LEYGEBE or LEIGEBE, GOTTFRIED (Germ.). Medallist of the seventeenth century; born at Freistadt (Silesia) in 1630, learned the art of die-cutting at Nuremberg in 1645, worked at Dresden, and in 1668 was appointed Mint-engraver at Berlin, where he remained until his death in 1683. He attained an early celebrity as already in 1660 the Nuremberg copper-plate engraver Andreas Greiff had made his portrait. As a Sculptor in iron, Leygebe is not only the first but also the most famous ; his statuettes cut out of solid iron are most important works; one of them, a small equestrian statue of the Great Elector, represented as Bellerophon slaying the three-headed Chimaera, is now preserved in the Hohenzollern Museum. By this artist are the following medallic productions : Portraitmedallion of the Great Elector, in life-size (signed : 1671. G. LEIGEBE AD VIV : FECIT); — 1664. J. M. Dilherr, Nuremberg; — 1665. Hieronymus Gutthäter; — 1666. J. M. Dilherr (without the usual signature : G. L.); — Balthasar Kauffman ; — 1667. Johann Mich. Dilherr (a copy, of smaller module, of the medal dated 1664); — Undated. Jodocus Christoph Kress (profile bust); — 1668. Jod. Christ. Kress (facing portrait); — Undated. The Great Elector (facing bust); — Another (profile portrait); — 1669. The Great Elector, on his return from Prussia; — 1670. Birth of Princess Maria Amalia, obv. Bust of the Electress Dorothea R. QVAE PATRE SCEPTRIGERO, &c. Palm-tree, &c.; — 1673. Prince Charles Emil, on the Campaign in Alsace; — 1673. Frederick III., Margrave of Brandenburg R. SVVM CVIQVE. The city of Berlin,- above which an eagle; — 1675. Octavian Burger, of Dresden (illustrated) ; — 1677. The Great Elector (similar to that of 1673) ; — 1678. Heinrich Zipfel (not signed) ; — 1679. Elizabeth Henrietta, first consort of the Great Elector; — (1680). Raban von Canstein; — 1680. 11th Birthday of Prince Philip William of Brandenburg ; — Undated. The Great Elector and his consort. All these are mentioned by Friedländer, but I have found records of some others : 1675. Battle of Fehrbellin (2 var.); — Schauthaler on the same event R. PAX VNA TRIVMPHIS INNVMERIS POTIOR. Peace; ex. : F : BELLINVM 18. JVN. 1675 ; — 1667. Death of the Great Elector's consort, Louise Henriette, 1667 (6 var.); — 1677. Capture of Stettin, R. NON NISI IUSTA PROBANTUR ARMA. Justice; — 1669. Marriage of the Great Elector with Princess Elizabeth Henrietta of Hesse-Cassel ; — 1681. Henrietta Catherina, Princess of Orange, etc. Most of this artist's medals are cast and chased, but some are also struck. To the cast specimens belong those dated 1664-1667, which were executed in all probability at Nuremberg, and also his earlier Berlin productions ; they are by far the best, as the models were prepared in wax in a very free manner. Leygebe's initials occur also on currency of Brandenburg. I have noticed them on a Thaler of the Great Elector, dated 1679. Bibliography. — Erman, Deutsche Medailleure, Berlin, 1884. — Bolzenthal, op. cit., — Menadier, Schaumünzen des Hauses Hohenzollern, Berlin, 1901. — Hamburger, Raritäten Katalog, IV, n° 259. — J. Friedländer, Gottfried Leigebe, Zeitschrift für Numismatik, X, 202-216. — Catalogus der Nederlandsche en op Nederland betrekhing hebbende Gedenkpenningen, 's Gravenhage, 1903. — Blanchet, op. cit. — Ad. Hess Nachf., Reimmann Catalogue, II, 1892. — De historiepenningen en munten betrekking hebbende op het Stamhuis van Oranje-Nassau, 1898. — Dr Julius Cahn, Medaillen und Plaketten der Sammlung W. P. Metzler, 1898.
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
LEBERECHT, F.
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 k...
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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 k...
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LECLERC, DAVID L.
LECLERC, DAVID L. (Swiss). Court-medallist to the Landgrave of Hesse at Cassel, towards the end of the seventeenth century. He was a native of Berne, in which city he practised at first die-sinking. He usually signed his productions : LE CLERC P. (David Le Clerc Pére), whereas his son, Gabriel Leclerc, who appears to have succeeded him at Cassel, signed LECLERC or GLC. According to Strickler, a D. Leclerc was a Portrait Painter, born at Berne in 1680, died at Franktort-on-M., in 1738. He settle...
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LECLERC, DAVID L. (Swiss). Court-medallist to the Landgrave of Hesse at Cassel, towards the end of the seventeenth century. He was a native of Berne, in which city he practised at first die-sinking. He usually signed his productions : LE CLERC P. (David Le Clerc Pére), whereas his son, Gabriel Leclerc, who appears to have succeeded him at Cassel, signed LECLERC or GLC. According to Strickler, a D. Leclerc was a Portrait Painter, born at Berne in 1680, died at Franktort-on-M., in 1738. He settle...
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LECLERC, GABRIEL
LECLERC, GABRIEL (Swiss). Medallist of the end of the seventeenth and first half of the eighteenth century arc. 1685-1737. He first worked at Basle, then at Cassel, and Berlin, and for some time was Mint-master at Bremen, 1737-1743 (?). His signature : G-L-C or GLC occurs on Thalers of Basle, undated (circ. 1685); — Prize Medal, Adoration of the Shepherds and three Kings (Al and AR.) ; — Prize Medal, obv. Lion R View of Basle (signed GLC) ; — Medallic Thaler, 1691 ; — Medal of George William of ...
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LECLERC, GABRIEL (Swiss). Medallist of the end of the seventeenth and first half of the eighteenth century arc. 1685-1737. He first worked at Basle, then at Cassel, and Berlin, and for some time was Mint-master at Bremen, 1737-1743 (?). His signature : G-L-C or GLC occurs on Thalers of Basle, undated (circ. 1685); — Prize Medal, Adoration of the Shepherds and three Kings (Al and AR.) ; — Prize Medal, obv. Lion R View of Basle (signed GLC) ; — Medallic Thaler, 1691 ; — Medal of George William of ...
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LECLERC, ISAAC
LECLERC, ISAAC (Swiss). Probably a son of Gabriel Leclerc, and a brother of David L., ; also Court medallist at Cassel, during the first half of the eighteenth century, until about 1746. He engraved a number of medals, the two best known commemorating the Centenary of the foundation of Marburg University; also Jubilee of the University of Rinteln (Hesse-Cassel), 1721. Isaac Leclerc was also a skilled Gem-engraver. He died at Cassel in 1746. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Michaud, Biog. U...
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LECLERC, ISAAC (Swiss). Probably a son of Gabriel Leclerc, and a brother of David L., ; also Court medallist at Cassel, during the first half of the eighteenth century, until about 1746. He engraved a number of medals, the two best known commemorating the Centenary of the foundation of Marburg University; also Jubilee of the University of Rinteln (Hesse-Cassel), 1721. Isaac Leclerc was also a skilled Gem-engraver. He died at Cassel in 1746. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Michaud, Biog. U...
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