MALER, CHRISTIAN (Germ.). Son of Valentin Maler, to whose business as a Goldsmith and Medallist he succeeded, circ. 1603. He was born at Nuremberg about 1584 and died there after 1648, but neither, the date of his birth, nor that ot his death are known. The period of his activity is placed between 1603 and 1648. Although a son of Valentin Maler, and grand-son of Wenzel Jamnitzer, his productions, which are very numerous, "are executed," says Bolzenthal, " in a mechanical manner and frequently in a bad style." Christian Maler was most successful in the portraits of some Nurembergians, but worked also for the House of Brandenburg, and the Emperors Rudolph II., Matthias, and Ferdinand II., " from whom he received permission to strike medals in his own house, a privilege noted on most of his works cum privilegio. " Most of Christian Maler's medals are struck; some however are cast, and bear the monogram CM incuse, whereas it is raised on medals. Amongst these, Erman mentions the following : 1605. Ernst Haller; — Georg Volckamer; — 1628. Georg Graf; — 1629. Hans Jakob Tetzel (illustrated); — Undated. Maximilian, Count Pappenheim; — and probably also : Henricus Coler, Consul. Primarius. Lvbecensis, 1636 (illustrated), &c. Similar in style are the medals signed MH ana many other oval portrait-pieces of Nuremberg, of the two first decades of the seventeenth century ; many of these, suggests Erman, should certainly belong to Christian Maler. This artist's medals are variously signed ; CM.; — C. M. C. P.; — C. M. C. PRIVI. CAES; — C. MAL; — C. MALER; — C. MALLER; — C. PRI. C.M.;— C. PRI. C?. C MALER ; — C. PRIVI. C. MALER; — C PRIVI. CAE.C M.; — CVM. PRIVI. C. C. M.; — CVM. PRIVIL. CAE. CM. ; — M. C, or privy mark, a crane. I have made a note of the following medals by Christian Maler, which however only represent a small portion of his work : Frederick, Count Palatine, and Princess Elizabeth, 1615. R. Shields of arms ; — Coronation of Frederick and Elizabeth of Bohemia, 1619 (4 var. ; one illustrated); — Elizabeth Stuart, oval badge, 30 x 38 mill., obv. QVAE SIM POST TERGA VIDEBIS. Crowned bust to r. R. SIC NVNC : PVLCHERRIMA QVONDAM. Skeleton holding hour-glass above table inscribed : CVM PRIVIL : CAES : C. M. (illustrated) ; — Emperor Rudolph II. ; — Emperor Matthias and consort Anna ; — Matthias II. King of Hungary, 1611 R. King on horseback ; — Emperor Matthias and consort Anna, 1617; — Archduke Ferdinand, 1617; — Empress Eleonora, 1630; — Jeton on the Capture of Jülich, by John Sigismund, Margrave of Brandenburg,. 1610 (2 var.); — Frederick —William, Margrave of Brandenburg, and consort, Louise, 1648; Christian II., Margrave of Brandenburg, 1606 (2 var.); — Marriage of Joachim Ernest, Margrave of Brandenburg, with Princess Elizabeth of Solms, 4. October 1612; — Oval- Portrait-Medal of Joachim Ernest, of Brandenburg, undated (signed : C. MALLER C. PRIVI. CAES.); — John George I., Duke of Saxony, 1611 ; — Another, undated, with R. Duke on horseback (1614) ;— Centenary of the Reformation, 1617 (6 var.); — Portrait-medal of John George I. of Saxony R. MONT.DVX. &c. Duke on horseback (Engelh. n° 790); — Siege and Capture of Bautzen, 1620; — Hungarian and Bohemian Coronation of King Matthias II. (1608) R. MANET VLTIMA COELIS;— Portrait-medal of the Emperor Mathias II. and Empress Anne, on the Reichstag at Ratisbon, 1613 ; — John Casimir, Duke of Saxony, 1613 (illustrated; a variety reproduced in Tentzel L. E. Plate 20. lis dated 1618); — Naval Victory of Admiral van der Does, near the Canary Islands, with bust on obv. of Prince Maurice of Orange-Nassau, 1595 ; — Prince-Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg and consort Louise of Nassau-Orange; 1646; — Brunswick medal of 1615, obv. ALACRITAS CALCAR LIBERALITAS R. CAVTE Acrobats, &c. ; — Religious Medal, Ein