KRAUER, WILHELM (Swiss). Son of Hans Jorg Krauer; born in 1661 ; died in 1718. He first worked as a Goldsmith, but later practised also Die-cutting. In 1707 he was appointed Mint-master at Sion, where the famous J. C. Hedlinger was apprenticed to him; in 1710 he returned to Lucerne, and was appointed Mintmaster there on the 31. March 1713 for a period of three years. After many difficulties with the Town Council, his resignation was accepted, and he was free to take the post that was offered to him as Mint-master at Montbéliard, acting at the same time for the Bishop of Basle, Johann Konrad von Reinach, at his Mint of Porrentruy. Füssli remarks : " Selbst Job.. Karl Hedlinger's Lehrer Krauer war wohl nichts weniger als Künstler. Vielleicht verstund er nichts als das Gepräge gewöhnlicher Münzen, nichts aber von Zeichnung, von Schneiden künstlicher Schaumünzen und dergleichen." The coins minted at Sion previous to 1710 are heavy and badly cut; those of 1710 which were engraved by Hedlinger are already of a totally different character, notwithstanding that the young artist was not yet twenty years old. Bibliography. — Liebenau, op. cit. — Amberg, Der Medailleur Johann Karl Hedlinger, Einsiedeln, 1887. — Füsslin, Geschichte der besten Künstler in der Sehweiz, III, p. 76.
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.
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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KLEINERT, FRIEDRICH
KLEINERT, FRIEDRICH (Germ.). Born at Bartenstein (Prussia), 1633; Silversmith and Coin-dealer at Nuremberg, where he died in 1714, eighty-one years old. He edited a number of medals, which are signed F. K., and was the first in Germany to give his medals, by machinery, a sharp, clearly cut, raised edge, also to inscribe the edges, which was his own speciality. In conjunction with Lazarus Gottlieb Lauffer, Chief-warden of the mint at Nuremberg, and Caspar Gottlieb Lauffer (q. v.) he issued a larg...
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KLEINERT, FRIEDRICH (Germ.). Born at Bartenstein (Prussia), 1633; Silversmith and Coin-dealer at Nuremberg, where he died in 1714, eighty-one years old. He edited a number of medals, which are signed F. K., and was the first in Germany to give his medals, by machinery, a sharp, clearly cut, raised edge, also to inscribe the edges, which was his own speciality. In conjunction with Lazarus Gottlieb Lauffer, Chief-warden of the mint at Nuremberg, and Caspar Gottlieb Lauffer (q. v.) he issued a larg...
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