LOUGH (Brit.). Designer of a Portrait-medal of Edward Forbes, engraved by L. C. Wyon, in 1854.
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
L'HOEST, EUGÉNE LÉON
L'HOEST, EUGÉNE LÉON (French). Contemporary Sculptor, born at Paris on the 12. July 1874; pupil of Thomas and Lanson, and of the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts. He first began exhibiting at the Salon in 1893, and has earned the following awards : 1895, Mention honorable; and 1900, Medal of the 3rd Class. He is also a Lauréat de l'lnstitut and Officier d'Académie. Beside numerous work of sculpture this artist has produced the following Plaquettes and Medallions : Gorge Ville, Administrates du Mus...
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L'HOEST, EUGÉNE LÉON (French). Contemporary Sculptor, born at Paris on the 12. July 1874; pupil of Thomas and Lanson, and of the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts. He first began exhibiting at the Salon in 1893, and has earned the following awards : 1895, Mention honorable; and 1900, Medal of the 3rd Class. He is also a Lauréat de l'lnstitut and Officier d'Académie. Beside numerous work of sculpture this artist has produced the following Plaquettes and Medallions : Gorge Ville, Administrates du Mus...
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LIÉNARD, P. G.
LIÉNARD, P. G. (French). Medallist of the early part of the nineteenth century, residing at Paris, who issued a large series of oval Portrait-plaques, uniface, of celebrated Men, ancient and modern. One of these bears the reverse inscription : MEDAILLEUR GÉNÉRAL DES HOMMES CÉL?BRES OU FAMEUX ANCIENS ET MODERNES COMMENCÉ EN 1801 PAR P. G. LIÉNARD A PARIS. The series is a very large one ; the plaques are oval in shape and of repoussé work, generally with the name of the person represented. The fol...
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LIÉNARD, P. G. (French). Medallist of the early part of the nineteenth century, residing at Paris, who issued a large series of oval Portrait-plaques, uniface, of celebrated Men, ancient and modern. One of these bears the reverse inscription : MEDAILLEUR GÉNÉRAL DES HOMMES CÉL?BRES OU FAMEUX ANCIENS ET MODERNES COMMENCÉ EN 1801 PAR P. G. LIÉNARD A PARIS. The series is a very large one ; the plaques are oval in shape and of repoussé work, generally with the name of the person represented. The fol...
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LIGORIO, PIRRO
LIGORIO, PIRRO (Ital.). A Neapolitan Forger of the seventeenth century, whose productions are commonly known as " Ligoriana ", and consist mostly of ancient coins, probably Roman Imperial copper coins, which he cleverly patinated, also coins and medals of Popes and Cardinals, amongst which the medal of Cardinal Jacomo Savello (later Pope Honorius IV., 1285-1287), &c. Prof. Dressel of Berlin suggests that many of the so-called Paduans are probably by Ligorio, and quotes the following documents co...
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LIGORIO, PIRRO (Ital.). A Neapolitan Forger of the seventeenth century, whose productions are commonly known as " Ligoriana ", and consist mostly of ancient coins, probably Roman Imperial copper coins, which he cleverly patinated, also coins and medals of Popes and Cardinals, amongst which the medal of Cardinal Jacomo Savello (later Pope Honorius IV., 1285-1287), &c. Prof. Dressel of Berlin suggests that many of the so-called Paduans are probably by Ligorio, and quotes the following documents co...
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LINCK, JOHANN
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-mast...
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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-mast...
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