JOHANN ENGELHARD. Polish Die-sinker, circa 1633.
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
JACQUET, NICOLAS GABRIEL
JACQUET, NICOLAS GABRIEL (French). Medallist ot the first quarter of the seventeenth century (circ. 1601-1609). Mazerolle places the period of his activity between 1601 and 1626, and suggests that he may have been a relative of Jacquet dit Grenoble, Sculptor to Henry IV. Jacquet is the author of some cast Portrait-medallions : Pomponne de Belliévre, Chancellor of France, 1601 ; — Omer Talon, Advocate general to the Parliament of Paris, 1609 (both medallions signed : N. G. I. F. and N. GAB. IACQ....
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JACQUET, NICOLAS GABRIEL (French). Medallist ot the first quarter of the seventeenth century (circ. 1601-1609). Mazerolle places the period of his activity between 1601 and 1626, and suggests that he may have been a relative of Jacquet dit Grenoble, Sculptor to Henry IV. Jacquet is the author of some cast Portrait-medallions : Pomponne de Belliévre, Chancellor of France, 1601 ; — Omer Talon, Advocate general to the Parliament of Paris, 1609 (both medallions signed : N. G. I. F. and N. GAB. IACQ....
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JAECKLE-SCHNEIDER, BARTH
JAECKLE-SCHNEIDER, BARTH. (Swiss.). Contemporary Medallist and Seal-engraver, who in recent years has produced a number of commemorative and prize-medals. He resides at Zurich, but was born on December 11, 1850, at Schabenhausen (Baden). His father, who was a watchmaker, settled at Zurich in 1863. Jaeckle visited the schools, made an apprenticeship in a die-sinking establishment at Zurich, and afterwards worked at Cologne, Berlin and Breslau. In 1876, he started business on his own account at Zu...
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JAECKLE-SCHNEIDER, BARTH. (Swiss.). Contemporary Medallist and Seal-engraver, who in recent years has produced a number of commemorative and prize-medals. He resides at Zurich, but was born on December 11, 1850, at Schabenhausen (Baden). His father, who was a watchmaker, settled at Zurich in 1863. Jaeckle visited the schools, made an apprenticeship in a die-sinking establishment at Zurich, and afterwards worked at Cologne, Berlin and Breslau. In 1876, he started business on his own account at Zu...
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JAEGER, JOHANN CASPAR
JAEGER, JOHANN CASPAR (Germ.). Medallist of the second half of the eighteenth century. He was appointed Court-medallist by the Czarina Catherine II. in 1772, with a stipend of 1200 Roubles per annum. His usual signature is I. G. I. The following medals are by this Engraver : Commemorative medal of the Battle of Poltava ; — First Jubilee of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, 1776 ; — Erection of Peter the Great's statue, 1782 ; — Jeton on the same event ; — 1773, Betrothal of the Grand Duke ...
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JAEGER, JOHANN CASPAR (Germ.). Medallist of the second half of the eighteenth century. He was appointed Court-medallist by the Czarina Catherine II. in 1772, with a stipend of 1200 Roubles per annum. His usual signature is I. G. I. The following medals are by this Engraver : Commemorative medal of the Battle of Poltava ; — First Jubilee of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, 1776 ; — Erection of Peter the Great's statue, 1782 ; — Jeton on the same event ; — 1773, Betrothal of the Grand Duke ...
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JAEGER, REINHARD
JAEGER, REINHARD or RICHARD (Germ.). A native of Einbeck; Mint-master at Leipzig, before 1621; appointed joint Mint-master at Crossen with Basilius Bernhard in 1621 ; incarcerated on October 31., 1623, with Jamnitzer and other colleagues ; released in 1624, but applied in vain for the wardenship of the Ratibor mint in 1625. Coins issued at Crossen 1622-1623 bear this Mint-master's distinctive mark : hunting-horn between stag's horns. This mark appears also on " Klippe " coins of Leipzig, 1622 (G...
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JAEGER, REINHARD or RICHARD (Germ.). A native of Einbeck; Mint-master at Leipzig, before 1621; appointed joint Mint-master at Crossen with Basilius Bernhard in 1621 ; incarcerated on October 31., 1623, with Jamnitzer and other colleagues ; released in 1624, but applied in vain for the wardenship of the Ratibor mint in 1625. Coins issued at Crossen 1622-1623 bear this Mint-master's distinctive mark : hunting-horn between stag's horns. This mark appears also on " Klippe " coins of Leipzig, 1622 (G...
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