KRESS, GUSTAVUS (Germ.). Die-sinker, whose signature occurs on a medal of Goethe, 1863.
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
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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KNAUER, GEORGES FRÉDÉRIC
KNAUER, GEORGES FRÉDÉRIC (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Gem-engraver; son of Henri Auguste K. At the Salon of 1877, he exhibited a shell cameo representing Captive Hebrews at Babylon ; and in 1878, an agate cameo, Castor and Pollux; — 1883. Henry IV. agate cameo ; — Minerva, sardonyx cameo ; — Themistocles, carnelian cameo; — Joan of Arc, sardonyx intaglio; — Nestor, jasper intaglio ; — Bayard, sardonyx intaglio ; — Othello and Desdemona, cameo, &c. Bibliography. — Chavignerie et Auvray, op...
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KNAUER, GEORGES FRÉDÉRIC (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Gem-engraver; son of Henri Auguste K. At the Salon of 1877, he exhibited a shell cameo representing Captive Hebrews at Babylon ; and in 1878, an agate cameo, Castor and Pollux; — 1883. Henry IV. agate cameo ; — Minerva, sardonyx cameo ; — Themistocles, carnelian cameo; — Joan of Arc, sardonyx intaglio; — Nestor, jasper intaglio ; — Bayard, sardonyx intaglio ; — Othello and Desdemona, cameo, &c. Bibliography. — Chavignerie et Auvray, op...
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