LANGLOIS, GUILLAUME (French). Mint-engraver at Nantes, circa 1643-1653 and later. He signed G.Langlois.
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
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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KRUG, LUDWIG
KRUG, LUDWIG (Genn.). Goldsmith, Sculptor, Medallist, Painter and Copper plate-engraver of the sixteenth century ; died at Nuremberg in 1532. He was the son of Hans Krug the Elder. Neudörffer (p. 124 ed. Lochner) remarks : "Er hatte Verstand der Silber-und Goldarbeit, im Reissen, Stechen, Graben, Schmelzen, Malen, Schneiden, Conterfetten... . Was er aber in Stein, Camee und Eisen schnitt das war auch bei den Wahlen (Wälschen) löblich... . Als aber Herr Melchior Pfinzing, Propst zu St. Sebald, we...
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KRUG, LUDWIG (Genn.). Goldsmith, Sculptor, Medallist, Painter and Copper plate-engraver of the sixteenth century ; died at Nuremberg in 1532. He was the son of Hans Krug the Elder. Neudörffer (p. 124 ed. Lochner) remarks : "Er hatte Verstand der Silber-und Goldarbeit, im Reissen, Stechen, Graben, Schmelzen, Malen, Schneiden, Conterfetten... . Was er aber in Stein, Camee und Eisen schnitt das war auch bei den Wahlen (Wälschen) löblich... . Als aber Herr Melchior Pfinzing, Propst zu St. Sebald, we...
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KRULL, CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH
KRULL, CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH (Germ.). Architect, Steel-engraver, and Medallist, born in 1748 at Hessem (Wolfenbüttel) ; died in 1787 at Brunswick. He was a self-made man. In 1780 he was appointed Mint-commissioner (Münzcommissär) and Medallist to the city of Brunswick. There is a terra-cotta bust by him of the poet Lessing, and various coins and medals : Portrait-medal of Duke Leopold; — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, 1781 (illustrated); — Memorial Medal of Maximilian Julius Leopold, Duke of Brunswick ...
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KRULL, CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH (Germ.). Architect, Steel-engraver, and Medallist, born in 1748 at Hessem (Wolfenbüttel) ; died in 1787 at Brunswick. He was a self-made man. In 1780 he was appointed Mint-commissioner (Münzcommissär) and Medallist to the city of Brunswick. There is a terra-cotta bust by him of the poet Lessing, and various coins and medals : Portrait-medal of Duke Leopold; — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, 1781 (illustrated); — Memorial Medal of Maximilian Julius Leopold, Duke of Brunswick ...
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