LORENZ, JOHANN JACOB (Germ.). Medallist to the Mint of Hamburg, born at Berlin, 24. June 1845, died 29. August 1887. He was the son of the medallist Carl Heinrich Lorenz, from whom he received his first tuition. From 1864 to 1867, he was a student at the Berlin Royal Academy of Arts, and while residing in the Prussian capital he occasionally worked for the Loos Medallic Mint. He then visited Dresden and was employed there by the Courtmedallist Friedrich Hermann Jahn. By the end of 1868 we find him back at Hamburg. On the opening of the mint of Hamburg, in 1874, he was appointed Medallist and Mint-engraver, and he died in office, from an apoplectic fit brought on by overwork. Johann Lorenz is the author of numerous Medallic works, Reliefs, Portraits, Commemorative medals, etc., some of which he executed in conjunction with his father. The coins struck at Hamburg, from 1874 to 1887, were also engraved by him. Among his best known productions are : Large official commemorative medal of the Completion of Cologne Cathedral, 1880 ; — Medal of German Coastguards and Seamen, 1881; — Prize Medal of the Geographical Society of Hamburg, with bust of the burgomaster Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer, 1881 ; — Burgomaster Hermann Ant. Corn. Weber, 1885 ; — Portrait-medallion of Carl Heinrich Lorenz; — Baptism of the medallist's daughter, Anna, 24. August 1878; — The United Lodges of Hamburg, 1870-1871 (signed : LORENZ U. SOHN) ; — Prince Bismarck ; — The Curiosities of Hamburg; — Hamburg Künstler Verein, 1873 ; — Portrait-jeton of Prince Bismarck (1871); — Prince Bismarck, 1872 (edge inscribed : NICHT NACH CANOSSA) ; — Dr John Martin Lappenberg, numismatist, of Hamburg, 1864. “ Lorenz Starb ", observes Dr Erbstein, “ da er sich bei seinem rastlosen Eifer eine Nervenkrankheit zugezogen, in Folge eines Gehirnschlages. Von ermudlichem Schaffensd range beseelt, begeistert für alles Schöne, neidlos gegen Andere, mit den trefflichsten Eigenschaften des Herzens ausgestattet, hinterlässt er bei seinen zahlreichen Freunden auch als Mensch das beste Andenken. Bibliography. — Dr Erbstein, Blätter für Münz freunde, 1887, col. 1354.
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
LEUKIOS
LEUKIOS (LUCIUS). This Gem-engraver's signature, which occurs on a carnelian of the former Stosch collection, and represents a Winged Nike in biga galloping, appears authentic to most critics (illustrated), and Prof. Furtwängler does not express any doubt about it. He says : "Die Arbeit ist ganz reizend frisch und lebendig, ohne allzuviel Detail, ganz in der Art des Aulus und seines Viergespanns ". According to King, this signature has been added, also on other gems : Masque of a bearded Faun (G...
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LEUKIOS (LUCIUS). This Gem-engraver's signature, which occurs on a carnelian of the former Stosch collection, and represents a Winged Nike in biga galloping, appears authentic to most critics (illustrated), and Prof. Furtwängler does not express any doubt about it. He says : "Die Arbeit ist ganz reizend frisch und lebendig, ohne allzuviel Detail, ganz in der Art des Aulus und seines Viergespanns ". According to King, this signature has been added, also on other gems : Masque of a bearded Faun (G...
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LÉVÉQUE, PIERRE
LÉVÉQUE, PIERRE (French). Sculptor and Die-sinker at Paris, Palais Royal; born at Beauvais in 1780; died at Passy in 1845. One of his daughters married the celebrated engraver L. Ch. Bouvet. He is said to have cut several medals commemorating the Revolution of July 1830. By him are also Portrait-medals : Giuseppe Blangini, Italian composer (signed : LEVEQUE SC) ; — Rev. J. C. Lavater (3 var.); — Birth of Louise Marie Thér?se de France, 1819, etc., and Jetons : Mines de charbon, Dep du Nord. — So...
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LÉVÉQUE, PIERRE (French). Sculptor and Die-sinker at Paris, Palais Royal; born at Beauvais in 1780; died at Passy in 1845. One of his daughters married the celebrated engraver L. Ch. Bouvet. He is said to have cut several medals commemorating the Revolution of July 1830. By him are also Portrait-medals : Giuseppe Blangini, Italian composer (signed : LEVEQUE SC) ; — Rev. J. C. Lavater (3 var.); — Birth of Louise Marie Thér?se de France, 1819, etc., and Jetons : Mines de charbon, Dep du Nord. — So...
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LEVICK, RUBY
LEVICK, RUBY (Brit.). Contemporary Sculptor, residing in London, who at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1899 showed a Portrait-medallion of W. B. Rickman. "Miss Levick", says Mr. Spielmann in British Sculpture and Sculptors of to-day", who first exhibited at the Academy in 1893, seems to have made a special study of youth at sport. Her admirably arranged bronze statuette-groups of " Boys fishing", " Boys wrestling " and " Foot-ball " are all clever and well modelled; the last named composition i...
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LEVICK, RUBY (Brit.). Contemporary Sculptor, residing in London, who at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1899 showed a Portrait-medallion of W. B. Rickman. "Miss Levick", says Mr. Spielmann in British Sculpture and Sculptors of to-day", who first exhibited at the Academy in 1893, seems to have made a special study of youth at sport. Her admirably arranged bronze statuette-groups of " Boys fishing", " Boys wrestling " and " Foot-ball " are all clever and well modelled; the last named composition i...
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LEVILLAIN, FERDINAND
LEVILLAIN, FERDINAND (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Paris (Passy); pupil of Lequien and Jouffroy. He first began to exhibit in 1861. In 1872, he was rewarded with a medal of the second class; a medal of the first class in 1884; a silver medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1889 ; and made a Knight of the Legion of Honour in 1892. He died on the 22nd January 1905. For many years he had been a member of the Jury of the Salon. A number of his productions are exhibited at the...
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LEVILLAIN, FERDINAND (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Paris (Passy); pupil of Lequien and Jouffroy. He first began to exhibit in 1861. In 1872, he was rewarded with a medal of the second class; a medal of the first class in 1884; a silver medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1889 ; and made a Knight of the Legion of Honour in 1892. He died on the 22nd January 1905. For many years he had been a member of the Jury of the Salon. A number of his productions are exhibited at the...
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