LANG, JOSEPH NIKOLAUS (Austr.). Medallist and Mint-engraver at Vienna, born at Insbruck in 1776, died at Vienna, 20. May 1835. He was a son and pupil of Thomas Lang, and was first employed at the mint of Hall in Tyrol, then as Assistant-engraver at the Vienna mint, 1815-1827. On January 30, 1828, he was promoted to the post of Director of the Vienna "Graveuraka-demie", and remained in office until his death. Joseph Lang was a very capable Engraver, and among his best productions I may mention : Prague University ;— Battle of Leipzig, 1813 ; — Battle of Waterloo, 1815; — Marriage of the Archduchess Leopoldine with Dom Pedro, Emperor of Brazil, ; — Anton Victor, Archduke of Austria, 1833 ; — Archduke Francis IV. of Modena, n. d.; — Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Modena, n. d. (illustrated) ; — Archduke Karl Ambros, son of Ferdinand of Modena, 1809 ; — Foundation of the Ossolinski Library at Lemberg, 1817; — Heinrich Friedrich Füger, Viennese painter, 1751-1818 ; dated 1819; — Prize Medal of the Styrian Agricultural Society; 1829; — Inauguration of Presburg Hospital, 1830 ; — School Prize Medal, with bust of the Emperor Francis I.; — Centenary of the canonization of Johannis von Nepomuk, 1829; — Alois Joseph Baron von Schrenk und Notzing, 1838 (given by Fiala to Josef Lang, but should probably be attributed to Franz Lang); — Alexander von Rudna, Inauguration of a new Church at Gran, 1820; — Enthronization Medal of Aloys Joseph, Count Kolowrat-Krakowsky, as Prince-Archbishop of Prague, 1831 ; — Enthronization Medal of Leopold Maximilian, Count Firmian, as Prince-Archbishop of Vienna, 1832; — School Prize Medal of Teschen, 1803; — Baron Dr A. J. von Stifft, Vienna, 1826; — Recovery of the Emperor Francis II., 1826; — Third Jubilee of the Reformation in Austria, 1817; — The Mineral springs of Baden in Austria, 1820; — Beethoven, 1827; — Niccolo Paganini, 1828; — Rudolph, Count Wrbna, 1823 ; — Dr Ernst August Kupfer, 1831 ; — Leopoldina Carolina, Archduchess of Austria, 1817; — Joseph Max, Count Ossolinski, 1817 ; — Leopoldina Charlotte Josepha, Archduchess of Austria, 1817, &c. Between 1815 and 1835, a great many of the dies ot coins struck at the Vienna Mint were cut by Lang. Matrices and puncheons for Hungarian Gulden and Twenty Kreutzer pieces, 1830, bearing Lang's signature are preserved at the Vienna Mint Museum. On his medals, Lang signed indifferently J. LANG F.; — JOS. LANG F. ; — LANG; — J. L. ; — JOSEF LANG F. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Domanig, Porträtmedaillen ?c. — Fiala, Beschreibung der Sammlung Böhmischer Münzen und Medaillen des Max Donebauer. — Katalog der Münzen-imd Medaillen-Stempel-Sammlung des K. K. Hauptmüntzamtes in Wien. — Ad. Hess Nachf., Reimmann Catalogue.
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
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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KRUEGER, FRIEDRICH HEINRICH
KRUEGER, FRIEDRICH HEINRICH (Germ.). Mint-engraver, and Medallist at Dresden ; born in 1749 ; died in 1805 (?) He studied the fine arts at the schools of his native city, and received tuition in medal engraving from the celebrated medallist, Wermuth. He then went to Denmark, and as a pupil of the Academy of Copenhagen gained two prizes. In 1777 he returned to Saxony, and executed various medals and works in ronde-bosse. In 1787 he was appointed Assistant-engraver, and in 1797, Chief-engraver at ...
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KRUEGER, FRIEDRICH HEINRICH (Germ.). Mint-engraver, and Medallist at Dresden ; born in 1749 ; died in 1805 (?) He studied the fine arts at the schools of his native city, and received tuition in medal engraving from the celebrated medallist, Wermuth. He then went to Denmark, and as a pupil of the Academy of Copenhagen gained two prizes. In 1777 he returned to Saxony, and executed various medals and works in ronde-bosse. In 1787 he was appointed Assistant-engraver, and in 1797, Chief-engraver at ...
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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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