Mikkel Røg (c. 1679 – c. 1737), also referred to by his

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Michael Augustus Roeg, was a Danish-Norwegian medal engraver. He served as medal engraver to the

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from 1720 to 1737.

Early life and education

Røg was born in the local rectory in

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county, Norway, the son of chaplain Augustinus Gabrielsen Røg (1635–1710) and Margrethe Aufinnsdatter Holck (died 1705). He attended Bergen Latin School. He enrolled at the

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on 25 September 1699 but left the university to apprentice as an engraver and

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carver.

Career

Røg created the

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s with the text for the 1709 edition of ''Lex Regia'' (''Kongeloven'') as well as three Danish medals commemorating the birth of Frederick IV (1706), the death of Prince Georg (1708) and the surrender of

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(1713). The position as court medallist was however already occupied by Christian Wineke. With little prospect of employment in

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, Røg accepted an invitation from

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and moved to

in 1715. Louis XIV's death in September that same year delayed his employment but in 1720 a recommendation from court painter

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, creating more than fifty medal stamps for the ''histoire métallique''. Røg served a teacher for

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who succeeded him in the office in 1737.

Ludvig Holberg link

Røg and

Ludvig Holberg Ludvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg (3 December 1684 – 28 January 1754) was a writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright born in Bergen, Norway, during the time of the Denmark–Norway, Dano–Norwegian dual monarchy. He was infl ...

attended Bergen Latin School at the same time. They met in Paris in 1715. Røg lent Holberg his royal travel passport, enabling him to visit Italy cheaper and more easily. The episode is mentioned in Holberg's first Latin-language autobiographical publication.

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Michael Augustus Roeg
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rog, Mikkel 18th-century Danish medallists 18th-century Danish engravers 18th-century French engravers Norwegian engravers Norwegian emigrants to France Converts to Roman Catholicism from Lutheranism 1670s births 1730s deaths People from Kvæfjord