LAGRANGE, JEAN (French). Medallist, Gem- and Coin-engraver, born at Lyons, on the 6th of November 1831. Pupil of V. Vibert, H. Flandrin, and J. Perrault; entered the Ecole des Beaux- Arts, 8. October 1857; First Grand Prix de Rome for medal-engraving, 1861 (subject : A warrior placing palm-branch on altar of Mars) ; Medal of the Third Class, 1874; and of the Second Class, 1879; Knight of the Legion of Honour. Between 1880 and 1896, Lagrange was Chief-engraver at the Paris Mint; his issues bear fasces as distinctive mark. In his official capacity, he was entrusted with the cutting of Coin-dies for the French colonies and various foreign countries, as Abyssinia, Guatelama, Tunis, &c. The first coinage of Menehk, Emperor of Abyssinia, issued at the Paris Mint in 1894, and consisting of four pieces, the Talaro, Half, Quarter, and Eighth Talaro, bears Lagrange's signature in full. The artist exhibited Proof and Pattern pieces of the 1/2, 1/3 and 1/4 Talari at the Universal Exposition of 1900. Amongst Lagrange's best known medallic productions are the following : 1865. Commemorative medal of the Annexation of Savoy to France ; — 1867. Portrait-medallion of M. X***; — 1869. Portrait-medallion, Medal, and Cameo ; — Music ; — Syracuse, cameo in cornelian; — 1870. Agricultural Prize Medal; — 1872. Onyx cameo; copy of an ancient coin ; — 1874. Milo of Croton, medal; — The Paris Law Courts, model bas-relief; — 1876. Commemorative medal of the New Opera; — 1877. Commemorative medal of the Paris Law Courts; — Medal of the Coulmiers Monument; — Portrait-medallion of M. X***;— 1878. Commemorative medal of the Paris Palais de Justice; — Agricultural Prize Medal; — Prize Medal for Music; — Prize Medal for good Draughtsmanship; — 1879. Prize Medal of the Noumea Exhibition ; — Prize Medal of the Salon ; — French Coinage, 1880-1896 ; — Guatemala Peso, 4 and 2 Reales, 1, 1/2, and 1/4 Real, 1893 , also Pattern 10 Pesos and 5 Pesos; — Tunisian Coinage, Al 20 and 10 Francs; AR. 2 and I Francs; 50 Centimes; ? 10 and 5 Centimes; — Indo-China, AR. Piastre, 50, 20 and 10 Centiémes ; ?. 1 Centi?me and Sap?que; — Abyssinian Coinage; — Morocco, AR. 5, 2 1/2, 1 and 1/2 Ounces, &c. ; — Commemorative medal of Francois Adrien Boieldieu (after Dantan) ; — Bust of Napoleon III. in aquamarine, forming the central piece of a jewel executed by Froment-Meurice and destroyed in the Fire of the Hôtel-de-Ville under the Commune in 1871 ; — Medal representing a Sower; — The Miner; — Drawing; — Milo of Croton, after Puget; — Annexation of Nice and Savoy ; — Obligatory Education ; — The Paris Opera, &c. Several of Lagrange's works may be seen at the Luxembourg Museum, Paris. “ La technique de M. Lagrange, qui est, lui aussi, un ancien, diff?re de la mani?re large et libre de ses confr?res plus jeunes; mais n'est-il pas intéressant de voir le vieil artiste suivre le mouvement et, en ces derni?res années, montrer dans une médaille représentant un Mineur une juvénilité, une souplesse qui témoignent que son esprit alerte a suivi avec intér?t les recherches de la nouvelle école ?" (Saunier, La Médaille francaise contemporaine, L'Art décoratif, Octobre 1901, p. 34). Lagrange, who distinguished himself also as a statuary, stands foremost in the pleiad of French medallists, and his success is well deserved. Bibliography. — R. Marx, Médailleurs francais, 1889; — Médailleurs contemporains; — Médailleurs modernes ? l' Exposition de 1900. — Chavignerie et Auvray, op. cit., I, p. 876. — Babelon, La Gravure en pierres fines. — Bénédite, Catalogue du Musée du Luxembourg. — Art décoratif, Octobre 1901, p. 34. — Num. Circ., 1895, col. 1214. — Annuaire numismatique, 1895, p. 493. — Revue belge de numismatique, 1874, p. 399.
