KRAPP or KRAPPE, HANS (Germ.). A burgher of Breslau; contracted to work the Royal Mint of Breslau, 1540-1541 ; appointed on Nov. 13, 1545, by the Prince-Elector Joachim of Brandenburg Mint-master-general throughout his dominions. By a resolution dated Prague, 1. Feb. 1540, King Ferdinand ordered Krapp to pay, instead of his yearly due of 900 Gulden, a Royalty of 10 Kreutzer or 5 Silesian Groschen on each Mark of silver coined by him. Bibliography. — Friedensburg, op. cil. — Oesterreicher, op. cit.
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.
KITZKATZ, RUPRECHT NICLAS
KITZKATZ, RUPRECHT NICLAS (Germ.). Medallist and Coin-engraver at Dresden, circa 1615-1633. His name has been discovered by Julius and Albert Erbstein, who have shown that the monogram stands for Kitzkatz, and not Rull, as given by Schlickeysen. To this Engraver, the compilers of the Engelhardt Catalogue have attributed the following pieces : Christmas Coins, 1617, issued by Prince Elector John George II. in honour of his mother, Sophia ; 1st type, with legends : VT SALOMON SIC EGO MATREM —MATER...
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KITZKATZ, RUPRECHT NICLAS (Germ.). Medallist and Coin-engraver at Dresden, circa 1615-1633. His name has been discovered by Julius and Albert Erbstein, who have shown that the monogram stands for Kitzkatz, and not Rull, as given by Schlickeysen. To this Engraver, the compilers of the Engelhardt Catalogue have attributed the following pieces : Christmas Coins, 1617, issued by Prince Elector John George II. in honour of his mother, Sophia ; 1st type, with legends : VT SALOMON SIC EGO MATREM —MATER...
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KLAGMANN, JEAN BAPTISTE JULES
KLAGMANN, JEAN BAPTISTE JULES (French). Sculptor, and Medallist, born at Paris on the 1. April 1810, where he died on the 18. January 1867. Pupil of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Feuch?re, and Ramey Junr. He has executed numerous Portrait-medallions in clay and bronze : Dante Alighieri ; — Machiavel ; — Lord Byron ; — Shakespeare; — Pierre Corneille; — Prosper Gothi, dramatic artist, &c. At the Salon of 1845, he exhibited three medals. His works of sculpture are numerous and some are important ; he ...
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KLAGMANN, JEAN BAPTISTE JULES (French). Sculptor, and Medallist, born at Paris on the 1. April 1810, where he died on the 18. January 1867. Pupil of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Feuch?re, and Ramey Junr. He has executed numerous Portrait-medallions in clay and bronze : Dante Alighieri ; — Machiavel ; — Lord Byron ; — Shakespeare; — Pierre Corneille; — Prosper Gothi, dramatic artist, &c. At the Salon of 1845, he exhibited three medals. His works of sculpture are numerous and some are important ; he ...
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KLEEBERG, AUGUST
KLEEBERG, AUGUST (Austr.). Contemporary Medallist, residing at Vienna, where since 1864 he has executed a number of Personal and Commemorative medals. He died towards the end of last century. Amongst these I have noticed : Assassination of Maximilian I., Emperor of Mexico, 1867 (2 var.); — The Empress Elizabeth of Austria nursing the sick during the war, 1866; — Centenary Commemoration of the Palatine Archduke Joseph, 1876; — Hungarian Coronation of the Emperor Francis Joseph and Empress Elizabe...
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KLEEBERG, AUGUST (Austr.). Contemporary Medallist, residing at Vienna, where since 1864 he has executed a number of Personal and Commemorative medals. He died towards the end of last century. Amongst these I have noticed : Assassination of Maximilian I., Emperor of Mexico, 1867 (2 var.); — The Empress Elizabeth of Austria nursing the sick during the war, 1866; — Centenary Commemoration of the Palatine Archduke Joseph, 1876; — Hungarian Coronation of the Emperor Francis Joseph and Empress Elizabe...
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KLEIN
KLEIN (Germ.). Medallist, who worked at Breslau, circa 1755- 1762. Friedensburg, Münzgeschichte Schlesiens, remarks : " In the middle years of the eighteenth century, a Die-sinker of the name of Klein was working at Breslau, and signed in full a rare medal of 1762 on the Battle of Freiberg (Peace of Hamburg between Sweden and Prussia). I have however been unable to obtain any other information about him, and do not know whether he perhaps also signed Silesian medals with a K only. He may have be...
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KLEIN (Germ.). Medallist, who worked at Breslau, circa 1755- 1762. Friedensburg, Münzgeschichte Schlesiens, remarks : " In the middle years of the eighteenth century, a Die-sinker of the name of Klein was working at Breslau, and signed in full a rare medal of 1762 on the Battle of Freiberg (Peace of Hamburg between Sweden and Prussia). I have however been unable to obtain any other information about him, and do not know whether he perhaps also signed Silesian medals with a K only. He may have be...
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