LEBERECHT, F. (Germ.). Medallist, and Gem-engraver, born at Meiningen in 1749, was appointed Engraver to the Russian Mint in 1775 ; in 1794 he became an Academician, and a little later, Chief-Medallist to the Court ; he further rose to the dignity of a Councillor of State, and died in 1827. For several years, previous to his death, the artist had been enjoying retirement in private life on a pension of 1500 Roubles allowed him by the Russian government. Bolzenthal remarks : "Few artists of his kind have been so distinguished as Leberecht, who raised himself to the rank of Councillor of State and Knight of the Order of St. Anne, the diamond insignia of which was bestowed on him in 1812. He served, during fifty years, four Russian monarchs, and died in 1827, leaving many pupils, to whom he was a good master and true friend. Leberecht, of whom we may say that he was an artist very much beyond his time, was a clever Gem-engraver. Among his productions, we find medals : Unveiling of the statue of Peter the Great, with bust of Czarina Catherine II. and a representation of the statue, 1782 (signed : CARL LEBERECHT F.); — Prince Potemkin, — Conclusion of Peace with Turkey, 1791 ; — Coronation of Paul I. (obv. illustrated); — Coronation of Alexander I. ; — Foundation of the Exchange at St. Petersburg, 1805 ; — Frederick Born, 1806; — Centenary of the Battle of Poltawa, 1814; — Presentation medal of the Emperor Paul to the Kossacks of the Tshepligin Wolga Army ; — Another to the leader of the Nomadic Camp Siwzoff, 1799 ; — and various others of the same character (Iversen describes 19 of these Presentation medals); — Presentation medals of the Emperor Alexander I. to various military and civic notabilities (20 varieties, all signed), &c. His masterpiece is a medal of the year 1803 with the bust of the Empress Catherine II. as Minerva. The Russian Court at all times took a keen interest in medallic art, but especially towards the end of the eighteenth century, when a school for Engravers was created, with the object of giving a fresh impetus to this branch of the plastic art. " By Leberecht are also : Reproduction of a Medal on the Alliance between Peter the Great and Frederick IV. of Denmark (signed : B. C.) ; — Centenary of the Foundation of St. Petersburg; — Foundation of a Hospital at Simbirsk, 1801 ; — Riga subjugated; — Catherine II. 's Visit to Crimea, 1779; — Peace of Jassy, 1791 (unsigned) ; — The Plague at Moscow, 1804; — Masonic medal in Honour of the Union of the Lodge " Mildthätigkeit ", and that of the " Pelican " under the Swedish rite, with Dr Freese, who was a member of the Aulic Council, as its presiding officer, St. Petersburg, 1780 (sev. var.) ; — Portrait-medal of Haydn, issued by the Philharmonic Society of St. Petersburg, 1802 ; — Visit of King Gustavus Adolphus IV. of Sweden to St. Petersburg, 1800; — Foundation of a Foundling Hospital at Moscow (sev. var.), &c. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit., p. 287. — Iversen, Die Medaillen geprägt auf die Thaten Peter des Grossen, St. Petersburg, 1872. — Hildebrand, op. cit. — Marvin, op. cit. — Thomsen Catalogue. — Iversen, Beitrag zur Russischen Medaillenkunde.
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
LANTÉRI, ÉDOUARD
LANTÉRI, ÉDOUARD (Brit.). Contemporary Sculptor, a native of Burgundy, now a naturalised Englishman, is a pupil of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, of Cavelier, Aimé Millet and Guillaume. He became assistant to Sir Edgar Boehm, when he was but twenty years old. He succeeded M. Dalou as master of the sculpture classes in the National Art Training School, now the Royal College of Art, South Kensington. Prof. Lantéri is a member of the London Society of Medallists, and the author of a number of cast Portr...
