LOCH, CHRISTOPH (Germ.). Goldsmith and Burger of Hall in Tyrol, presented in 1560 a medal to the Emperor Ferdinand I. (as a token of his ability as an Engraver) and was paid 5 Gulden for his expenses and return journey from Vienna. Before 1550, we find his name in official documents, as Assistant-engraver to the elder Ursenthaler at the Mint of Hall. He later applied for the office of Master of the Mint, but apparently he was unsuccessful. His medal of Ferdinand I. is still unknown. Bibliography. — Dr. Friedrich Kenner, Urkundliche Beiträge zur Geschichte der Münzen und Medaillen, Numismatische Zeitschrift, 1903.
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
LEONARDO DA MILANO
LEONARDO DA MILANO. Vide LEONARDO DA VINCI. " By the end of the fifteenth century", says King, " we find Camillo Leonardo (writing in 1502) praising four Gem-engravers — Anichini of Ferrara, Giovanni Maria of Mantua, Tagliacarne of Genoa, and Leonardo of Milan — as equal to any of the ancients in their profession ; and furthermore stating that their works were diffused throughout all Italy — a sufficient proof of the previous length of time over which their labours had extended. " The Leonardo d...
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LEONARDO DA MILANO. Vide LEONARDO DA VINCI. " By the end of the fifteenth century", says King, " we find Camillo Leonardo (writing in 1502) praising four Gem-engravers — Anichini of Ferrara, Giovanni Maria of Mantua, Tagliacarne of Genoa, and Leonardo of Milan — as equal to any of the ancients in their profession ; and furthermore stating that their works were diffused throughout all Italy — a sufficient proof of the previous length of time over which their labours had extended. " The Leonardo d...
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LEONARDO DA VINCI
LEONARDO DA VINCI (ltal.). A famous Painter, Architect, Sculptor, Scientist, Engineer, Mechanician and Musician, born at Vinci, near Empoli, in 1452; died at Cloux, near Amboise (France) on the 2nd of May 1519. Although no medallic work can directly be traced to Leonardo da Vinci, it is beyond doubt that he made his influence felt in this branch of art also, and, as we shall see, he designed the fine Testoni of Giovanni Galeazzo Maria Sforza and Ludovico Moro, which were engraved by Caradosso; f...
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LEONARDO DA VINCI (ltal.). A famous Painter, Architect, Sculptor, Scientist, Engineer, Mechanician and Musician, born at Vinci, near Empoli, in 1452; died at Cloux, near Amboise (France) on the 2nd of May 1519. Although no medallic work can directly be traced to Leonardo da Vinci, it is beyond doubt that he made his influence felt in this branch of art also, and, as we shall see, he designed the fine Testoni of Giovanni Galeazzo Maria Sforza and Ludovico Moro, which were engraved by Caradosso; f...
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LEONI, LEONE
LEONI, LEONE (Ital.). Sculptor and Medallist, born at Arezzo in 1509, died at Milan on July 22., 1590. Whether he belonged to the same family as Giovanni Leone da Arezzo, upon whom the Emperor Sigismund conferred a knighthood in 1418 or not, it is impossible to ascertain. Nothing is known either of this artist's early career. In 1537 he was appointed Mint-engraver at Rome, a post which he filled until 1540. It would appear that his first medallic work of note was a Portrait-medallion ot General ...
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LEONI, LEONE (Ital.). Sculptor and Medallist, born at Arezzo in 1509, died at Milan on July 22., 1590. Whether he belonged to the same family as Giovanni Leone da Arezzo, upon whom the Emperor Sigismund conferred a knighthood in 1418 or not, it is impossible to ascertain. Nothing is known either of this artist's early career. In 1537 he was appointed Mint-engraver at Rome, a post which he filled until 1540. It would appear that his first medallic work of note was a Portrait-medallion ot General ...
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LEONI, POMPEO
LEONI, POMPEO (Ital.). Sculptor and Medallist of the second half of the sixteenth century ; a son of Leone Leoni ; died at Madrid in 1610. He served the Imperial House of Austria and assisted his father in several of his works, notably in his famous group of Charles V. slaying the Monster, which was commissioned by Ferrante Gonzaga in 1547, achieved in 1556, and bears the signature : LEO P. POMPÉ F. ARET. F. Pompeo Leoni spent the greater part of his life in Spain, where most of his works of scu...
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LEONI, POMPEO (Ital.). Sculptor and Medallist of the second half of the sixteenth century ; a son of Leone Leoni ; died at Madrid in 1610. He served the Imperial House of Austria and assisted his father in several of his works, notably in his famous group of Charles V. slaying the Monster, which was commissioned by Ferrante Gonzaga in 1547, achieved in 1556, and bears the signature : LEO P. POMPÉ F. ARET. F. Pompeo Leoni spent the greater part of his life in Spain, where most of his works of scu...
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