LUDWIG, CHRISTOPH (Germ.). Mint-engraver at Oels, 1621.
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
LIXIGNOLO, GIACOMO
LIXIGNOLO, GIACOMO (Ital.). Medallist of the third quarter of the fifteenth century, whose signature occurs on a medal, dated 1460, of Borso d'Este, first Duke of Ferrara (1413-1450 † 1471). On obv. is a bust of the Duke to r. R. OPVS . IACOBVS . LIXIGNOLO . MCCCCLX. Unicorn beside a stream in mountainous landscape, over which the sun is shining. Diam : 83 mill. Heiss mentions that a painter of the name of Jacobus de Lusciniis was residing at Parma in 1471 but that it is not possible to identify...
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LIXIGNOLO, GIACOMO (Ital.). Medallist of the third quarter of the fifteenth century, whose signature occurs on a medal, dated 1460, of Borso d'Este, first Duke of Ferrara (1413-1450 † 1471). On obv. is a bust of the Duke to r. R. OPVS . IACOBVS . LIXIGNOLO . MCCCCLX. Unicorn beside a stream in mountainous landscape, over which the sun is shining. Diam : 83 mill. Heiss mentions that a painter of the name of Jacobus de Lusciniis was residing at Parma in 1471 but that it is not possible to identify...
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LJALIN, ALEXANDER
LJALIN, ALEXANDER (Russ.). Medallist of the second quarter of the nineteenth century, who worked at St. Petersburg. Iversen states that he was born in 1799, entered in 1813 the Academy of Fine Arts, where he obtained the second silver medal, appointed Engraver at the Mint in 1824, and died in 1861. From 1851 until his death he held a chair of Professor of medal-engraving at the Academy. Amongst his productions, which are usually signed A.?. or A.????H? I have noticed : Portrait-medal of Peter...
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LJALIN, ALEXANDER (Russ.). Medallist of the second quarter of the nineteenth century, who worked at St. Petersburg. Iversen states that he was born in 1799, entered in 1813 the Academy of Fine Arts, where he obtained the second silver medal, appointed Engraver at the Mint in 1824, and died in 1861. From 1851 until his death he held a chair of Professor of medal-engraving at the Academy. Amongst his productions, which are usually signed A.?. or A.????H? I have noticed : Portrait-medal of Peter...
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LJUNGBERGER, GUSTAV
LJUNGBERGER, GUSTAV (Swed.). Medallist of the second half of the eighteenth century, born circ. 1740, who worked at Stockholm, 1765-1801. On the death of Fehrman in 1780, he was appointed Court-medallist. His talent found recognition from the Academies of Florence, Bologna, Vienna, and Copenhagen which received him as a member, and the King of Sweden (Gustavus III.) invested him with the Order of Wasa. Among this artist's best known productions are the following medals : Medal of the Lodge " Ein...
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LJUNGBERGER, GUSTAV (Swed.). Medallist of the second half of the eighteenth century, born circ. 1740, who worked at Stockholm, 1765-1801. On the death of Fehrman in 1780, he was appointed Court-medallist. His talent found recognition from the Academies of Florence, Bologna, Vienna, and Copenhagen which received him as a member, and the King of Sweden (Gustavus III.) invested him with the Order of Wasa. Among this artist's best known productions are the following medals : Medal of the Lodge " Ein...
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LOBSINGER, HANS
LOBSINGER, HANS (Germ.). Founder, Gem-engraver, and Worker in metal and hone-stone, who worked at Nuremberg, circ. 1530- 1570. He was born in 1510 and died about 1570. Doppelmayr, speaking of Hans Lobsinger, says that he was skilled in many things, and showed much talent in modelling and casting in metal, wax and plaster, and in cutting precious stones, and it is therefore probable that a place in the circle of artists belongs to him. However, the medal which is shown as his work, having his po...
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LOBSINGER, HANS (Germ.). Founder, Gem-engraver, and Worker in metal and hone-stone, who worked at Nuremberg, circ. 1530- 1570. He was born in 1510 and died about 1570. Doppelmayr, speaking of Hans Lobsinger, says that he was skilled in many things, and showed much talent in modelling and casting in metal, wax and plaster, and in cutting precious stones, and it is therefore probable that a place in the circle of artists belongs to him. However, the medal which is shown as his work, having his po...
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