LINDENSCHMIDT, JOHANN (Germ.). Medallist and Coin-engraver, born in 1770 at Camberg in Westerwald, died at Wiesbaden in 1819. “ He was brought up at first to be a gunsmith ", says Dr F. P. Weber, " his father Wilhelm's trade, but soon found means to educate himself in drawing, engraving, &c. and worked as a Medallist and Mint-engraver, first in Mayence, 1790-1808, then at Wiesbaden, 1808-1819. Wilhelm Lindenschmidt, the historical painter, and Dr Ludwig Lindenschmidt, the antiquary, were his sons ". He was highly esteemed at Mayence, although from circumstances he was almost limited to mere mechanical works. " He however", observes Bolzenthal, " executed some medals which show his ability, especially one with his own likeness and that of his wife." Lindenschmidt was " Hof-und Münzgraveur " ; Mint-master at Usingen (Nassau), 1808-1819; and supplied dies to the mints of Ehrenbreitstein, Darmstadt, Mayence, Arolsen, and Wiesbaden; he worked also for Frederick Charles Joseph, Baron von Erthal, Bishop of Mayence; the Grand Duke of Hesse, Ludwig I. ; George, Prince of Waldeck-Pyrmont; and the Dukes of Nassau, Frederick Augustus, and Wilhelm. Most of the coins engraved by Lindenschmidt are signed L. ; some however : LINDENSCHMIDT, or I. L. Amongst these are : NASSAU.. Duke Frederick Augustus. 1808. Darmstadt 6 Kreuzer; 3 Kreuzer ; 1 Kreuzer (sev. var.); Dickkreuzer; AR. Proof of the Dickkreuzer; 1/4 Kreuzer (or Heller) (sev. var.); AR. Proof of the 1/4 Kreuzer or Heller ; — Ehrenbreitstein, Similar currency; — 1809. Al. Ducat (and Proofs in ?); Conv. Thaler; Conv. 1/2 Thaler ; Conv. Gulden of Usingen; Zwanziger; Zehner; Conv. Zwanziger (20 Kreuzer); Zehner (12 Kreuzer); Fünfer (6 Kreuzer); Kreuzer (sev. var.); 1/4 Kreuzer (Heller) ; — 1810. Conv. Thaler; 3 Kreuzer; Kreuzer; Heller; — 1811. Conv. Thaler (illustrated) ; 3 Kreuzer ; 1/4 Kreuzer ; — 1812. Conv. Thaler; 3 Kreuzer: 1/4 Kreuzer (and AR. Proof of same); — 1813. Conv. Thaler; 3 Kreuzer; Kreuzer ; 1/2 Kreuzer ; 1/4 Kreuzer; — 1814. Conv. Thaler; 3 Kreuzer; 1/4 Kreuzer, &c. Duke Wilhelm. 1816. Kronenthaler ; 6 and 3 Kreuzer ; — 1817. Kronenthaler; 6 Kreuzer; 3 Kreuzer; 1 Kreuzer; 1/4 Kreuzer (sev. var.); — 1818. Kronenthaler; Kreuzer; 1/4 Kreuzer — 1819. Kreuzer; 1/4 Kreuzer. — BISHOPRIC OF MAYENCE. Frederick Charles Joseph, Baron von Erthal. 1794. Obsidional Conv. Thaler, 1794 (illustrated) ; — Other currency of 1794-1796. — HESSE. Grand Duke Ludwig I. 1809. Conv. Thaler; — WALDECK-PYRMONT. Prince George. 1811 . Conv. Thaler, &c. Lindenschmidt's best known medals are :Opening of the navigation on the Lahn up to Weilburg, 1810; — Abolition of Serfdom, 1812; — Visit of Frederick Augustus, Duke of Nassau, to the Ehrenbreitstein Mint, 1815; — Proclamation Medal of Duke Frederick Augustus, struck at the Mint of Ehrenbreitstein, 1808; — Medal of Merit, with bust of the same Ruler; — Portrait-medal of Nicolaus Fischer (of Thaler size), 1812; — Medal for Valour in the field, with bust of Duke Frederick I. (signed LINDENSCHMIDT F.); — The Waterloo Medal (granted to the troops of Nassau by Duke Frederick Augustus ; — Pfarrer Zeitmann, of Frankfort-on-M., 1809, on his Jubilee; — Portrait-medal of the Artist himself and his wife (one of Lindenschmidt's best productions). "Lindenschmidt worked more as a Seal-engraver than a Medallist", remarks Dr Weber. "His name should be familar to all antiquaries on account of one of his sons, the late Dr Ludwig Lindenschmidt, Hon. F. S. A., to whose untiring energy the splendid collection illustrative of Teutonic antiquities at Mayence owes so much ". Bibliography. — Julius Isenbeck, Das Nassauische Münzwesen, Wiesbaden, 1879. — Bolzenthal, op. cit., p. 320. — Ad. Hess Nachf., Reimmann Sale Catalogue, 1892. — Dr F. P. Weber, English Medals by foreign Artists, pp. 48, — 117. G. H. Lockner, Mainzer Münzbeamte des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts, Berliner Münzblätter, 1904, p. 432.
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.
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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LEMAY, CLAUDE
LEMAY, CLAUDE (sometimes called DE MAY). (French). Mintengraver at Paris, from before 1527 to 1552; he was born circa 1495; brother of Jean Lemay, Jeton Engraver (1515-1555), and no doubt a relative of Guillaume Lemay (1493-1523) and François Lemay (1532). He filled the office of Mint-engraver for at least twenty-five years; on the 11th of March 1552, the Cour des Monnaies allowed him an assistant, in consideration of his failing eyesight, in the person of his son-in-law, Jean I. Beaucousin. Cla...
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LEMAY, CLAUDE (sometimes called DE MAY). (French). Mintengraver at Paris, from before 1527 to 1552; he was born circa 1495; brother of Jean Lemay, Jeton Engraver (1515-1555), and no doubt a relative of Guillaume Lemay (1493-1523) and François Lemay (1532). He filled the office of Mint-engraver for at least twenty-five years; on the 11th of March 1552, the Cour des Monnaies allowed him an assistant, in consideration of his failing eyesight, in the person of his son-in-law, Jean I. Beaucousin. Cla...
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