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LANTÉRI, ÉDOUARD (Brit.). Contemporary Sculptor, a native of Burgundy, now a naturalised Englishman, is a pupil of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, of Cavelier, Aimé Millet and Guillaume. He became assistant to Sir Edgar Boehm, when he was but twenty years old. He succeeded M. Dalou as master of the sculpture classes in the National Art Training School, now the Royal College of Art, South Kensington. Prof. Lantéri is a member of the London Society of Medallists, and the author of a number of cast Portr...
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LANTING, KLEIS
LANTING, KLEIS (Dutch.). Silversmith, and Medallist of Amsterdam, born in 1783, died in 1827. " He was a clever engraver", says Bolzenthal, " and did a number of portraits of distinguished persons, with a masterly hand, in silver, and in the old way ". Lanting's medals are often uniface, like those of Pieter van Abeele ; he only cared for the likeness which he cut in the steel with great freedom and technical knowledge. By him are : Portrait of Simon Stevin, of Bruges, teacher and friend of Prin...
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LANTING, KLEIS (Dutch.). Silversmith, and Medallist of Amsterdam, born in 1783, died in 1827. " He was a clever engraver", says Bolzenthal, " and did a number of portraits of distinguished persons, with a masterly hand, in silver, and in the old way ". Lanting's medals are often uniface, like those of Pieter van Abeele ; he only cared for the likeness which he cut in the steel with great freedom and technical knowledge. By him are : Portrait of Simon Stevin, of Bruges, teacher and friend of Prin...
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LAOUST, ANDRÉ LOUIS ADOLPHE
LAOUST, ANDRÉ LOUIS ADOLPHE (French). Contemporary Sculptor, born at Douai on the 16th. September 1843; pupil of Jouffroy. He obtained awards in 1873 and 1874, and a silver medal in 1887. By him are numerous Portrait-medallions : 1869. Portrait of Mlle J***; —1870. M. L. Potier; — 1872. Mlle M. D***;— 1875. E. Deverny, painter; — 1876. Mme Vienne; — 1879. Dr P*** ; — 1884. Mme A. C***; — 1893. Edouard Martin; — 1901. M. P***; — 1904. M. S***. All these are cast in bronze. Bibliography. — Chavi...
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LAOUST, ANDRÉ LOUIS ADOLPHE (French). Contemporary Sculptor, born at Douai on the 16th. September 1843; pupil of Jouffroy. He obtained awards in 1873 and 1874, and a silver medal in 1887. By him are numerous Portrait-medallions : 1869. Portrait of Mlle J***; —1870. M. L. Potier; — 1872. Mlle M. D***;— 1875. E. Deverny, painter; — 1876. Mme Vienne; — 1879. Dr P*** ; — 1884. Mme A. C***; — 1893. Edouard Martin; — 1901. M. P***; — 1904. M. S***. All these are cast in bronze. Bibliography. — Chavi...
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LASANTZ
LASANTZ, or LASÄNZ, also LASÄNNZ VON FRIEDENEGG, HANS (Austr.). Mint-master at Gratz, 1577-1579 and 1586-1590; then at Prague, 1600-1609. Distinctive mark, three stars in shield. It does not appear very clear from documents whether the Hans Lasanz, Mint-master at Gratz, who left that place with a debt of 12000 fl. is the same as Hans Lasanz von Friedenegg, Mint-master at Prague, apparently between 1600 and 1609, and who provisionally filled the same office at Vienna, in 1605; but there is little...
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LASANTZ, or LASÄNZ, also LASÄNNZ VON FRIEDENEGG, HANS (Austr.). Mint-master at Gratz, 1577-1579 and 1586-1590; then at Prague, 1600-1609. Distinctive mark, three stars in shield. It does not appear very clear from documents whether the Hans Lasanz, Mint-master at Gratz, who left that place with a debt of 12000 fl. is the same as Hans Lasanz von Friedenegg, Mint-master at Prague, apparently between 1600 and 1609, and who provisionally filled the same office at Vienna, in 1605; but there is little...
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