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
KONSE
KONSE or KONZE, C. F. (Dutch). Medallist of the second half of the eighteenth century ; pupil of Lageman. By him are the following medals in the Museum at The Hague : Inauguration of Willem V. as Stadhouder, 1766; — Visit of Prince Willem V. and consort, Frederica Sophia Wilhelmina to Amsterdam, 1768; — Birth of the Prince of Orange, 28. November 1770 ; — The Walloon Orphanage at Amsterdam, 1770; — Inauguration of the Lutheran Deaconry at Amsterdam, 1771 ; — Peter Curtenius, theologian of Amste...
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KONSE or KONZE, C. F. (Dutch). Medallist of the second half of the eighteenth century ; pupil of Lageman. By him are the following medals in the Museum at The Hague : Inauguration of Willem V. as Stadhouder, 1766; — Visit of Prince Willem V. and consort, Frederica Sophia Wilhelmina to Amsterdam, 1768; — Birth of the Prince of Orange, 28. November 1770 ; — The Walloon Orphanage at Amsterdam, 1770; — Inauguration of the Lutheran Deaconry at Amsterdam, 1771 ; — Peter Curtenius, theologian of Amste...
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KORN, FERDINAND
KORN, FERDINAND (Germ.). Medallist and Coin-engraver of the second half of the nineteenth century. He was born at Mayence, circa 1825-1830; worked as Engraver at the Düsseldorf Mint, then at Mayence, previous to 1855 ; nominated Chief-engraver at Berne, by the Swiss Federal Council, on the 16th of March 1855; Director of the Swiss Federal Mint, 1. April 1858 to 1. April 1859; Mint-master and Chief-engraver at Wiesbaden, and Medallist to the Government of the Duchy of Nassau, 1859-1866. During hi...
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KORN, FERDINAND (Germ.). Medallist and Coin-engraver of the second half of the nineteenth century. He was born at Mayence, circa 1825-1830; worked as Engraver at the Düsseldorf Mint, then at Mayence, previous to 1855 ; nominated Chief-engraver at Berne, by the Swiss Federal Council, on the 16th of March 1855; Director of the Swiss Federal Mint, 1. April 1858 to 1. April 1859; Mint-master and Chief-engraver at Wiesbaden, and Medallist to the Government of the Duchy of Nassau, 1859-1866. During hi...
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KÖRNLEIN, JOHANN NICOLAUS
KÖRNLEIN, JOHANN NICOLAUS (Germ.). Mint-engraver at Ratisbon, and Medallist there, 1758-1801.. His signature on medals occurs as : I. N. K; — I. N. KOERNLEIN. F. R. ; — KÖRNLEIN, &c. By him are: " Archery" medallic Thaler, 1763; — Medallic Gulden, 1763, obv. MEMORIAE. PACIS TERRA &c.; — Marriage of Joseph II. with Princess Josepha of Bavaria, 1765 ; — Conv. Thaler of Joseph Conrad, Bishop of Freising (1790-1803); — Anton Ignaz, Count Fugger, Bishop of Ratisbon, 1786; — Medallic Thaler of Ratisbo...
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KÖRNLEIN, JOHANN NICOLAUS (Germ.). Mint-engraver at Ratisbon, and Medallist there, 1758-1801.. His signature on medals occurs as : I. N. K; — I. N. KOERNLEIN. F. R. ; — KÖRNLEIN, &c. By him are: " Archery" medallic Thaler, 1763; — Medallic Gulden, 1763, obv. MEMORIAE. PACIS TERRA &c.; — Marriage of Joseph II. with Princess Josepha of Bavaria, 1765 ; — Conv. Thaler of Joseph Conrad, Bishop of Freising (1790-1803); — Anton Ignaz, Count Fugger, Bishop of Ratisbon, 1786; — Medallic Thaler of Ratisbo...
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KORNMANN, JOHANN, J.
KORNMANN, JOHANN, J. ; also CORMANO, GIOVANNI JACOBO (Germ.). Goldsmith, Wax-modeller, and Medallist of Augsburg, of the seventeenth century, who worked at Venice and Rome, during the latter part of his life, for several Cardinals, and Popes Urban VIII. and Innocent X., 1630-1650. We read the following notice of the artist in Bolzenthal : " A much greater celebrity is attached to the name of Johann Kornmann on whom Nature had liberally bestowed her favours. He was born at Augsburg, but inspired ...
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KORNMANN, JOHANN, J. ; also CORMANO, GIOVANNI JACOBO (Germ.). Goldsmith, Wax-modeller, and Medallist of Augsburg, of the seventeenth century, who worked at Venice and Rome, during the latter part of his life, for several Cardinals, and Popes Urban VIII. and Innocent X., 1630-1650. We read the following notice of the artist in Bolzenthal : " A much greater celebrity is attached to the name of Johann Kornmann on whom Nature had liberally bestowed her favours. He was born at Augsburg, but inspired ...
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