KELS, HANS (Austr.). Modeller and Wood-engraver of Kaufbauern, and Augsburg, circa 1537-1566. Domanig reproduces two fine Portrait-medallions in box-wood, of the Emperors Maximilian I. and Charles V. with King Ferdinand I., one dated 1534, and the other, larger, 1540. According to Dr Habich, his name is first mentioned in documents of 1537 ; and we learn that in 1541 he obtained at Augsburg the prerogative of a Sculptor; he was still living in 1565 , but died before the 1st of April 1566. Hans Kels ranks amongst the most prominent Portrait-carvers of the sixteenth century. His signature is found on a beautiful Draught-board of the Ambraser Collection and on a box-wood medallion with portraits of the Emperor Charles V., King Ferdinand and their consorts; also on the two medallions described by Domanig, and further on the following works : Medal of Adam Oefner, bust to r., signed HK (in the style of Hagenauer); — Medal of Matthäus Schwarz (signed HK, of different work); — Box-wood Models of Laux Kreler and his wife Elizabeth; and perhaps also : wood Medallion of Georg Fugger; and Portrait-piece of Johann Fichard and his wife, 1547. Bibliography. — Dr Georg Habich, Hans Kels als Konterfetter, 1903.
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
JONES, JOHN
JONES, JOHN (Brit.). Medallist of the nineteenth century, who died at Dublin, circa 1880. " He would deserve slight notice except for his continuing to strike medals trom Mossop's designs and dies after the death of that artist. He is reported to have come from Liverpool, and commenced his career by pulling the rope for Mossop's Coining press. At one period of his life he went to America and made some money. Strange stories are told of the mode in which he dissipated his earnings ". The followin...
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JONES, JOHN (Brit.). Medallist of the nineteenth century, who died at Dublin, circa 1880. " He would deserve slight notice except for his continuing to strike medals trom Mossop's designs and dies after the death of that artist. He is reported to have come from Liverpool, and commenced his career by pulling the rope for Mossop's Coining press. At one period of his life he went to America and made some money. Strange stories are told of the mode in which he dissipated his earnings ". The followin...
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JONGHELINCK, JACQUES
JONGHELINCK, JACQUES (Belg.). Medallist, Seal-engraver, Sculptor and Caster of bronze statues, born at Antwerp, 21. October 1530, died there, 31. May 1606. As early as 1556, he was entrusted with the cutting of seals for various chanceries of Philip II. 's government and, in 1559, he executed the monument erected at Bruges to the memory of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. He is also the author of a colossal statue of the Duke of Alva in the centre of Antwerp citadel, which was destroyed some ...
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JONGHELINCK, JACQUES (Belg.). Medallist, Seal-engraver, Sculptor and Caster of bronze statues, born at Antwerp, 21. October 1530, died there, 31. May 1606. As early as 1556, he was entrusted with the cutting of seals for various chanceries of Philip II. 's government and, in 1559, he executed the monument erected at Bruges to the memory of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. He is also the author of a colossal statue of the Duke of Alva in the centre of Antwerp citadel, which was destroyed some ...
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JONS
JONS (Brit.). Forger of coins, mentioned by Burns (The Coinage of Scotland, 1887). " About the year 1860 a watchmaker named Jons, residing in Dunfermline, contrived to obtain impressions of early Scottish coins, both in silver and gold, and executed dies in imitation of these pieces. Some of the forgeries thus fabricated, more particularly those of the portrait Testoons and Half-testoons of any one familiar with the genuine coins... Fortunately, like most other fabricators of old coins, Jons was...
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JONS (Brit.). Forger of coins, mentioned by Burns (The Coinage of Scotland, 1887). " About the year 1860 a watchmaker named Jons, residing in Dunfermline, contrived to obtain impressions of early Scottish coins, both in silver and gold, and executed dies in imitation of these pieces. Some of the forgeries thus fabricated, more particularly those of the portrait Testoons and Half-testoons of any one familiar with the genuine coins... Fortunately, like most other fabricators of old coins, Jons was...
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JORDEN, JOHN STUBBS
JORDEN, JOHN STUBBS (Brit.). A Birmingham Die-sinker of the end of the eighteenth century and beginning of the nineteenth. He cut dies for various Penny, Halfpenny and Farthing Tokens: 1795, Glamorgan Halfpennies; — Lichfield, ID and 1/2D, 1797-1800; — London (Meymott & Son) Halfpennies, 1795 ; — London (Presbury &C°) Halfpennies, 1795; - Newton, Halfpennies, 1796, &c. He also executed some medals, as for instance, that of the Birmingham " Loyal Associations", 1798. Bibliography. — Pye, op. cit....
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JORDEN, JOHN STUBBS (Brit.). A Birmingham Die-sinker of the end of the eighteenth century and beginning of the nineteenth. He cut dies for various Penny, Halfpenny and Farthing Tokens: 1795, Glamorgan Halfpennies; — Lichfield, ID and 1/2D, 1797-1800; — London (Meymott & Son) Halfpennies, 1795 ; — London (Presbury &C°) Halfpennies, 1795; - Newton, Halfpennies, 1796, &c. He also executed some medals, as for instance, that of the Birmingham " Loyal Associations", 1798. Bibliography. — Pye, op. cit....
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