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- URSCHENTHALER, ULRICH ( Austr. ), Son of the last ; Engraver at the Mint of Hall in Tyrol from 1561 to 1570 ; he died on 4 July 1574.
From mint records we cull the following data : 5 January 1560. The government advises the Emperor that the Mint-master and Die-engraver Ulrich Urschenthaler having become incapacitated through old age, it is deemed necessary to appoint a new Mint-master in his stead, and it is further remarked that for some time U. U. had been employing one of his sons to do his work. 2 May 1561. Ulrich Urschenthaler jun. is appointed Die-engraver “pro tem.” at the Mint of Hall. 28 February 1562. The artist is commissioned to cut dies for the new Goldgulden, the designs for which had been approved of by the authorities. 2 April 1562. U. U. submits fresh designs for “Goldgulden” and he is required to engrave dies with the utmost speed ; these are to bear the portrait of His Majesty with the correct legend IMP and not IMB in the word IMPERATOR. 1564. The authorities are not fully satisfied with Urschenthaler’s work, and dies are commissioned from J[oachim]. Jenisch [ 1505 – 1575, then the Stadtbauherr ( City Builder ) ] of Augsburg. 23 July 1565. Archduke Ferdinand expresses his disappointment with the Gulden struck at Hall, and finds “dass sein Bildniss nit wol erkantlich und gerecht geschnitten sei [ that his portrait was not recognizable and right as engraved ] ”. 4. January 1566. Urschenthaler is ordered to place a full length figure of the Archduke on the 2, 3 and 4 Goldgulden pieces according to pattern sent him. 13. April 1566. Owing to ill-health, Urschenthaler has not been able to finish the dies for the four kinds of Goldgulden. 23. June 1570. The engraver is definitely dismissed from his post for negligence.
BIBLIOGRAPHY. — Katalog, &c., IV, p. 1354.
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