LEMAIRE, ALBERT (French). Medallist and Gem-engraver, of the end of the eighteenth century. At the Salon of 1789 he exhibited a cameo in carnelian, representing Cupid, after Prud'hon.
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
LAUCH, BALTHASAR
LAUCH, BALTHASAR (Germ.). Goldsmith and Medallist of Leipzig, second half of the seveenteenth century. His dated medals, mostly cast oval medallions of good workmanship, were produced between 1669 and 1683. Among these are the following : " Gnadenpfennige " of John George II., 1669 (signed B. L. on R.; three varieties, one illustrated) ; — Ernest the Pious of Gotha and his consort Elizabeth Sophia of Altenburg (unsigned, but attributed to Lauch by Dr Merzbacher) ; — Jacob Boehme, the sophist and...
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LAUCH, BALTHASAR (Germ.). Goldsmith and Medallist of Leipzig, second half of the seveenteenth century. His dated medals, mostly cast oval medallions of good workmanship, were produced between 1669 and 1683. Among these are the following : " Gnadenpfennige " of John George II., 1669 (signed B. L. on R.; three varieties, one illustrated) ; — Ernest the Pious of Gotha and his consort Elizabeth Sophia of Altenburg (unsigned, but attributed to Lauch by Dr Merzbacher) ; — Jacob Boehme, the sophist and...
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LAUNAY, NICOLAS DE
LAUNAY, NICOLAS DE (French). Director of the Paris Medal- Mint from 1696 to 1727, and one of the most celebrated French Goldsmiths of the end of the seventeenth century and beginning of the eighteenth. He was born in 1647, learned drawing under Francois Chauveau, and was probably a pupil of the famous Claude Ballin, whose daughter he married. During his tenure of office, he greatly improved the working of the Medal-mint, which reached its highest degree of extension and prosperity. " He succeede...
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LAUNAY, NICOLAS DE (French). Director of the Paris Medal- Mint from 1696 to 1727, and one of the most celebrated French Goldsmiths of the end of the seventeenth century and beginning of the eighteenth. He was born in 1647, learned drawing under Francois Chauveau, and was probably a pupil of the famous Claude Ballin, whose daughter he married. During his tenure of office, he greatly improved the working of the Medal-mint, which reached its highest degree of extension and prosperity. " He succeede...
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LAUNE, ÉTIENNE DE
LAUNE, ÉTIENNE DE, also STEPHANUS LAUNUS ; — ETIENNE DE LAULNE, or DELAULNE (French). A celebrated Goldsmith, Medallist, and Line-engraver, born at Paris circ. 1519, died there in 1583. By letters patent of the 31. January 1552, he was appointed Mintengraver at Paris, in conjunction with Jean Erondelle, but already deposed, in favour of Jacques Béguin, on the 25. June of the same year. Towards the end of his lite, he went over to Germany ; in 1573 and 1580 he was working at " Argentina " (Strass...
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LAUNE, ÉTIENNE DE, also STEPHANUS LAUNUS ; — ETIENNE DE LAULNE, or DELAULNE (French). A celebrated Goldsmith, Medallist, and Line-engraver, born at Paris circ. 1519, died there in 1583. By letters patent of the 31. January 1552, he was appointed Mintengraver at Paris, in conjunction with Jean Erondelle, but already deposed, in favour of Jacques Béguin, on the 25. June of the same year. Towards the end of his lite, he went over to Germany ; in 1573 and 1580 he was working at " Argentina " (Strass...
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LAUNE, CHISTOPHE DE
LAUNE, CHISTOPHE DE (French). Mint-master at Paris (1540-1541), Mint-master and Engraver and Tours (1539-1540 and 1542-1553). He was still living in 1556. In 1540 he had some differences with Claude Lemay, a Paris Mint-engraver, in connection with an issue of jetons. An official of the name of ANTOINE LAUNE filled the post of secretary under his administration. Christoph Laune's distinctive mark occurs on Petits Deniers of the Paris Mint, 1541, and Testons and Douzains of Tours, 1549. He is the ...
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LAUNE, CHISTOPHE DE (French). Mint-master at Paris (1540-1541), Mint-master and Engraver and Tours (1539-1540 and 1542-1553). He was still living in 1556. In 1540 he had some differences with Claude Lemay, a Paris Mint-engraver, in connection with an issue of jetons. An official of the name of ANTOINE LAUNE filled the post of secretary under his administration. Christoph Laune's distinctive mark occurs on Petits Deniers of the Paris Mint, 1541, and Testons and Douzains of Tours, 1549. He is the ...
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