LE DOYEN, FIRMIN (French). Engraver of Lyons, 1528-1529.
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
LANDI, DOMENICO
LANDI, DOMENICO (Ital.). Gem-engraver of Lucca, who was working at Rome in the early part of the eighteenth century. In 1716 he cut a bust of Augustus in chalcedony, which had been ordered of him by the Marquis di Fuentes, Portuguese ambassador to the Pope. In 1720, he executed a portrait of N. Duodo, the Venetian envoy, on an emerald. By him are also two fine gems, of larger dimensions than ring-stones, and presenting portraits of Trajan, Plotina, Matidia and Marciana, facing each other ; and t...
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LANDI, DOMENICO (Ital.). Gem-engraver of Lucca, who was working at Rome in the early part of the eighteenth century. In 1716 he cut a bust of Augustus in chalcedony, which had been ordered of him by the Marquis di Fuentes, Portuguese ambassador to the Pope. In 1720, he executed a portrait of N. Duodo, the Venetian envoy, on an emerald. By him are also two fine gems, of larger dimensions than ring-stones, and presenting portraits of Trajan, Plotina, Matidia and Marciana, facing each other ; and t...
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LANDRY, AMI JEAN JACQUES
LANDRY, AMI JEAN JACQUES (Swiss). Watch-case-engraver and Medallist, born at Le Locle (canton Neuchâtel), 9. July 1800, died in March 1856. He was the first to introduce the press to stamp watch-cases in the watch-manufacturing district of Switzerland. His press soon obtained fame, and it was used in 1835 by John and Marc Louis Bovy to strike Antoine Bovy's large Medal of Calvin which on account of the high relief required a powerful press. As a Medallist, he has produced : Commemorative medal a...
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LANDRY, AMI JEAN JACQUES (Swiss). Watch-case-engraver and Medallist, born at Le Locle (canton Neuchâtel), 9. July 1800, died in March 1856. He was the first to introduce the press to stamp watch-cases in the watch-manufacturing district of Switzerland. His press soon obtained fame, and it was used in 1835 by John and Marc Louis Bovy to strike Antoine Bovy's large Medal of Calvin which on account of the high relief required a powerful press. As a Medallist, he has produced : Commemorative medal a...
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LANDRY, FRITZ
LANDRY, FRITZ (Swiss). Painter, Sculptor, Medallist, and Professor of Drawing at Neuchâtel (Switzerland). Born at Le Locle in 1842, his childhood was spent amid surroundings which could not fail to impress his mind with love for art. His father and other members of his family were all watch-case engravers, and from his early youth he was accustomed to use the graving tool. His first laurels were won at the Académie des Beaux-Arts of Geneva. In Paris he studied under the celebrated medallist Anto...
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LANDRY, FRITZ (Swiss). Painter, Sculptor, Medallist, and Professor of Drawing at Neuchâtel (Switzerland). Born at Le Locle in 1842, his childhood was spent amid surroundings which could not fail to impress his mind with love for art. His father and other members of his family were all watch-case engravers, and from his early youth he was accustomed to use the graving tool. His first laurels were won at the Académie des Beaux-Arts of Geneva. In Paris he studied under the celebrated medallist Anto...
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LANG, JOSEPH NIKOLAUS
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 : ...
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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 : ...
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