KOENRITZ, CHRISTOPH VON (Boh.). Mint-master general for the Counts of Schlick at Joachimsthal, 1528; he was entrusted, by resolution of King Ferdinand I., dated 16. October 1546, to establish a Mint at Neusohl. Bibliography. — Eduard Fiala, Das Münzwesen der Grafen Schlick, 1890.
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
Mint master:
In medieval and early modern Germany, the Münzmeister ("mint master", the Latin term is monetarius) was the director or administrator of a mint, a moneyer with responsibility for the minting of coins, or specie. His duties were defined differently at different locations and ages.
KEIJSER, HENDRIK VAN
KEIJSER, HENDRIK VAN (Dutch). Sculptor and Medallist of Utrecht; died in 1621. "As a work of his", observes Bolzenthal, may pass a medal which has the name of the artist : H. D. KEYSER F. ; it has on the obv. the likeness of the antiquary Abraham van Goorle, and on R. allegorical figures with the inscription : HONOS ET VIRTVS; it is dated 1599, and belongs to the most flourishing time of this artist, who died at Amsterdam in 1621 aged 56. " H. de Keyser, who was also an Architect, is the author ...
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KEIJSER, HENDRIK VAN (Dutch). Sculptor and Medallist of Utrecht; died in 1621. "As a work of his", observes Bolzenthal, may pass a medal which has the name of the artist : H. D. KEYSER F. ; it has on the obv. the likeness of the antiquary Abraham van Goorle, and on R. allegorical figures with the inscription : HONOS ET VIRTVS; it is dated 1599, and belongs to the most flourishing time of this artist, who died at Amsterdam in 1621 aged 56. " H. de Keyser, who was also an Architect, is the author ...
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KEISERSWERTH, PETER
KEISERSWERTH, PETER (Austr.). Coin-engraver at the Vienna Mint, 1765-1793 ; pupil of M. Donner. By him are the following medals, which are mostly signed either in full or P. K. and also K : Elizabethan Convent at Linz, 1745 (R); — Building of the Theresianum, 1746 (R.) ; — Establishment of Frontier Forces in Transsylvania, 1765, R. SECVRITAS DACIAE (obv. only); — Coronation of the Archduke Joseph, 3. April 1764, at Frankfort-on-M. ; —Preservation of the Francis-Galleries at Schemnitz, 1765 ; — R...
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KEISERSWERTH, PETER (Austr.). Coin-engraver at the Vienna Mint, 1765-1793 ; pupil of M. Donner. By him are the following medals, which are mostly signed either in full or P. K. and also K : Elizabethan Convent at Linz, 1745 (R); — Building of the Theresianum, 1746 (R.) ; — Establishment of Frontier Forces in Transsylvania, 1765, R. SECVRITAS DACIAE (obv. only); — Coronation of the Archduke Joseph, 3. April 1764, at Frankfort-on-M. ; —Preservation of the Francis-Galleries at Schemnitz, 1765 ; — R...
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KELLEN, DAVID VAN DER
KELLEN, DAVID VAN DER (Dutch). Medallist, born at Velzen, 22. September 1764; died at Utrecht, 16. December 1825. Apprenticed first to a goldsmith he learned the art of die-sinking at Amsterdam, where he made the acquaintance of J. G. Holtzhey. He executed a number of medals of William I., King of Holland, and events of his reign, and is also the author of Portrait-pieces of General Chassé; — J. C. J. van Speyk; — Gysbert Karel, Count of Hogendorp, 1813 ; — Medal on the Jubilee of the Renswoude ...
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KELLEN, DAVID VAN DER (Dutch). Medallist, born at Velzen, 22. September 1764; died at Utrecht, 16. December 1825. Apprenticed first to a goldsmith he learned the art of die-sinking at Amsterdam, where he made the acquaintance of J. G. Holtzhey. He executed a number of medals of William I., King of Holland, and events of his reign, and is also the author of Portrait-pieces of General Chassé; — J. C. J. van Speyk; — Gysbert Karel, Count of Hogendorp, 1813 ; — Medal on the Jubilee of the Renswoude ...
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KELLEN, DAVID VAN DER (2.)
KELLEN, DAVID VAN DER (Dutch). Son of the preceding; born at Amsterdam on the 23rd of September 1804, died on the 30th of March 1879; Medallist and Mint-engraver at Utrecht. His first teacher was his father, David van der Kellen Sr, who filled at the Mint of Utrecht, under Louis Napoleon, for a short time, and again from 1813 to 1825, the post of Coin-engraver. He then studied at the Technical Schools of Utrecht and under H. van Oort and B. van Straten. On his father's death, in 1825, he was cal...
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KELLEN, DAVID VAN DER (Dutch). Son of the preceding; born at Amsterdam on the 23rd of September 1804, died on the 30th of March 1879; Medallist and Mint-engraver at Utrecht. His first teacher was his father, David van der Kellen Sr, who filled at the Mint of Utrecht, under Louis Napoleon, for a short time, and again from 1813 to 1825, the post of Coin-engraver. He then studied at the Technical Schools of Utrecht and under H. van Oort and B. van Straten. On his father's death, in 1825, he was cal...
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