vernunftig Weiberfrischt ihres Manns Hertz, &c. ; - Another, Bust of Christ, EGO.SVM.VIA VERITAS ET VITA ; — Reformation Memorial, 1630; — Proclamation Medal and Coronation of Matthias II., at Frankfort-on-M., 1612 (sev. var.); — "Apostles" Medal; — Matthias II., Wars against the Turks, 1612; — Matthias II.'s solemn entry into Ratisbon, 1613 ; — " Utraquistenmedaille " ; — Ferdinand II. and the six Prince- Electors; — The Nuremberg Town Hall, 1619; — Rudolph II. and the six Prince-Electors, 1607; — Medal of Strassburg, 1615; — Siege of Brunswick, 1615. Among the, personal medals engraved by Christian Maler are ; Martin Luther, 1617 (sev. var.); — Johann Tserclaes Tilly, 1628 : — Ernest, Count Mansfeld ; — Prince-Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg and consort Louise of Nassau-Orange, 1646; — Duke John George I. of Saxony; — Prince Maurice of Orange- Nassau, 1600 and 1613 (sev. var.); — Georg Volckamer, 1624 and 1627; — Emperor Matthias II., obv. legend : MATTHIAS MVNDI MODERATOR MAGNIFICATUS ; — Emperor Ferdinand II. (sev. var.); — Frederick V., Count Palatine, King of Bohemia, 1619; — Rudolph; II. ; — Prince Henry Frederick, of Orange- Nassau ; — Christian I., Prince of Anhalt, 1607 (oval medalet). At the Kunstgewerbe-Ausstellung, Dresden, 1906, the following medals by Christian Maler were exhibited, which Prof. Dr B. Pick describes in his Catalogue : Emperor Rudolf II., 1603 (AR. gilt. Gotha Museum); — John Casimir, Duke of Saxony, in Coburg (AR. gilt. Weimar) ; — Anna, consort of Prince Christian of Anhalt, 1608 (AR. gilt); — Emperor Mathias and his family; Coronation medal of Frankfort-on-Main, 1612 (AR. Gotha); — Joachim Ernest, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, 1612 (AR.); — Another, similar (but undated); — Ernst, Count of Mansfeld, undated (AR. Gotha); — John Frederick, Duke of Würtemberg, undated (AR. gilt) ; — Maximilian, Duke of Bavaria, undated (AR. gilt. Gotha); — Medal of the Beyersdorf Convention, with busts of the four Frankish Princes (AR. gilt); — John Georg I., Prince Elector of Saxony, 1520 (AR. Gotha); — Johannes Dresel von Hoelfeld, abbot of Erbach, 1618 (AR. gilt and enamelled. Gotha). " Christian Maler engraved dies for coins, as for instance the “Reichsvikariat" Thaler of John George I., 1612, and a Portraitthaler of George, Margrave of Brandenburg, but he never filled the office of a Mint-engraver. According to Oesterreicher, he applied on 13. November 1630 for the post of Die-cutter at the Vienna Mint, and recalled in support of his application his twenty years' services to that Mint. By Christian Maler are also Portrait-medallions in coloured wax. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, Kunstgeschichte der modernen Medaillen- Arbeit, Berlin, 1840. — Erman, Deutsche Medailleure, Berlin, 1884. — Franks & Grueber, Medallic Illustrations, &c. — Ammon, Sammlung berühmter Medailleurs und Münzmeister nebst ihren Zeichen, Nürnberg. 1758. — Köhler, Münzbelustigungen, pl. V, 281, XII, 17. — Wills, Nürnbergische Münzbel , pl. l, 33.40. II, 140. IV, 307,395. — Seyler, Leben Frid. Wilh. desGrossen Chnrfürsten zu Brandenburg, p. 26. — Numophyl. Burckh. Pl. 11, n° 917, &c. 1232, 1707, 1835, 2613. — Doppelmaier, Hist. Nachr. von Nürnb. Mathematicis und Künstlert., p. 215. — Vollständig Braunschweig. Lüneburg. Münz und Med. Cabin., nos 243.1217 . — Flad, Berühmte Medailleurs. — Lohner, Medaillen Sammlung, pl. II, 49. V, 297. VII. 417. — Madai, Thaler Cabinet, nos 2168, 3794. — Ad. Hess Nachf., Reimmann Sale Catalogue, 1892. — L. & L. Hamburger, Raritäten Cabinet, IV. — Dr Merzbacher, Kunst-Medaillen Catalog, 1900. — Domanig, Porträtmedaillen des Erzhauses Oesterreich. — Katalog der Münzen- und Medaillen-Stempel-Sammlung des K. K. Hauptmünzamtes in Wien, 1901. — Schlickeysen-Pallmann, Abkürzungen, etc. — Menadier, Schaumünzen