KRUEGER, CHRISTIAN JOSEPH (Germ.). Mint-engraver and Medallist at Dresden ; son of EPHRAIM BENJAMIN K. and younger brother of FRIEDRICH HEINRICH K. ; born at Dresden in 1759, and died there on the 4th of February 1814. He studied drawing and sculpture at the Academy of Dresden, under the direction of Hutin and Knöfler. After eight years' studies, he undertook journeys through Livonia and Russia, and worked at various places, giving his special attention to Portrait-medallions in wax, busts and terra-cottas. At St. Petersburg he first began medal-engraving, to which art he later on devoted himself entirely. He was employed in Prussia, and called back to Dresden in 1790, as second Engraver to the Mint. Amongst his best known medals are ; Conclusion of the Treaty of Pilnitz, 1791 (signed : C. I. KRÜGER IUN.); — Mayen captured from the French by the Prussians, 1793 (signed : C. I. KRÜGER F.) ; — Peace of Tilsit, 1807, R. IM GENUSS WOHLTHÄTIGER RUHE; — The new Century, 1800; — Georg Joachim Zollikofer, theologian of Leipzig, † 1788 ; — Reinhard, Saxon theologian; — Jubilee of Franz Georg Lock, Bishop of Bautzen, 1801; — Dr E. Jenner, Peace of Lunéville, 1801 (2var.); — The Electorate of Saxony erected into a Kingdom, 1806; — Napoleon at Dresden, 1807. By him are also : Crucifix in ivory; — Venus and Amor (after Knöfler) ; — Charon (after Hutin), &c. in terra cotta. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Edwards, The Napoleon Medals. — Hennin, Histoire numismatique de la Révolution francaise. — Tobler-Meyer, Wunderly v. Muralt Catalogue. — Reimmann Catalogue. — Müller and Singer, Algemeines Künstler- Lexicon, 1896.
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
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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KNOBLAUCH, JAKOB
KNOBLAUCH, JAKOB (Germ.) and Konrad Gross were "ordered and allowed “ by the Emperor Louis V. of Bavaria to strike Pfennige (Frankfurter) and Gulden, 4. September 1340. On the 18. February 1345, Knoblauch received another commission to issue Gros Tournois, "ein muntze von grozzen turnosen, die vier und sechtzig ane ein vierteil eins turnos an ein franckenfurdische mark gend. “ Knoblauch, whose name sometimes occurs as CHNOBLAUCH, also minted Hellers. Bibliography. — Paul Joseph u. Eduard Fellne...
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KNOBLAUCH, JAKOB (Germ.) and Konrad Gross were "ordered and allowed “ by the Emperor Louis V. of Bavaria to strike Pfennige (Frankfurter) and Gulden, 4. September 1340. On the 18. February 1345, Knoblauch received another commission to issue Gros Tournois, "ein muntze von grozzen turnosen, die vier und sechtzig ane ein vierteil eins turnos an ein franckenfurdische mark gend. “ Knoblauch, whose name sometimes occurs as CHNOBLAUCH, also minted Hellers. Bibliography. — Paul Joseph u. Eduard Fellne...
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KNOPF, HEINRICH
KNOPF, HEINRICH (Germ.). Goldsmith and Wax-modeller of Nuremberg, in the early part ot the seventeenth century, circa 1601- 1610. In contemporary documents he is styled " Conterfeter in Wachs". In 1601 he executed a medal of the Bishop of Bamberg, Johann Philipp von Gebsattel (illustrated), and received for the model and moulds 70 florins. These medals, observes Erman, were cast, as they were wanted, in the following years, by Knopf himself and the Bamberg Goldsmiths Paul Imhot, Marx Goldschmid,...
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KNOPF, HEINRICH (Germ.). Goldsmith and Wax-modeller of Nuremberg, in the early part ot the seventeenth century, circa 1601- 1610. In contemporary documents he is styled " Conterfeter in Wachs". In 1601 he executed a medal of the Bishop of Bamberg, Johann Philipp von Gebsattel (illustrated), and received for the model and moulds 70 florins. These medals, observes Erman, were cast, as they were wanted, in the following years, by Knopf himself and the Bamberg Goldsmiths Paul Imhot, Marx Goldschmid,...
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