283, 292, 293,
318, 344, 345.
SMITH, Thomas, or Charles, an English medallist and engraver, who
resided in Paris, and was in 1846 engaged on th e Durand series of
m ed a ls—i. 436.
SO LD A N I-B EN Z I, Massimiliano, sculptor and medallist, b. a t
Florence in 1658, d. there in 1742. A t an early age he went to Pome,
where he studied under Ciro Ferri and Ercole Fe rrata. and to Paris about
1687, where he executed several medals for Louis X IV . His medals are
large and always cast.—ii. 250, 367.
SORBERGER, —, a native of Gotha, was in th e service of the Ducal
family, for whom he executed several medals. He was afterwards placed
a t th e head of the Mint a t Meiningen. Died 1703.—i. 595; ii. 130, 155.
SPANG EN BERG , Christian Philipp, medallist, was in th e service of
th e Duke of Brunswick a t th e Mint a t Clausthal, of which he was
appointed Warden in 1716, Master in 1725, and Director from 1729 to
1753.—ii. 475.
S T E PH E N of Holland is only known from his medals. From these
i t m ay be gathered th a t he worked first in Holland and afterwards entered
the service of Sigismund, King of Poland. During a visit to England in
1562 he produced several portrait-medals of private persons. All his
works are cast and chased, and of most delicate execution.—i. 103-105,
107-109, 113.
STUA RT,—, medal-chaser of the middle of the last century. He was
much employed by Mr. Hollis, was a skilful workman, and made very
clever copies of some of th e medals by Abraham and Thomas Simon.—
i. 47, 72, 75, 402, 407, 431, 502, 512, 513, 546, 567; ii. 697.
SW IN D ER EN , Nicolaus Van, a Dutch engraver, who worked a t the
Hague from 1736 to 1760. He was devoted to th e House of Orange,
for which family he made a large series of medals.—ii. 502, 508, 517, 519,
525, 572, 629, 630, 632,-641, 642, 646, 665, 676, 694.
TANNER, John Sigismund, a native of Saxe-Gotha, came to E n g land
in 1728, and through Conduit obtained employment a t th e Mint.
I n April, 1741, on th e death of Croker, he was made Chief Engraver.
Died 14 March, 1775.—ii. 501, 517, 518, 523, 524.
TA S S IE , James, b. a t Glasgow in 1735, began life as a stonemason:
under th e guidance of Dr. Quin of Dublin he abandoned th a t occupation
for th e manufacture in paste of copies of antique gems, medals, &c. In
1766 Tassie came to London, and his pastes became so popular th a t he
is said to have manufactured upwards of 15,000 pieces. Died in London
in 1799. Tassie made a large number of portraits, also in paste, and
appears a t one time to have contemplated th e execution of a series of
portraits of Scottish Sovereigns.—i. 13, 26, 45, 139.
TAVLOR, William Joseph, contemporary medallist and engraver,
b. in 1802 a t Birmingham, was a pupil of Halliday, and came to London
in 1829. He has issued m any medals, private, academical, and others.—
i. 110, 212; ii. 697.
T. B., initials of an engraver who made medals relating to th e capture
by Vernon of F o rt Chagre in 1740, &c.—ii. 546.
THUN , Johann Jacob, was Master of th e Mint a t Gotha from 1690
to 1727. He struck coins and medals for Duke Frederick I I . from
dies prepared by Christian Wermuth. His initials are also found on
other coins of th e Saxe-Gotha series.-—ii. 305.
T IB S , T., an English medallist whose works appear to extend from
about 1727 to 1745. No particulars are known of this a r tis t: his
medals are of very inferior workmanship.—ii. 479, 481, 494, 531, 578.
TREZZO, Jacopo, sculptor, gem-engraver, and medallist, b. a t Milan
a t th e beginning of th e sixteenth century, first executed medals for th e
Gonzaga family. He afterwards entered th e service of Philip I I . of
Spain, went to Madrid, and was engaged in medallic work and in th e
decoration of the Escurial. Died a t Madrid in 1589.—i. 71,73,75,148,292.