KLETT or KLETTE, JOHANN GEORG (Germ.). Gem-engraver, born in 1720 at Vesser or Suhl (Henneberg); died in 1792. He was at first Schoolmaster there, but came to Dresden in 1743 where he studied the antique. In 1755 he was appointed Court Gemengraver. By him is a head of Cicero, and many cameos and intaglios representing mythological subjects.
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
KACHEL, LUDWIG
KACHEL, LUDWIG (Germ.). Medallist and Mint-engraver at Karlsruhe, circa 1826-1874. Some of his medals are signed K, others L. Kachel. In 1834, he was entrusted by the Grand Duke of Baden with the execution of a medal on the consecration of the monument, placed in the chapel of the castle of Pforzheim, in honour of the 400 Pforzheimers who fell at Wimpfen. He is also the author of a medal with portrait of Ludwig, Grand Duke of Baden, and R. the Karlsruhe mint, 1826. A Kronenthaler of Baden, 1836...
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KACHEL, LUDWIG (Germ.). Medallist and Mint-engraver at Karlsruhe, circa 1826-1874. Some of his medals are signed K, others L. Kachel. In 1834, he was entrusted by the Grand Duke of Baden with the execution of a medal on the consecration of the monument, placed in the chapel of the castle of Pforzheim, in honour of the 400 Pforzheimers who fell at Wimpfen. He is also the author of a medal with portrait of Ludwig, Grand Duke of Baden, and R. the Karlsruhe mint, 1826. A Kronenthaler of Baden, 1836...
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KAMM, JEAN DANIEL
KAMM, JEAN DANIEL (French). Die-sinker of Strassburg, end of the eighteenth century, (circ. 1768-1790). His signature KAMM. F. occurs on a variety of the medal struck in commemoration of the election of Philippe Frederic Dietrich, First Mayor of Strassburg, 5. February 1790, and also on the following : Mausoleum of the Marshal de Saxe, in St. Thomas Church, Strassburg; — Portraitmedal of J. B. Schoepflin, 1771 ; — Exhibition of a Rhinoceros at Strassburg, 1748, &c. Bibliography. — Hennin, Histo...
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KAMM, JEAN DANIEL (French). Die-sinker of Strassburg, end of the eighteenth century, (circ. 1768-1790). His signature KAMM. F. occurs on a variety of the medal struck in commemoration of the election of Philippe Frederic Dietrich, First Mayor of Strassburg, 5. February 1790, and also on the following : Mausoleum of the Marshal de Saxe, in St. Thomas Church, Strassburg; — Portraitmedal of J. B. Schoepflin, 1771 ; — Exhibition of a Rhinoceros at Strassburg, 1748, &c. Bibliography. — Hennin, Histo...
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KARL, HEINRICH
KARL, HEINRICH (Austr.). Medallist at Vienna, first half of the nineteenth century. His signature occurs on the following medals : Battle of Leipzig, 1813 ; — Prize Medal of the Oswald School at Mautern, 1803; — Prize Medal of the English Young Ladies' Boarding School at St. Pölten, 1816; — Visit of the Emperor Francis Joseph I. to Nagy-Banya, 1852 ; — X. Congress of Hungarian Physicians at Neusohl, 1842 (In Boston Coll), etc. His usual signature was H. K. F. Bibliography. — Katalog der Münzen u...
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KARL, HEINRICH (Austr.). Medallist at Vienna, first half of the nineteenth century. His signature occurs on the following medals : Battle of Leipzig, 1813 ; — Prize Medal of the Oswald School at Mautern, 1803; — Prize Medal of the English Young Ladies' Boarding School at St. Pölten, 1816; — Visit of the Emperor Francis Joseph I. to Nagy-Banya, 1852 ; — X. Congress of Hungarian Physicians at Neusohl, 1842 (In Boston Coll), etc. His usual signature was H. K. F. Bibliography. — Katalog der Münzen u...
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KARLSTEEN, ARFVID
KARLSTEEN, ARFVID (Swede). (1654-1718). Vide Vol. I, p. 212. We read in Bolzenthal, p. 237 : " The Court of Stockholm employed an artist, Arvid Karlsten, who in his time received excessive distinction. Born at Karlskoga in Vermland, 1647, he had in his early youth made himself so well acquainted with the Art that he was enabled to pursue his studies in foreign countries; in Paris under Varin, and in London under John Roettier. After he had finished them, he obtained celebrity in Berlin and Dresd...
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KARLSTEEN, ARFVID (Swede). (1654-1718). Vide Vol. I, p. 212. We read in Bolzenthal, p. 237 : " The Court of Stockholm employed an artist, Arvid Karlsten, who in his time received excessive distinction. Born at Karlskoga in Vermland, 1647, he had in his early youth made himself so well acquainted with the Art that he was enabled to pursue his studies in foreign countries; in Paris under Varin, and in London under John Roettier. After he had finished them, he obtained celebrity in Berlin and Dresd...
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