LERCH, JOSEPH (Austr.). Mint-engraver at Vienna, 1831-1833 (in private capacity), Assistant-engraver at Prague, 1835-1854, and Chief-engraver, 1854-1857. His full name is JOSEPH LERCH VON LERCHENAU, but his medals are variously signed : JOS. DE LERCHENAU FECIT PRAGAE or I. D. LERCH F. PRAGAE. Lerch was employed at the Vienna Mint during the period of the great coinage of 1831-1833, and between 1835 and 1857 he engraved a great many dies for the currency issued a Prague. By him are also several medals : Visit of the Emperor Francis I. and Empress to Prague (struck at Vienna, in 1833); — Visit of the Emperor Ferdinand I. and Empress to Prague, 1835 ; — Bohemian Coronation of King Ferdinand, 1836; — Bohemian Coronation of Queen Marie Anne, 1836 ; — Visit of the Czar Nicholas I. to Prague, 1835 ; — Prize Medal for Industry ; — XV. Congress of German Physicians and Scientists at Prague, 1837 ; — Christening Medal (in commission for Franz Josef Hoor ; signed : LERCH F. PRAGAE); — Jubilee of Bishop Joseph Knauer of Breslau, 1839; — Victories of the Allied Powers over Napoleon I., 1814 (2 var. which should probably be ascribed to another LERCH, possibly this artist's father, who was residing at Zborow) ; — Enthronization of Andreas Aloys, Count Skarbeck, as Archbishop of Prague, 1834; — Enthronization of Aloys Joseph, Baron von Schrenck, as Archbishop of Prague, 1838 (signed : I. L.); — Alois Klar, of Prague, 1833, &c. Bibliography. — E. Fiala, op. cit. — Katalog der, Münzen-und-Medaillen-Stempel- Sammlung. — Ad. Hess, Reimmann Sale Catalogue.
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
LE DOUBLE, FRÉDÉRIC AUGUSTE MARIE AIMÉ
LE DOUBLE, FRÉDÉRIC AUGUSTE MARIE AIMÉ (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, - born at Grégy (Seine-et-Marne) ; pupil of Georges Lemaire, and Georges Tonnelier. Among this artist's medallic productions are : Portrait of the Artist, Plaquette in engraved steel; — Confiance, Plaquette in silver; — Orf?vrerie, Plaquette in silver; — Baptism of Chlodvig; — Triumph of Chlodvig, after J. Blanc, Plaquettes (reproductions of two panels) ; — F?te antique, Plaquette in engraved steel ; — On Para...
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LE DOUBLE, FRÉDÉRIC AUGUSTE MARIE AIMÉ (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, - born at Grégy (Seine-et-Marne) ; pupil of Georges Lemaire, and Georges Tonnelier. Among this artist's medallic productions are : Portrait of the Artist, Plaquette in engraved steel; — Confiance, Plaquette in silver; — Orf?vrerie, Plaquette in silver; — Baptism of Chlodvig; — Triumph of Chlodvig, after J. Blanc, Plaquettes (reproductions of two panels) ; — F?te antique, Plaquette in engraved steel ; — On Para...
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LE GAULT, MARTIN
LE GAULT, MARTIN (French). Mint-engraver at Paris, some time before 1519, until 1527. He succeeded Guillaume du Chefdelaville, and 1527, Claude Lemay was appointed to the office. On May 21, 1520, he delivered dies for Grands blancs (St.-Lô); 7. December 1521, dies for gros Testons and Half gros Testons (Limoges); 11. December 1521, Dies for Ecus au soleil and Grands Blancs (Tours) ; 11. February 1523, dies for Ecus, and Grands Blancs, the latter with the distinctive mark of Jacques Louvet, Mint-...
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LE GAULT, MARTIN (French). Mint-engraver at Paris, some time before 1519, until 1527. He succeeded Guillaume du Chefdelaville, and 1527, Claude Lemay was appointed to the office. On May 21, 1520, he delivered dies for Grands blancs (St.-Lô); 7. December 1521, dies for gros Testons and Half gros Testons (Limoges); 11. December 1521, Dies for Ecus au soleil and Grands Blancs (Tours) ; 11. February 1523, dies for Ecus, and Grands Blancs, the latter with the distinctive mark of Jacques Louvet, Mint-...
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LE MAIRE
LE MAIRE or MAIRE, JULIEN (French). Goldsmith of Nancy, who was appointed Mint-engraver there in succession to Jean Le Poivre, cire. 1580, and held the office until his death in 1607. He was a native of Bar, and is called a Painter and Engraver ; a document speaks of " l'expérience qu'il avait en la graverie ". Charles III., Duke of Lorraine, attached him to his service in 1580, in which year the artist executed his first Portrait-medal of the Duke, obv. Bust to r. of Charles III., legend and da...
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LE MAIRE or MAIRE, JULIEN (French). Goldsmith of Nancy, who was appointed Mint-engraver there in succession to Jean Le Poivre, cire. 1580, and held the office until his death in 1607. He was a native of Bar, and is called a Painter and Engraver ; a document speaks of " l'expérience qu'il avait en la graverie ". Charles III., Duke of Lorraine, attached him to his service in 1580, in which year the artist executed his first Portrait-medal of the Duke, obv. Bust to r. of Charles III., legend and da...
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LEBAS, PAUL VICTO
LEBAS, PAUL VICTOR (French). Sculptor and Gem-engraver, who resided at Paris during the third quarter of the nineteenth century and probably later. He was a pupil of Callouëtte. Between 1852 and 1876 he was a frequent exhibitor at the Paris Salon : 1852. Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, President of the French Republic, cameo; — Prince Lucien Bonaparte, cameo; — 1853. The Empress Eugenie, cameo executed from the directions of Count de Nieuwerkerke and M. Peyre; — 1855. Portrait of Mme X***, shel...
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LEBAS, PAUL VICTOR (French). Sculptor and Gem-engraver, who resided at Paris during the third quarter of the nineteenth century and probably later. He was a pupil of Callouëtte. Between 1852 and 1876 he was a frequent exhibitor at the Paris Salon : 1852. Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, President of the French Republic, cameo; — Prince Lucien Bonaparte, cameo; — 1853. The Empress Eugenie, cameo executed from the directions of Count de Nieuwerkerke and M. Peyre; — 1855. Portrait of Mme X***, shel...
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