KRIZ, WENZEL (Bohem.). Medallist of Prague, who died in 1887. By him are the following medals : Hynck J. Heger, stenographer, 1808-1854; — John Huss, 5th Centenary, 1868; — Josef Jungmann, linguist, 1773-1847; — Ticket of the Karlsbad Library; — Prize Medal of the Agricultural Exhibition at Chrudim, 1881; — Prize Medal of the Agricultural Exhibition at Mistek, 1876; — Prize Medal of the Bohemian Industrial Society, 1872; — Another, of 1876 ; — Prize Medal of the Bohemian Agricultural Society, 1879; — Prize Medal for Apiculture ; — Arrival of American Czechs, 1885; — Industrial Exhibition at Raudnitz, 1884; — Industrial Exhibition at Tabor, 1886 ; — Memorial Medal of the Emperor Ferdinand I., on his death, 1875 ; — Visit to Prague of the Emperor Francis Joseph, 1874, &c.
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
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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KNAUST, JOHANN CHRISTIAN
KNAUST, JOHANN CHRISTIAN (Germ.). Mint-warden at Saalfeld, 1764; Mint-master there, 1765-1794. His initials I.C.K. occur on some of his issues. I have noticed them on the following coins of Schwarzburg- Rudolstadt : Ludwig Günther I., Conv. Thaler, 1768; — Conv. Thaler, 1780, on the Marriage of the Hereditary Prince Frederick Charles with Augusta of Saxe-Gotha ; — Conv. Thaler, 1786; — Friedrich Carl, Conv. Thaler, 1791; also on currency of Saxe-Saalfeld : Ernst Friedrich, Conv. Thaler, 1765, &c...
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KNAUST, JOHANN CHRISTIAN (Germ.). Mint-warden at Saalfeld, 1764; Mint-master there, 1765-1794. His initials I.C.K. occur on some of his issues. I have noticed them on the following coins of Schwarzburg- Rudolstadt : Ludwig Günther I., Conv. Thaler, 1768; — Conv. Thaler, 1780, on the Marriage of the Hereditary Prince Frederick Charles with Augusta of Saxe-Gotha ; — Conv. Thaler, 1786; — Friedrich Carl, Conv. Thaler, 1791; also on currency of Saxe-Saalfeld : Ernst Friedrich, Conv. Thaler, 1765, &c...
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