MAAS, HEINRICH LUDWIG (Germ.). Mint-engraver at Hanover, circ. 1818-1831. I have noticed his signature M on the truncation of George IV. 's bust on Gulden of 1826, 1829, &c, and on a Portraitmedal of Dr Bernhard Christoph Faust of Bückeburg, 1827.
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
LOOS, FRIEDRICH WILHELM
LOOS, FRIEDRICH WILHELM (Germ.). Eldest son of Daniel Friedrich Loos; also a Medallist, who worked with his father at Berlin, and did not long survive him. His signature F. LOOS occurs on the following medals : Dr Edward Jenner, the discoverer of vaccination (2 var.) ; — Centenary of the Palatine Colony at Magdeburg, 1789 (R. by D. F. Loos); — Centenary of the Kingdom of Prussia, 18. January 1801 ; — Prize Medal of the Academy of Sciences, 1786; — Another, of 1797, with bust of Fred. William III...
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LOOS, FRIEDRICH WILHELM (Germ.). Eldest son of Daniel Friedrich Loos; also a Medallist, who worked with his father at Berlin, and did not long survive him. His signature F. LOOS occurs on the following medals : Dr Edward Jenner, the discoverer of vaccination (2 var.) ; — Centenary of the Palatine Colony at Magdeburg, 1789 (R. by D. F. Loos); — Centenary of the Kingdom of Prussia, 18. January 1801 ; — Prize Medal of the Academy of Sciences, 1786; — Another, of 1797, with bust of Fred. William III...
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LOOS, GOTTFRIED BERNHARD
LOOS, GOTTFRIED BERNHARD (Germ.). Second son of Daniel F. Loos, born 6. August 1774, and died 29. July 1843; Mintmaster at Berlin, 1806-1812; General Warden to the Prussian Mint, etc. In 1812 he opened the famous Die-sinking establishment of Loos at Berlin, which produced a large number of medals, and employed some of the best German medallists.The medallic establishment which he founded now exists as the "Berlin Medallic Mint of L. Ostermann (q.v.), formerly G. Loos." There are medals with the ...
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LOOS, GOTTFRIED BERNHARD (Germ.). Second son of Daniel F. Loos, born 6. August 1774, and died 29. July 1843; Mintmaster at Berlin, 1806-1812; General Warden to the Prussian Mint, etc. In 1812 he opened the famous Die-sinking establishment of Loos at Berlin, which produced a large number of medals, and employed some of the best German medallists.The medallic establishment which he founded now exists as the "Berlin Medallic Mint of L. Ostermann (q.v.), formerly G. Loos." There are medals with the ...
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LORDONNOIS, MARCEL PROSPER
LORDONNOIS, MARCEL PROSPER (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Paris ; pupil of Mouchon, F. Vernon and Kluge. At the Salons of 1896, 1898, 1902, 1903, 1904, and 1906 he exhibited several Medals abd Portrait-plaquettes, which display a good taste and technical ability. One of them, that of Mlle Dugat I have seen ; and also one of Mlle Jeanne Cordonnier. At the Salon of 1905, he exhibited : Portrait of Mme M. B*** ; — Mlle M. B. A***; — A. Bassinet, senator; — G. Marion, surgeo...
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LORDONNOIS, MARCEL PROSPER (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Paris ; pupil of Mouchon, F. Vernon and Kluge. At the Salons of 1896, 1898, 1902, 1903, 1904, and 1906 he exhibited several Medals abd Portrait-plaquettes, which display a good taste and technical ability. One of them, that of Mlle Dugat I have seen ; and also one of Mlle Jeanne Cordonnier. At the Salon of 1905, he exhibited : Portrait of Mme M. B*** ; — Mlle M. B. A***; — A. Bassinet, senator; — G. Marion, surgeo...
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LORENZ, CARL HEINRICH
LORENZ, CARL HEINRICH (Germ.). Medallist and Coin-engraver, born at Berlin on the 24th of August 1810; died in the seventies. He studied first at the Berlin Academy, then at Vienna, visited Italy, and returned to Berlin, where he was working up to 1848, when he obtained employment as Engraver and Medallist to the Mint of Altona, from the Danish government. From 1859 to 1861 he filled the post of Chief Medallist at St. Petersburg, and definitely settled at Hamburg towards the end of 1861. For som...
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LORENZ, CARL HEINRICH (Germ.). Medallist and Coin-engraver, born at Berlin on the 24th of August 1810; died in the seventies. He studied first at the Berlin Academy, then at Vienna, visited Italy, and returned to Berlin, where he was working up to 1848, when he obtained employment as Engraver and Medallist to the Mint of Altona, from the Danish government. From 1859 to 1861 he filled the post of Chief Medallist at St. Petersburg, and definitely settled at Hamburg towards the end of 1861. For som...
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