KRAUWINCKEL, EGIDIUS (Germ.). Nuremberg Counter-manufacturer of the end of the sixteenth century; the date M.D.LXXI occurs on one of his counters, which are usually bearing his name spelt in various forms : EGIDIVS * KR ; — EGIDIVS - KRA. ; — EGIDIVS KRAVWINCKEL ;— EGIDI KRAVWINCKELL; — EGIDII KRAVV; — E.K.; — E. KRAVWINCKEL NVR. Neumann describes twelve varieties of counters by Egidius Krauwinckel, most of them from the late Dr Freudenthal's collection.
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
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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KLEODOROS
KLEODOROS (Greek). Coin-engraver of the beginning of the fourth century B. C. whose signature occurs on Didrachms of Velia, often associated with that of another Velian Artist of the same period, Philistionos. Kleodoros signed some of his productions K?EY??POY. They belong to the finest issues of Velia. Raoul Rochette had already noticed this Engraver's signature and reproduced the charming coin described below, which ranks very high as an artistic work. “ Kleodoros, " says Von Sallet in Künstl...
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KLEODOROS (Greek). Coin-engraver of the beginning of the fourth century B. C. whose signature occurs on Didrachms of Velia, often associated with that of another Velian Artist of the same period, Philistionos. Kleodoros signed some of his productions K?EY??POY. They belong to the finest issues of Velia. Raoul Rochette had already noticed this Engraver's signature and reproduced the charming coin described below, which ranks very high as an artistic work. “ Kleodoros, " says Von Sallet in Künstl...
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KLIMENTOFF, WASSILI
KLIMENTOFF, WASSILI (Russ.). Medallist of the second half of the eighteenth century. Very few medals only are signed B. K. by him and these have erroneously been attributed by Reichel and others to Bernard Koch. There is however no doubt at all that the signature B. K. on Russian medals of this period stands for Bac??i? K??MeHTOB?, or K??MOB? as he is sometimes called. Klimentoff cut the large Memorial medal on the Death of the Empress Elizabeth, which bears his full signature : B. K??MeHTOB?. I...
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KLIMENTOFF, WASSILI (Russ.). Medallist of the second half of the eighteenth century. Very few medals only are signed B. K. by him and these have erroneously been attributed by Reichel and others to Bernard Koch. There is however no doubt at all that the signature B. K. on Russian medals of this period stands for Bac??i? K??MeHTOB?, or K??MOB? as he is sometimes called. Klimentoff cut the large Memorial medal on the Death of the Empress Elizabeth, which bears his full signature : B. K??MeHTOB?. I...
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KLUGE, WILHELM FRIEDRICH
KLUGE, WILHELM FRIEDRICH (French.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Vienna, now naturalized a Frenchman. He is a pupil of Tasset. At the Salon of 1901, he exhibited a Medal of the Central Protestant Society of Missions, and plaster casts of other medals, and in 1904 a Portrait-medal of H. H. Pope Pius X. Amongst his previous works are: 1886. The French Republic, medal. — 1887. Prize Medal for Athletic Sports ; — 1888. Medal of the General Transatlantic Company ; — 1891. Portrait-med...
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KLUGE, WILHELM FRIEDRICH (French.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Vienna, now naturalized a Frenchman. He is a pupil of Tasset. At the Salon of 1901, he exhibited a Medal of the Central Protestant Society of Missions, and plaster casts of other medals, and in 1904 a Portrait-medal of H. H. Pope Pius X. Amongst his previous works are: 1886. The French Republic, medal. — 1887. Prize Medal for Athletic Sports ; — 1888. Medal of the General Transatlantic Company ; — 1891. Portrait-med...
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