KRONIOS (Greek). One of the few names of ancient Gem-engravers whom Pliny has left on record. King, Handbook ?c., p. 266, gives three gems, all of which are modern, bearing that signature : Terpsichore, standing, and resting her lyre on a cippus : suspected by Bracci to be the work of Sirletti ;— Jupiter caressing his eagle : cameo (old Poniatowski Colln) ; — Perseus with the head of Medusa KP?NIOY : sard (Devonshire). Known to be modern. Bibliography. — Furtwängler, Gemmen mit Künstlerinschriften, 1889.
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
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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KNEASS, WILLIAM
KNEASS, WILLIAM (Amer.). Mint-engraver at Philadelphia 1823- 1840. He was born at Lancaster, Pa., September, 1781, and was appointed Engraver, January 29, 1824. Before taking office at the Mint, he had been chiefly a plate engraver for book-work. During his term, there were some notable changes in the coinage, as in 1834 and 1838 for gold, and 1836, 1837, 1838, and 1840, for silver. But some of this work was done by Gobrecht. Kneass is the author of a Pattern Half-Dollar of 1838, on which his na...
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KNEASS, WILLIAM (Amer.). Mint-engraver at Philadelphia 1823- 1840. He was born at Lancaster, Pa., September, 1781, and was appointed Engraver, January 29, 1824. Before taking office at the Mint, he had been chiefly a plate engraver for book-work. During his term, there were some notable changes in the coinage, as in 1834 and 1838 for gold, and 1836, 1837, 1838, and 1840, for silver. But some of this work was done by Gobrecht. Kneass is the author of a Pattern Half-Dollar of 1838, on which his na...
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