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Spanish medalist and line engraver, a student of Lorenzo Monteman. In 1747 he was appointed engraver at the mint of Madrid; he was made chief engraver in 1752. From 1759 he directed the entire Spanish medal and coin production. See Forrer 4, p. 690; 8, p. 146; Thieme-Becker 27, p. 399. --- from The Molinari Collection, Andrea S. Norris and Ingrid Weber, Published by Bowdoin College, 1976