LAMBELET, SAMUEL (Germ.). Medallist of the latter end of the seventeenth century, and first three decades of the eighteenth, circ. 1698-1727. He was a native of Clausthal, but his family must have originally come from Neuchâtel. Previous to 1699 he may have worked for some time at Paris and is said to have been engaged on the medallic series of Louis XIV., as some of his signed medals show, and from 1699 to 1727 he was Medallist to the House of Brunswick- Lüneburg. Ammon calls him a clever Engraver, and states that his productions are variously signed : S. L. ; — S. LAMBELET ; — S. LAMBELET ; — or S. LAMBELET FEC. By him are : Louis XIV. receives James II., 1689 ; — Action off Beachy Head, 1690 ; — Princess Matilda of England and the Electress Sophia, 1701 (signed : S. LAMBELET on obv. and : S. L. on R.); — Augustus William of Brunswick-Lüneburg R. The new Church and residential Castle at Wolffenbüttel. 1718 ; — Commemorative medals of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Vollständ. Braunschw. Lüneburg; Münz und Medaillen Cabinet, nos 579, 605, 639, 895, 992, 1059 and Int., p. XLVI). Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Franks & Grueber, Medallic Illustrations, &c. — Amnion, op. cit. — Numophyl. Burckhard. P. II, nos 2537 et 2554 — Nagler, Monogrammisten, 1881 , Vol. V, n° 159. — Reimmann Catalogue, II, n° 3867.
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
KRAFFT, HANS
KRAFFT, HANS (Germ.). Goldsmith of Nuremberg, early part of the sixteenth century; died in 1523 (?) Ehrenberg, Nachrichten über Nürnberger Münz-und Medaillen-Prägungen im Auftrage Friedrichs des Weisen von Sachsen, 1889, has been able to identify him as the Engraver of the coins of Frederick the Wise of Saxony (from circa 1510), from designs by the " Meister Lux", also named " Maler Moller", probably Lucas Cranach. Hans Krafft succeeded Hans Krug the Elder as Mint-engraver at Nuremberg in 1509...
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KRAFFT, HANS (Germ.). Goldsmith of Nuremberg, early part of the sixteenth century; died in 1523 (?) Ehrenberg, Nachrichten über Nürnberger Münz-und Medaillen-Prägungen im Auftrage Friedrichs des Weisen von Sachsen, 1889, has been able to identify him as the Engraver of the coins of Frederick the Wise of Saxony (from circa 1510), from designs by the " Meister Lux", also named " Maler Moller", probably Lucas Cranach. Hans Krafft succeeded Hans Krug the Elder as Mint-engraver at Nuremberg in 1509...
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KRAFFT, JOHANN MARTIN
KRAFFT, JOHANN MARTIN (Austr.). Medallist, and Assistant Mintengraver at Vienna, circa 1756-1769; then Chief-engraver at the Mint of Milan, 1770-1777; and later at Munich, where he died in 1781, at the age of 43. His signature occurs on the following medals : Victory of Count Daun against the Prussians near Kolin, 18. June 1757 (engraved in conjunction with A. Wideman) ; — Coronation of the Archduke Joseph at Frankfort-on-M., 3. April 1764 (signed : KRAFFT. F.); — Recovery of the Empress Maria ...
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KRAFFT, JOHANN MARTIN (Austr.). Medallist, and Assistant Mintengraver at Vienna, circa 1756-1769; then Chief-engraver at the Mint of Milan, 1770-1777; and later at Munich, where he died in 1781, at the age of 43. His signature occurs on the following medals : Victory of Count Daun against the Prussians near Kolin, 18. June 1757 (engraved in conjunction with A. Wideman) ; — Coronation of the Archduke Joseph at Frankfort-on-M., 3. April 1764 (signed : KRAFFT. F.); — Recovery of the Empress Maria ...
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KRAFFT, MARTIN
KRAFFT, MARTIN (Austr.) Medallist, and Mint-engraver at Vienna, Munich and Milan, during the second and third quarters of the eighteenth century ; born in 1738 ; died at Munich in 1781. He is mentioned as student at the Vienna Mint School of Engraving (Graveurkunstscholar), 1771-1775 ; Assistant-engraver at the Mint, after 1775. About this time, offers were made to the Engraver of a post at the Brussels mint, which he declined. He engraved, amongst others, a Portrait-medal of Hieronymus, Archbis...
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KRAFFT, MARTIN (Austr.) Medallist, and Mint-engraver at Vienna, Munich and Milan, during the second and third quarters of the eighteenth century ; born in 1738 ; died at Munich in 1781. He is mentioned as student at the Vienna Mint School of Engraving (Graveurkunstscholar), 1771-1775 ; Assistant-engraver at the Mint, after 1775. About this time, offers were made to the Engraver of a post at the Brussels mint, which he declined. He engraved, amongst others, a Portrait-medal of Hieronymus, Archbis...
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KRAPP, HANS
KRAPP or KRAPPE, HANS (Germ.). A burgher of Breslau; contracted to work the Royal Mint of Breslau, 1540-1541 ; appointed on Nov. 13, 1545, by the Prince-Elector Joachim of Brandenburg Mint-master-general throughout his dominions. By a resolution dated Prague, 1. Feb. 1540, King Ferdinand ordered Krapp to pay, instead of his yearly due of 900 Gulden, a Royalty of 10 Kreutzer or 5 Silesian Groschen on each Mark of silver coined by him. Bibliography. — Friedensburg, op. cil. — Oesterreicher, op. ci...
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KRAPP or KRAPPE, HANS (Germ.). A burgher of Breslau; contracted to work the Royal Mint of Breslau, 1540-1541 ; appointed on Nov. 13, 1545, by the Prince-Elector Joachim of Brandenburg Mint-master-general throughout his dominions. By a resolution dated Prague, 1. Feb. 1540, King Ferdinand ordered Krapp to pay, instead of his yearly due of 900 Gulden, a Royalty of 10 Kreutzer or 5 Silesian Groschen on each Mark of silver coined by him. Bibliography. — Friedensburg, op. cil. — Oesterreicher, op. ci...
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