FRANZ ANTON VAN LON. Medallist and Copper-plate engraver, who worked between 1727 and 1764 at Cologne, Bonn and Ehrenbreitstein, and later was employed by the Bishop of Würzburg, 1765.
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
FEHRMAN, DANIEL
FEHRMAN, DANIEL (Swed.). Medallist, born in 1710 at Stock- holm, where he died in 1780. He was a pupil of the famous Hed- linger, and father of C. G. Fehrman. The period of his activity is comprised between 1735 and 1764, when he was employed at the Stockholm Mint as Medallist and Coin-engraver. The Swedish his torian Jonas Hallenberg has given a list of some of the works of this artist, and Hildebrand (Sveriges ochv Senska Konungabusets Minnespenningar, &c, Stockolm, 1875) also describes a numb...
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FEHRMAN, DANIEL (Swed.). Medallist, born in 1710 at Stock- holm, where he died in 1780. He was a pupil of the famous Hed- linger, and father of C. G. Fehrman. The period of his activity is comprised between 1735 and 1764, when he was employed at the Stockholm Mint as Medallist and Coin-engraver. The Swedish his torian Jonas Hallenberg has given a list of some of the works of this artist, and Hildebrand (Sveriges ochv Senska Konungabusets Minnespenningar, &c, Stockolm, 1875) also describes a numb...
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FELLNER, MATHIAS VON FELDEGG
FELLNER, MATHIAS VON FELDEGG (Austr.). By an order of the 13th of March, 1612, Fellner was elected Master of the Mint at Vienna, with a stipend of 400 florins per annum, which was rais- ed to 500 later on. He filled this post until 1634, and died on the 21st of September, 1637, at Margarethen. The coins issued by him bear his monogram M. F. Bibliography. — Die Münzstätte Wien unter Rudolph II. 1576 bis 1608, Mathias 1608 bis 1119 als Landesfürsten von Niederösterreich, und Ferdinand II. 1619 bis...
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FELLNER, MATHIAS VON FELDEGG (Austr.). By an order of the 13th of March, 1612, Fellner was elected Master of the Mint at Vienna, with a stipend of 400 florins per annum, which was rais- ed to 500 later on. He filled this post until 1634, and died on the 21st of September, 1637, at Margarethen. The coins issued by him bear his monogram M. F. Bibliography. — Die Münzstätte Wien unter Rudolph II. 1576 bis 1608, Mathias 1608 bis 1119 als Landesfürsten von Niederösterreich, und Ferdinand II. 1619 bis...
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FELON JOSEPH
FELON JOSEPH (French). Sculptor, Painter, Lithographer, and Medallist, born at Bordeaux, 21st August, 1818. The following medallic works were exhibited by him at the Paris Salons : 1850, Portrait-medallions of M. F***. — P. L***, Keeper of the Bordeaux Museum ; — A. G*** ; — Mlle A. J. F***; — 1852, Louis-Napoleon, Prince-President of the French Republic; — Amphitrite ; — 1855, Six bronze Medallions : Princess Maria of Sardinia, and others. Bibliography. — Chavignerie et Auvray, op. cit....
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FELON JOSEPH (French). Sculptor, Painter, Lithographer, and Medallist, born at Bordeaux, 21st August, 1818. The following medallic works were exhibited by him at the Paris Salons : 1850, Portrait-medallions of M. F***. — P. L***, Keeper of the Bordeaux Museum ; — A. G*** ; — Mlle A. J. F***; — 1852, Louis-Napoleon, Prince-President of the French Republic; — Amphitrite ; — 1855, Six bronze Medallions : Princess Maria of Sardinia, and others. Bibliography. — Chavignerie et Auvray, op. cit....
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FEODOROWNA, MARIA
FEODOROWNA, MARIA (Russ.). Empress of Russia, widow of Paul I., and a clever Medallist and Gem-engraver of the first quarter of the nineteenth century. She died in 1827. Her works are signed MARIA. F., MAR. P., or MAPII.P (Maria Fecit). The Czarina was a member of various European Fine Art Academies, and excelling herself in the glyptic art, she extended her sovereign protection the artists who flourished at St Petersburg during her lifetime. Maria Feodorowna was born a Princess of Würtemberg, i...
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FEODOROWNA, MARIA (Russ.). Empress of Russia, widow of Paul I., and a clever Medallist and Gem-engraver of the first quarter of the nineteenth century. She died in 1827. Her works are signed MARIA. F., MAR. P., or MAPII.P (Maria Fecit). The Czarina was a member of various European Fine Art Academies, and excelling herself in the glyptic art, she extended her sovereign protection the artists who flourished at St Petersburg during her lifetime. Maria Feodorowna was born a Princess of Würtemberg, i...
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