DÜRLEBER, BALTHASAR (Bohem.). Occupied some post at the Mint of Prague, 1584.
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
DOEDALSES
DOEDALSES (Greek). Sculptor of Nicomedia, circa B.C. 228. The reverse type of the tetradrachms of Prusias I. of Bithynia is evidently copied from the celebrated statue of Zeus Stratios by this artist, which stood in the principal temple of Jupiter at Nicomedia. This figure of Zeus does not occur on the coins of Nicomedes I., the founder of the Bithynian dynasty, nor on the unique tetradrachm of his son and successor, Ridas, but appears on the currency, from Prusias I. to Nicomedes III., on whose...
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DOEDALSES (Greek). Sculptor of Nicomedia, circa B.C. 228. The reverse type of the tetradrachms of Prusias I. of Bithynia is evidently copied from the celebrated statue of Zeus Stratios by this artist, which stood in the principal temple of Jupiter at Nicomedia. This figure of Zeus does not occur on the coins of Nicomedes I., the founder of the Bithynian dynasty, nor on the unique tetradrachm of his son and successor, Ridas, but appears on the currency, from Prusias I. to Nicomedes III., on whose...
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DÖLL, JOHANN VEIT
DÖLL, JOHANN VEIT (Germ.). Medallist, born in 1750, resided at Suhl, and died in 1835. He worked for the die-sinking establishment of Loos at Berlin ; during the space of twenty years, he cut about ninety different dies for that firm. The Dresden Court also employed him on several occasions. His work is fairly good. I have seen a medal, with bust of Asklepios (2 var.), signed by this artist : DÖLL ; also : Portrait-medal of Dr Georg Franz Blasius von Adelmann, Fulda, 1822 ; — Krankenpflege, Heid...
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DÖLL, JOHANN VEIT (Germ.). Medallist, born in 1750, resided at Suhl, and died in 1835. He worked for the die-sinking establishment of Loos at Berlin ; during the space of twenty years, he cut about ninety different dies for that firm. The Dresden Court also employed him on several occasions. His work is fairly good. I have seen a medal, with bust of Asklepios (2 var.), signed by this artist : DÖLL ; also : Portrait-medal of Dr Georg Franz Blasius von Adelmann, Fulda, 1822 ; — Krankenpflege, Heid...
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DOLL, KARL WILHELM
DOLL, KARL WILHELM (Germ.). Medallist at Mannheim and Karlsruhe, 1810-1848. His signature D appears on Kronenthalers of 1813, and 1817, Double Thaler, of Leopold of Baden, 1852, and also on another of Charles of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, 1842, &c. He was a son of Johann Veit Döll; born 19. May, 1787; became Court-medallist in 1810; Mint-master and Chief-engraver of the coins at Mannheim, 1813; Mint-master at Karlsruhe, 1828-1848; died 31. March, 1848. There is a commemorative medal of Gustavus A...
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DOLL, KARL WILHELM (Germ.). Medallist at Mannheim and Karlsruhe, 1810-1848. His signature D appears on Kronenthalers of 1813, and 1817, Double Thaler, of Leopold of Baden, 1852, and also on another of Charles of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, 1842, &c. He was a son of Johann Veit Döll; born 19. May, 1787; became Court-medallist in 1810; Mint-master and Chief-engraver of the coins at Mannheim, 1813; Mint-master at Karlsruhe, 1828-1848; died 31. March, 1848. There is a commemorative medal of Gustavus A...
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DOLLIN, J.
DOLLIN, J. (French). Medallist of the end of the eighteenth century and beginning of the nineteenth ; he was residing at Paris, circa 1680, and worked for the French Medal Mint from 1714 to 1725. He was employed to complete the series of medals of Louis XIV. The total of the sums paid to him for this work amounted to 16,780 livres. The following medals engraved by this artist are described in the Catalogue of the French Mint Museum : Birth of Louis XIV., 1638; — Beginning of the King's reign, 16...
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DOLLIN, J. (French). Medallist of the end of the eighteenth century and beginning of the nineteenth ; he was residing at Paris, circa 1680, and worked for the French Medal Mint from 1714 to 1725. He was employed to complete the series of medals of Louis XIV. The total of the sums paid to him for this work amounted to 16,780 livres. The following medals engraved by this artist are described in the Catalogue of the French Mint Museum : Birth of Louis XIV., 1638; — Beginning of the King's reign, 16...
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