JOHANN HEINRICH WERNER. Medallist at Erfurt, 1732-1762.
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
JAUNER, HEINRICH
JAUNER, HEINRICH (Austr.). Contemporary Medallist, residing at Vienna. He is " K. K. Hof-Kammer-Graveur ", but began his artistic career as a Painter, having studied under Waldmüller. His father was the founder of one of the foremost Die-sinking establishments in Vienna, at the head of which he now is. One of the finest Portrait-plaquettes by this artist is that of Gottfried von Preyer, the Nestor of Viennese church composers, R. DEI . GLORIAE . INGENIVM. MISSIS . VOVIT . HYMNIS . ET.CANTICIS (6...
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JAUNER, HEINRICH (Austr.). Contemporary Medallist, residing at Vienna. He is " K. K. Hof-Kammer-Graveur ", but began his artistic career as a Painter, having studied under Waldmüller. His father was the founder of one of the foremost Die-sinking establishments in Vienna, at the head of which he now is. One of the finest Portrait-plaquettes by this artist is that of Gottfried von Preyer, the Nestor of Viennese church composers, R. DEI . GLORIAE . INGENIVM. MISSIS . VOVIT . HYMNIS . ET.CANTICIS (6...
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JEANNERET, FRANCOIS
JEANNERET, FRANCOIS (Swiss). Engraver of metallic dials for watches first half of the nineteenth century. He resided at Chauxde-Fonds where the Rue du Balancier was named after the big press he used to have in that street. The medal of the " Société des Armes Réunies ", engraved on R. 7e Médaille. 1er Prix de 1826, is by Jeanneret. Klentschy, another Medal-engraver ot Chaux-de-Fonds, was apprenticed to him. Olympe Humbert (q. v.) worked also for Jeanneret. Bibliography. — Information kindly supp...
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JEANNERET, FRANCOIS (Swiss). Engraver of metallic dials for watches first half of the nineteenth century. He resided at Chauxde-Fonds where the Rue du Balancier was named after the big press he used to have in that street. The medal of the " Société des Armes Réunies ", engraved on R. 7e Médaille. 1er Prix de 1826, is by Jeanneret. Klentschy, another Medal-engraver ot Chaux-de-Fonds, was apprenticed to him. Olympe Humbert (q. v.) worked also for Jeanneret. Bibliography. — Information kindly supp...
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JEHOTTE, CONSTANT
JEHOTTE, CONSTANT (Belg.). Medallist of the nineteenth century, born at Liége on the 15th of January 1809 ; died on the 12th of April 1883. He studied drawing at the schools of his native city and learnt medal-engraving under his father Leonard Jéhotte. According to Picqué (Médailles historiques de Belgique), this artist executed 64 medals, ranging from 1847 to 1882. By him are the following works : The Suspension Bridge of Seraing, 1844; — Modeste Grétry, 1845; — Sébastien La Ruelle, 1846 ; — P...
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JEHOTTE, CONSTANT (Belg.). Medallist of the nineteenth century, born at Liége on the 15th of January 1809 ; died on the 12th of April 1883. He studied drawing at the schools of his native city and learnt medal-engraving under his father Leonard Jéhotte. According to Picqué (Médailles historiques de Belgique), this artist executed 64 medals, ranging from 1847 to 1882. By him are the following works : The Suspension Bridge of Seraing, 1844; — Modeste Grétry, 1845; — Sébastien La Ruelle, 1846 ; — P...
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JÉHOTTE, LÉONARD
JÉHOTTE, LÉONARD (Belg.). Medallist, born on the 1st August 1772 at Herstal, died at Maestricht, 1st August 1851. He was first apprenticed to a watchmaker, but before long it became evident that nature had endowed him with uncommon gifts for the plastic arts and that his career was laid out in a different direction. In 1784 or thereabout the young man was admitted into the Medallist Philippe Joseph Jacoby 's workshop as a pupil. So rapid was his progress that already in 1789, when only seventeen...
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JÉHOTTE, LÉONARD (Belg.). Medallist, born on the 1st August 1772 at Herstal, died at Maestricht, 1st August 1851. He was first apprenticed to a watchmaker, but before long it became evident that nature had endowed him with uncommon gifts for the plastic arts and that his career was laid out in a different direction. In 1784 or thereabout the young man was admitted into the Medallist Philippe Joseph Jacoby 's workshop as a pupil. So rapid was his progress that already in 1789, when only seventeen...
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