LANGHERAERTSONE, JACQUES (Belg.).Mint-masterat Ghent, 1388.
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
Mint master:
In medieval and early modern Germany, the Münzmeister ("mint master", the Latin term is monetarius) was the director or administrator of a mint, a moneyer with responsibility for the minting of coins, or specie. His duties were defined differently at different locations and ages.
KRUEGER, CHRISTIAN JOSEPH
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 t...
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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 t...
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KRUEGER, KARL REINHARD
KRUEGER, KARL REINHARD (Germ.). Mint-engraver and Medallist at Dresden; born at Dresden, 20. March 1794; died there, 20. February 1879. He was apprenticed to D. Loos at Berlin, and became later Medallist to the Court of Saxony. His brother Ferdinand Anton K. was a clever Copper -plate-engraver. Most of K. R. Krueger's medals are connected with Saxon history; amongst them I may notice : Portrait-medal of Karl Maria von Weber, composer, 1825; — C. A. Böttiger, archaeologist, 1830; — Jubilee of Kin...
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KRUEGER, KARL REINHARD (Germ.). Mint-engraver and Medallist at Dresden; born at Dresden, 20. March 1794; died there, 20. February 1879. He was apprenticed to D. Loos at Berlin, and became later Medallist to the Court of Saxony. His brother Ferdinand Anton K. was a clever Copper -plate-engraver. Most of K. R. Krueger's medals are connected with Saxon history; amongst them I may notice : Portrait-medal of Karl Maria von Weber, composer, 1825; — C. A. Böttiger, archaeologist, 1830; — Jubilee of Kin...
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KRUG, HANS (JUNIOR)
KRUG, HANS (JUNIOR) (Germ.). Goldsmith and Mint-engraver at Nuremberg; died in December, 1518. He was appointed Diecutter at the Mint in 1513 (auf absteen Hannssen Craffts ist der Jung Hanns krug Goltschmied zu ainem eyssengraber ertailt und sol im acht guldin zu russgelt gegeben werden). Mint documents of 1517 again mention the Die-cutter Hans Krug the younger, and one of 1519, states that Hans Krug the younger having died in December 1518, the Town Council of Nuremberg resorted again to Hans ...
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KRUG, HANS (JUNIOR) (Germ.). Goldsmith and Mint-engraver at Nuremberg; died in December, 1518. He was appointed Diecutter at the Mint in 1513 (auf absteen Hannssen Craffts ist der Jung Hanns krug Goltschmied zu ainem eyssengraber ertailt und sol im acht guldin zu russgelt gegeben werden). Mint documents of 1517 again mention the Die-cutter Hans Krug the younger, and one of 1519, states that Hans Krug the younger having died in December 1518, the Town Council of Nuremberg resorted again to Hans ...
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KRUG, HANS (SENIOR)
KRUG, HANS (SENIOR). (Germ.). Goldsmith, Die-cutter and Mintmaster at Nuremberg, 1496-1509; died in 1514. He also excelled in the casting of medals. In a document, dated 1509, he declares himself ready to undertake the casting of two medals (Pfenninge), in a clean and masterly manner (reiner und werklicher), of the Prince-Elector of Saxony, on the casting of which medals Dürer was to have been consulted. He may have been the Engraver of Tentzel, PI. II, nos I, II, III, Double Thaler, 1517, Thale...
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KRUG, HANS (SENIOR). (Germ.). Goldsmith, Die-cutter and Mintmaster at Nuremberg, 1496-1509; died in 1514. He also excelled in the casting of medals. In a document, dated 1509, he declares himself ready to undertake the casting of two medals (Pfenninge), in a clean and masterly manner (reiner und werklicher), of the Prince-Elector of Saxony, on the casting of which medals Dürer was to have been consulted. He may have been the Engraver of Tentzel, PI. II, nos I, II, III, Double Thaler, 1517, Thale...
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