HISTORICAL AND COMMEMORATIVE
MEDALS
COLLECTION OF
BENJAMIN WEISS
MEDALLISTS FROM SPAIN, PORTUGAL AND MEXICO
Gaspar, Jose: Gaspar was a Flemish engraver, born in 1727. He was appointed engraver at the Mint of Lisbon in 1773, and Chief-engraver in 1785. Gaspar engraved not only medals, but also executed very fine coin dies. He died in 1812.
Gil, Geronimo Antonio: Geronimo Antonio Gil was a coin engraver and medallist who was employed at the Mint of Mexico during the last quarter of the eighteenth century.
Gordillo, F: Gordillo was a coin engraver and medallist of Mexico during the first quarter of the nineteenth century.
Prieto, Tomas Francisco: Prieto was a painter, line-engraver and medallist. He was born in Salamanca in 1716. He was the pupil of Lorenzo Monteman and Cuzens, went to Madrid to continue his studies, and was appointed Engraver at the Mint of Madrid in 1747. In 1752 King Charles III appointed him Chief Engraver to superintend all the mints of the kingdom with a view to improve the coinage. In 1772 he became Director of the School for the Improvement of Coinage. He died in 1782.
Suria, Tomas: Suria was a Mexican medallist who worked in the early years of the nineteenth century.
Vismara, Giovanni: Vismara was an Italian sculptor and medallist of the second half of the seventeenth century. He belonged to a family of artists of Milan, several members of which attained distinction, among them the famous painter Giacomo Vismara, who worked at the Court of the Sforzas in the second half of the fifteenth century.