LINCK, JOHANN (Germ.). Medallist and Mint-engraver at Heidelberg, 1659-1711. His initials occur in 1690 on currency of the Bishop of Würzburg, and some of his medals are signed : LINCK; or I. LINCK sculp. Heidelbergae. Amongst his productions are : Frankfurt Medal of Leopold I., 1696 (signed : I.L.); —Peace of St-Germain-en-Laye, and Fontainebleau, 1679 (signed : LINCK : sculp. Heidelbergae). A Thaler of Charles, Count Palatine of the Rhine, 1681, bears the initials IL which refer to a Mint-master of the name of J. Linck (Vide Ad Hess Nachf., Reimmann Sale Catalogue, II, n° 4355). Schlickeysen-Pallmann suggest that he may have also worked at Cassel, circ. 1691. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Ammon, op. cit. — Hildebrand, op. cit., l, 417.
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.
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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LEMAIRE, VICTOR
LEMAIRE, VICTOR (Belg.). Sculptor, Gem- and Line engraver, and Medallist, born at Li?ge, 5. February 1826, died at Brussels, 23. February 1882. He was apprenticed at the age of eleven to a goldsmith, and began life as an Engraver when he was nineteen years old. His first trial in die-sinking dates from 1850, when he engraved the reverse of a medal, but his first medal of note commemorates the Inauguration at Ghent of a statue to Jacob van Artevelde, and is dated 1863. M. Alvin considers it as hi...
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LEMAIRE, VICTOR (Belg.). Sculptor, Gem- and Line engraver, and Medallist, born at Li?ge, 5. February 1826, died at Brussels, 23. February 1882. He was apprenticed at the age of eleven to a goldsmith, and began life as an Engraver when he was nineteen years old. His first trial in die-sinking dates from 1850, when he engraved the reverse of a medal, but his first medal of note commemorates the Inauguration at Ghent of a statue to Jacob van Artevelde, and is dated 1863. M. Alvin considers it as hi...
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