LANGLOIS, PAUL (French). Seal-engraver at Paris, circa 1680-1688. He is mentioned in documents of that time in connection with work he undertook for the Medal Mint. Bibliography. — J. J. Guiffrey, La Monnaie des Médailles, &c. — Babelon, Histoire de la gravure sur gemmes en France, 1902.
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 (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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KRUSE, BRUNO
KRUSE, BRUNO (Germ.). Contemporary Sculptor, and Medallist, born I. June 1855 at Hamburg, now residing at Berlin. He studied at Dresden under Professor Schilling. In 1901, he was commissioned by the Academy of Sciences of Berlin to model a Plaquette on the 80th Birthday ot Virchow, and another of Privy-Councillor von Leyden, issued for the Medical Congress in 1902; — Schiller; — Portrait-plaquette of the Grand Duchess of Saxe- Weimar, 1903; — Mommsen; — Professor Frenzel, on his 70th Birthday; —...
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KRUSE, BRUNO (Germ.). Contemporary Sculptor, and Medallist, born I. June 1855 at Hamburg, now residing at Berlin. He studied at Dresden under Professor Schilling. In 1901, he was commissioned by the Academy of Sciences of Berlin to model a Plaquette on the 80th Birthday ot Virchow, and another of Privy-Councillor von Leyden, issued for the Medical Congress in 1902; — Schiller; — Portrait-plaquette of the Grand Duchess of Saxe- Weimar, 1903; — Mommsen; — Professor Frenzel, on his 70th Birthday; —...
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