LICHTE, JACOB (Germ.). Mint-master at Mansfeld, 1621.
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.
LEGROS, ALPHONSE
LEGROS, ALPHONSE (French). Contemporary Painter, Sculptor and Medallist, born at Dijon, on the 8th May 1837; pupil of Lecoq de Boisbaudran, and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts; medals in 1867 and 1868 ; former Slade Professor in University College, London, 1876- 1894; President of the Society of Medallists. The artist " had no assistance in his education, and encountered many hardships before he was able to send a picture to the Salon ; it was a portrait of his father, exhibited in 1857 ". In 1859, " T...
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LEGROS, ALPHONSE (French). Contemporary Painter, Sculptor and Medallist, born at Dijon, on the 8th May 1837; pupil of Lecoq de Boisbaudran, and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts; medals in 1867 and 1868 ; former Slade Professor in University College, London, 1876- 1894; President of the Society of Medallists. The artist " had no assistance in his education, and encountered many hardships before he was able to send a picture to the Salon ; it was a portrait of his father, exhibited in 1857 ". In 1859, " T...
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LECHEVREL, ALPHONSE EUGÉNE
LECHEVREL, ALPHONSE EUGÉNE (French). Contemporary Gemengraver and Medallist, born at Paris in 1848. He is a pupil of Henri Francois and Sacristain, and a Member of the Société des Artistes francais. This artist's productions in Gem-engraving are very numerous; the following are among the most important and comprise some of his earliest glyptic works: 1874. Head of Minerva, carnelian; — Le Départ, carnelian ; — Study of a Greek Head, carnelian ; — 1877. La Source, after Ingres, sardonyx (belongs ...
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LECHEVREL, ALPHONSE EUGÉNE (French). Contemporary Gemengraver and Medallist, born at Paris in 1848. He is a pupil of Henri Francois and Sacristain, and a Member of the Société des Artistes francais. This artist's productions in Gem-engraving are very numerous; the following are among the most important and comprise some of his earliest glyptic works: 1874. Head of Minerva, carnelian; — Le Départ, carnelian ; — Study of a Greek Head, carnelian ; — 1877. La Source, after Ingres, sardonyx (belongs ...
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LEISEK, FRIEDRICH
LEISEK, FRIEDRICH (sometimes named FRANZ). (Austr.). Mintengraver and Medallist (K. K. Münzamt-Medailleur) at Vienna, 1868-1892; died there in 1898. The bust of the Emperor Francis Joseph on the silver currency of Austria and Hungary (VII. type), issued from 1872 to 1892 and later, was cut by this successful Engraver. Among this artist's best known medallic productions are : Medal for Valour for Schleswig-Holstein, 1864; — Medal for Valour, 1868; — Marriage of Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria wit...
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LEISEK, FRIEDRICH (sometimes named FRANZ). (Austr.). Mintengraver and Medallist (K. K. Münzamt-Medailleur) at Vienna, 1868-1892; died there in 1898. The bust of the Emperor Francis Joseph on the silver currency of Austria and Hungary (VII. type), issued from 1872 to 1892 and later, was cut by this successful Engraver. Among this artist's best known medallic productions are : Medal for Valour for Schleswig-Holstein, 1864; — Medal for Valour, 1868; — Marriage of Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria wit...
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LEMAIRE, GEORGES HENRI
LEMAIRE, GEORGES HENRI (French). Contemporary Gem-engraver, born at Bailly (Seine-et-Oise) on the 19th February 1853, was apprenticed to a Paris engraver, and studied under the sculptor Jacques Perrin ; also a pupil of Grivel, Lambert, and J. Lequien. He has obtained a Mention honorable at the Salon of 1882, a Medal of the third class in 1885, Medal of the second class in 1886, Silver Medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1889, Medal of the first Mme CI. Desclers ; — M. de la Pinelais; — Xavier G...
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LEMAIRE, GEORGES HENRI (French). Contemporary Gem-engraver, born at Bailly (Seine-et-Oise) on the 19th February 1853, was apprenticed to a Paris engraver, and studied under the sculptor Jacques Perrin ; also a pupil of Grivel, Lambert, and J. Lequien. He has obtained a Mention honorable at the Salon of 1882, a Medal of the third class in 1885, Medal of the second class in 1886, Silver Medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1889, Medal of the first Mme CI. Desclers ; — M. de la Pinelais; — Xavier G...
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