LAURENTIUS PARMENSIS, also LORENZO DI PARMA or PARMIGGIANO, but really LORENZO CARTERONE. Gem-engraver and Medallist at Rome, † 1585. Signed also LAV. PAR or L. PAR and L. PARM. Bibliography. — Schlickeysen-Pallmann, op. cit.
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
LAGRANGE, JEAN
LAGRANGE, JEAN (French). Medallist, Gem- and Coin-engraver, born at Lyons, on the 6th of November 1831. Pupil of V. Vibert, H. Flandrin, and J. Perrault; entered the Ecole des Beaux- Arts, 8. October 1857; First Grand Prix de Rome for medal-engraving, 1861 (subject : A warrior placing palm-branch on altar of Mars) ; Medal of the Third Class, 1874; and of the Second Class, 1879; Knight of the Legion of Honour. Between 1880 and 1896, Lagrange was Chief-engraver at the Paris Mint; his issues bear f...
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LAGRANGE, JEAN (French). Medallist, Gem- and Coin-engraver, born at Lyons, on the 6th of November 1831. Pupil of V. Vibert, H. Flandrin, and J. Perrault; entered the Ecole des Beaux- Arts, 8. October 1857; First Grand Prix de Rome for medal-engraving, 1861 (subject : A warrior placing palm-branch on altar of Mars) ; Medal of the Third Class, 1874; and of the Second Class, 1879; Knight of the Legion of Honour. Between 1880 and 1896, Lagrange was Chief-engraver at the Paris Mint; his issues bear f...
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LAILLIER, ETIENNE
LAILLIER, ETIENNE (French). Mint-master at Chalons-sur-Marne, circ. 1423-1425, under Henry VI. of England. The following coins were issued at that Mint, and bear a crescent as mint-mark : Al. Salutes and Angelots (none yet found); AR. Blancs and Petits Blancs; billon, Deniers Tournois. Bibliography. — R. Serrure, Dictionnaire géographique de l' Histoire monétaire de la France, Paris, 1887, p. 160. — De Saulcy, Histoire numismatique de Henri V et Henri VI, rois d'Angleterre, pendant qu'ils ont ré...
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LAILLIER, ETIENNE (French). Mint-master at Chalons-sur-Marne, circ. 1423-1425, under Henry VI. of England. The following coins were issued at that Mint, and bear a crescent as mint-mark : Al. Salutes and Angelots (none yet found); AR. Blancs and Petits Blancs; billon, Deniers Tournois. Bibliography. — R. Serrure, Dictionnaire géographique de l' Histoire monétaire de la France, Paris, 1887, p. 160. — De Saulcy, Histoire numismatique de Henri V et Henri VI, rois d'Angleterre, pendant qu'ils ont ré...
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LAING, HENRY (2.)
LAING, HENRY (Brit.). Son of the last; was born in London in 1803. At the age of about fourteen he was apprenticed to William Tassie, under whom he acquired a knowledge of drawing and modelling, and imbibed that love for art and archaeology which became the master passion of his life. He remained some eight years with Tassie ; and then entered into partnership with Daniel Newton Crouch, a Seal-engraver in London, whose sister he atterwards married. About 1829 he settled in Edinburgh as a Gemengr...
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LAING, HENRY (Brit.). Son of the last; was born in London in 1803. At the age of about fourteen he was apprenticed to William Tassie, under whom he acquired a knowledge of drawing and modelling, and imbibed that love for art and archaeology which became the master passion of his life. He remained some eight years with Tassie ; and then entered into partnership with Daniel Newton Crouch, a Seal-engraver in London, whose sister he atterwards married. About 1829 he settled in Edinburgh as a Gemengr...
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LALIQUE, RENÉ
LALIQUE, RENÉ (French). Artist Goldsmith and Jeweller, born at Ay-en-Champagne (Marne); pupil of the Ecole des Arts décoratifs; worked first for many years as a Designer of jewellery and practical Goldsmith for various firms; started business on his. own account in 1885 and won various distinctions at English exhibitions, but owes his fame partly to the patronage and encouragement of the great French actress, Mme Sarah Bernhard, who brought his genius and talent before the public notice, by wear...
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LALIQUE, RENÉ (French). Artist Goldsmith and Jeweller, born at Ay-en-Champagne (Marne); pupil of the Ecole des Arts décoratifs; worked first for many years as a Designer of jewellery and practical Goldsmith for various firms; started business on his. own account in 1885 and won various distinctions at English exhibitions, but owes his fame partly to the patronage and encouragement of the great French actress, Mme Sarah Bernhard, who brought his genius and talent before the public notice, by wear...
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