LANDRY, AMI JEAN JACQUES (Swiss). Watch-case-engraver and Medallist, born at Le Locle (canton Neuchâtel), 9. July 1800, died in March 1856. He was the first to introduce the press to stamp watch-cases in the watch-manufacturing district of Switzerland. His press soon obtained fame, and it was used in 1835 by John and Marc Louis Bovy to strike Antoine Bovy's large Medal of Calvin which on account of the high relief required a powerful press. As a Medallist, he has produced : Commemorative medal awarded to J. J. Huguenin for his services to the State, 1830; — Third Centenary of the Reformation at Neuchâtel, with bust of William Farel, 1830; — Medal presented by the Legislative Council of Neuchâtel to General von Pfuel, Prussian Royal Commissioner, 1831, etc. The Medallist, M. Fritz Landry, is Ami Landry's nephew. Bibliography. — A. Bachelin, Ami-Jean-Jacques Landry, Musée neuchâtelois, 1882, p. 64.
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
KRIEGER, ALBRECHT
KRIEGER, ALBRECHT (Germ.). Mint-engraver and Medallist at Leipzig, during the second half of the seventeenth century. His signature A. B. K. occurs on medals of Duke Bernhard II. of Saxony, one of them commemorating his 35th Birthday, 1672, Duke Johann Adolph of Weissenfels, and Reformation Medals, 1717, with portrait of Luther, &c. The work on these, says Bolzenthal, " is of inferior merit ". Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Th. Distel, Albrecht Kriegers Reformations Medaillen var. 1717, ...
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KRIEGER, ALBRECHT (Germ.). Mint-engraver and Medallist at Leipzig, during the second half of the seventeenth century. His signature A. B. K. occurs on medals of Duke Bernhard II. of Saxony, one of them commemorating his 35th Birthday, 1672, Duke Johann Adolph of Weissenfels, and Reformation Medals, 1717, with portrait of Luther, &c. The work on these, says Bolzenthal, " is of inferior merit ". Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Th. Distel, Albrecht Kriegers Reformations Medaillen var. 1717, ...
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KRIZ, WENZEL
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, 18...
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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, 18...
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KROHN, FREDERICK CHRISTOPHER
KROHN, FREDERICK CHRISTOPHER (Dan.). Sculptor- and Medallist, born at Copenhagen, 4. August 1806; Pupil of the Copenhagen Academy of Fine Arts, Dalou,Freund, and Brandt; Mint-engraver there, from 1833 until 1863 or later. He is usually known as FRITZ KROHN. His signature occurs as F. KROHN K. or F. K. By him are : Jubilee of the University of Kiel, 1834; — Portrait-medallion of Frederick VI. of Denmark R AEQVITAS AVGVSTI, 1834; — Industrial Exhibition at Copenhagen, 1836; — Herman Wessel, poet,...
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KROHN, FREDERICK CHRISTOPHER (Dan.). Sculptor- and Medallist, born at Copenhagen, 4. August 1806; Pupil of the Copenhagen Academy of Fine Arts, Dalou,Freund, and Brandt; Mint-engraver there, from 1833 until 1863 or later. He is usually known as FRITZ KROHN. His signature occurs as F. KROHN K. or F. K. By him are : Jubilee of the University of Kiel, 1834; — Portrait-medallion of Frederick VI. of Denmark R AEQVITAS AVGVSTI, 1834; — Industrial Exhibition at Copenhagen, 1836; — Herman Wessel, poet,...
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KRONIOS
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 Künstlerinschrift...
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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 Künstlerinschrift...
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