LIBBEKE, JEAN (Belg.). Mint-master at Antwerp, 30. April 1620 —31 March 1624.
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.
LECLERC, NICOLAS
LECLERC, NICOLAS (French). Sculptor and Medallist of Lyons (maître tailleur d'images et macon) 1487-1508. He was instructed, in conjunction with Jehan de Saint-Priest, to prepare models of the medal, cast by Jean Lep?re and his brother Colin, in commemoration of the Visit to Lyons of King Louis XII. and Anne of Brittany, "1500. Nicolas Leclerc is called, in a document of March 1499, “ tailleur d'ymaiges ", and in another, it is said that he made " la taille et facon des portraictz et molles ". R...
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LECLERC, NICOLAS (French). Sculptor and Medallist of Lyons (maître tailleur d'images et macon) 1487-1508. He was instructed, in conjunction with Jehan de Saint-Priest, to prepare models of the medal, cast by Jean Lep?re and his brother Colin, in commemoration of the Visit to Lyons of King Louis XII. and Anne of Brittany, "1500. Nicolas Leclerc is called, in a document of March 1499, “ tailleur d'ymaiges ", and in another, it is said that he made " la taille et facon des portraictz et molles ". R...
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LECLERC, SEBASTIAN
LECLERC, SEBASTIAN (French). Draughtsman and Engraver of the second half of the seventeenth century. " He was born at Metz in 1637 ", say Franks & Grueber, " studied at first under his father, a Goldsmith, and in 1665 came to Paris where he worked with Charles Le Brun. In 1672 he was appointed Professor of perspective at the Royal Academy of Painting, and later on, private Engraver to Louis XIV. He designed a large number of types for the medallic series of that monarch, and there is in the Bri...
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LECLERC, SEBASTIAN (French). Draughtsman and Engraver of the second half of the seventeenth century. " He was born at Metz in 1637 ", say Franks & Grueber, " studied at first under his father, a Goldsmith, and in 1665 came to Paris where he worked with Charles Le Brun. In 1672 he was appointed Professor of perspective at the Royal Academy of Painting, and later on, private Engraver to Louis XIV. He designed a large number of types for the medallic series of that monarch, and there is in the Bri...
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LECLERCQ, JULIEN GABRIEL
LECLERCQ, JULIEN GABRIEL (Belg.). Sculptor and Medallist, born at Ghent on the 22nd February 1805, died at Brussels, 23. February 1882. He studied at first at the Ghent Academy, and later at Paris, where he became a pupil of David d' Angers. He settled at Brussels in 1885, and executed there several works of sculpture in commission for the city, such as the bas-relief of St. Joseph's Church and a group of children for the Chamber of Commerce. Leclercq's most important medals are : 1827. Leo XII....
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LECLERCQ, JULIEN GABRIEL (Belg.). Sculptor and Medallist, born at Ghent on the 22nd February 1805, died at Brussels, 23. February 1882. He studied at first at the Ghent Academy, and later at Paris, where he became a pupil of David d' Angers. He settled at Brussels in 1885, and executed there several works of sculpture in commission for the city, such as the bas-relief of St. Joseph's Church and a group of children for the Chamber of Commerce. Leclercq's most important medals are : 1827. Leo XII....
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LECLERQ, BONAVENTURE
LECLERQ, BONAVENTURE (French) Goldsmith of Laon, end of the sixteenth century. On the 12th February 1590, he was commissioned to strike Quarter and 1/2 Quarter-Ecus of Charles X. His son, CLAUDE LECLERQ was associated by him in the work of cutting the dies for the coins which were issued at Laon, between 1590 and 1593, when they resigned their office. These coins were : Gold Ecus, Quarter,-and Eighth Ecus, Gros de Nesle, and Double Sols, and bear the letters LA at the end of the obv. legend, wit...
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LECLERQ, BONAVENTURE (French) Goldsmith of Laon, end of the sixteenth century. On the 12th February 1590, he was commissioned to strike Quarter and 1/2 Quarter-Ecus of Charles X. His son, CLAUDE LECLERQ was associated by him in the work of cutting the dies for the coins which were issued at Laon, between 1590 and 1593, when they resigned their office. These coins were : Gold Ecus, Quarter,-and Eighth Ecus, Gros de Nesle, and Double Sols, and bear the letters LA at the end of the obv. legend, wit...
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