LEFFLER, FERDINAND (Austr.). Mint-master at Hall in Tyrol, 1601-1610.
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
Mint master:
In medieval and early modern Germany, the Münzmeister ("mint master", the Latin term is monetarius) was the director or administrator of a mint, a moneyer with responsibility for the minting of coins, or specie. His duties were defined differently at different locations and ages.
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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LASSERRE, FIRMIN PIERRE
LASSERRE, FIRMIN PIERRE (French). Sculptor and Medallist, born at Barrante (Basses-Pyrénées) ; pupil of A. Millet and Albert Bréauté. At the Salon of 1898, he exhibited : Medal of Marie Antoinette; — A Seal (St. Anthony of Padua); — 1899. Communion of St. John; — Virgin ; — Enfant du lys; — Source ; — Genius; — 1901. A frame containing 20 plaquettes and medals, among which the following : Chapelle; — Aiglon; — Marguerite; — La Perle; — Charmeuse ; — Marriage Souvenir plaquette ; — Virgo purissim...
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LASSERRE, FIRMIN PIERRE (French). Sculptor and Medallist, born at Barrante (Basses-Pyrénées) ; pupil of A. Millet and Albert Bréauté. At the Salon of 1898, he exhibited : Medal of Marie Antoinette; — A Seal (St. Anthony of Padua); — 1899. Communion of St. John; — Virgin ; — Enfant du lys; — Source ; — Genius; — 1901. A frame containing 20 plaquettes and medals, among which the following : Chapelle; — Aiglon; — Marguerite; — La Perle; — Charmeuse ; — Marriage Souvenir plaquette ; — Virgo purissim...
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LASSUS, NICOLAS DE
LASSUS, NICOLAS DE (French). Goldsmith, Medallist and Mintengraver at Nancy, circa 1569-1574. He worked for Charles III., Duke of Lorraine. Lepage quotes various documents recording payments made to him for work done in connection with the Mint. Coins and medals of Charles III. exist by him, and he may be also the author of a medal with his own portrait, and the legend : N.DE.LASSVS.AETATIS.26.1570 (diam. 65 mill.). Bibliography. — Lepage, Notes et Documents sur les Graveurs de Monnaies et Médai...
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LASSUS, NICOLAS DE (French). Goldsmith, Medallist and Mintengraver at Nancy, circa 1569-1574. He worked for Charles III., Duke of Lorraine. Lepage quotes various documents recording payments made to him for work done in connection with the Mint. Coins and medals of Charles III. exist by him, and he may be also the author of a medal with his own portrait, and the legend : N.DE.LASSVS.AETATIS.26.1570 (diam. 65 mill.). Bibliography. — Lepage, Notes et Documents sur les Graveurs de Monnaies et Médai...
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LATHEM, LIEVIN VAN
LATHEM, LIEVIN VAN (Belg.). Goldsmith and Seal-engraver, mentioned from circ. 1493, and who died in 1515, at Antwerp, where he resided. By him are Seals of the Archduke Philip the Fair ; — Gerard Numan ; — Archduchess Margaret of Austria, sister of Philip; — Seals for the Chancery of Brabant (executed in conjunction with Jan Van Nymmegen) ; — Seal of Philip the Fair for the Netherlands, after Philip's inheritance of the crown of Castile, on the death of Isabella, 1504; — Seals with arms of the E...
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LATHEM, LIEVIN VAN (Belg.). Goldsmith and Seal-engraver, mentioned from circ. 1493, and who died in 1515, at Antwerp, where he resided. By him are Seals of the Archduke Philip the Fair ; — Gerard Numan ; — Archduchess Margaret of Austria, sister of Philip; — Seals for the Chancery of Brabant (executed in conjunction with Jan Van Nymmegen) ; — Seal of Philip the Fair for the Netherlands, after Philip's inheritance of the crown of Castile, on the death of Isabella, 1504; — Seals with arms of the E...
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