ERNST BRABANDT. Die-sinker at Celle, 1670-1705.
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
DURER, ALBRECHT
DURER, ALBRECHT (Germ.). Surnamed the Father of German Art. A celebrated Painter, Engraver, Modeller, Sculptor and Architect, born at Nuremberg on the 21st of May, 1471, where he died on the 6th of April, 1528. I cannot presume, in a work of this kind, to give more than a general idea of this great Master's manifold achievements in the domain of Art, so much the more because his claim as a medallist is but of the slightest. To understand however the vast influence he has exercised upon German an...
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DURER, ALBRECHT (Germ.). Surnamed the Father of German Art. A celebrated Painter, Engraver, Modeller, Sculptor and Architect, born at Nuremberg on the 21st of May, 1471, where he died on the 6th of April, 1528. I cannot presume, in a work of this kind, to give more than a general idea of this great Master's manifold achievements in the domain of Art, so much the more because his claim as a medallist is but of the slightest. To understand however the vast influence he has exercised upon German an...
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DÜRR, ERNST KASPAR
DÜRR, ERNST KASPAR (Germ.). Die-sinker, and Medallist, residing at Dresden, 1670 to 1680, Zerbst, 1683 to 1692, and later at Stettin and Riga. He executed a number of medals commemorating events connected with the ducal house of Saxony, and in conjunction with his pupil, Martin Heinrich Omeis, he engraved a fine portrait-piece of Duke Augustus, with a view of Weissenfels Castle on R. The Duke paid 100 Reichsthalers for this medal. Dürr was employed as Coin-engraver at Dresden, in succession to C...
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DÜRR, ERNST KASPAR (Germ.). Die-sinker, and Medallist, residing at Dresden, 1670 to 1680, Zerbst, 1683 to 1692, and later at Stettin and Riga. He executed a number of medals commemorating events connected with the ducal house of Saxony, and in conjunction with his pupil, Martin Heinrich Omeis, he engraved a fine portrait-piece of Duke Augustus, with a view of Weissenfels Castle on R. The Duke paid 100 Reichsthalers for this medal. Dürr was employed as Coin-engraver at Dresden, in succession to C...
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DÜRRICH (2.)
DÜRRICH (Germ.). Contemporary Medallist residing at Cassel. He has sent some fine medals to the recent Exhibitions of Modern Medals, held at Vienna, and Frankfort-on-Main (1900), under the auspices of the Viennese Numismatic Society. A critic in " Die Moderne Medaille" (Wien, Februar 1900) writes : " Dürrich in Cassel scheint von den deutschen Medailleuren, die unsere Ausstellung beschickten, der " Schärfste" zu sein. He is the author of a Portrait-medal of Prince Bismarck, and of various other ...
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DÜRRICH (Germ.). Contemporary Medallist residing at Cassel. He has sent some fine medals to the recent Exhibitions of Modern Medals, held at Vienna, and Frankfort-on-Main (1900), under the auspices of the Viennese Numismatic Society. A critic in " Die Moderne Medaille" (Wien, Februar 1900) writes : " Dürrich in Cassel scheint von den deutschen Medailleuren, die unsere Ausstellung beschickten, der " Schärfste" zu sein. He is the author of a Portrait-medal of Prince Bismarck, and of various other ...
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DURUSSEL, ÉDOUARD
DURUSSEL, ÉDOUARD (Swiss). Medallist, born at Morges on the 16th February, 1842, died at Préfargier on the 17th May, 1888. When quite young he exhibited uncommon aptitude for drawing, and at of the age of 14 he was placed in apprenticeship by his parents with an engraver at Zella, near Gotha , where he spent four years. He then visited Berlin, worked there at the Royal Mint for three years, and, on the recommendation of Antoine Bovy, was afterwards engaged in the works of M. Paulin-Tasset at Par...
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DURUSSEL, ÉDOUARD (Swiss). Medallist, born at Morges on the 16th February, 1842, died at Préfargier on the 17th May, 1888. When quite young he exhibited uncommon aptitude for drawing, and at of the age of 14 he was placed in apprenticeship by his parents with an engraver at Zella, near Gotha , where he spent four years. He then visited Berlin, worked there at the Royal Mint for three years, and, on the recommendation of Antoine Bovy, was afterwards engaged in the works of M. Paulin-Tasset at Par...
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