des Hauses Hohenzollern, 1901. — Erbstein, Erörterungen auf dem Gebiete der Sächsischen Münz-und Medaillen-Geschichte, Dresden, 1888. — Theodor Distel, Nachrichten über den Contrafactor und Eisenschneider Christian Maler zu Nürnberg, Blätter für Münzfreunde, 1036. — Blanchet, op. cit., II. — Gebert- Nürnberg, Geschichte der Münzstätte der Reichstadt Nürnberg, 1891. — Nagler, Neues allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon, 1839. — H. W. Singer, Allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon, 1898. — De Historiepenningen, en Munten betrekhing hebbende op het Stamhuis van Orange-Nassau. — Dr Julius Cahn, Medaillen und Plaketten-Sammlung W. P. Metzler, Frankfurt-am- Main. — Paul-Joseph & Eduard Fellner, Die Münzen von Frankfur-am- Main, 1896. — Fiala, Beschreibung der Sammlung böhmischer Münzen und Medaillen des Max Donebauer, Prag, 1888. — Catalogus der Nederlandsche en op Nederland betrekking hebbende Gedenkpenningen 1, 1903. — C. Oesterreicher, Regesten aus J. Newald's Publicationen über österreichische Münzprägungen.
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
LÜDER, JAN
LÜDER, JAN (Dutch). Medallist of the fourth quarter of the seventeenth century and early part of the eighteenth, circ. 1680- 1710. He executed a large number of medals for William III. of. Great Britain and also for John George III., Elector of Saxony. His work is not of great merit, and he is said to have frequently copied the designs of other medallists. This engraver visited England, where he may have cut some of his medals : Among his productions, we find : James II. and — Mary, 1685 James I...
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LÜDER, JAN (Dutch). Medallist of the fourth quarter of the seventeenth century and early part of the eighteenth, circ. 1680- 1710. He executed a large number of medals for William III. of. Great Britain and also for John George III., Elector of Saxony. His work is not of great merit, and he is said to have frequently copied the designs of other medallists. This engraver visited England, where he may have cut some of his medals : Among his productions, we find : James II. and — Mary, 1685 James I...
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LÜDERS, CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH
LÜDERS, CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH (Germ.). Medallist at Berlin, arc. 1702-1742, and Mint-engraver there. He was employed by the Royal House of Prussia, and was a successful Engraver. They comprise : Marriage of King Frederick I. of Prussia with Sophie Louise of Mecklenburg-Grabow, 1708; — Marriage of Frederick Louis, Prince of Wurtemberg, with Henrietta Maria, Princess of Prussia, 1716; — Marriage of Crown Prince Frederick at Salzdahlum, 1733 (2 var., one of which is signed KOCH on obv.) ; — Marriage...
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LÜDERS, CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH (Germ.). Medallist at Berlin, arc. 1702-1742, and Mint-engraver there. He was employed by the Royal House of Prussia, and was a successful Engraver. They comprise : Marriage of King Frederick I. of Prussia with Sophie Louise of Mecklenburg-Grabow, 1708; — Marriage of Frederick Louis, Prince of Wurtemberg, with Henrietta Maria, Princess of Prussia, 1716; — Marriage of Crown Prince Frederick at Salzdahlum, 1733 (2 var., one of which is signed KOCH on obv.) ; — Marriage...
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LUNDER, GABRIEL
LUNDER, GABRIEL (Norweg.). Medallist of the second half of the eighteenth century ; born at Kongsberg (in Norway) ; resided for some time at Nuremberg, then at Koenigsberg, and finally settled at Copenhagen, where he was working from 1742 to 1782. His productions are usually signed G. L. or G. L. F., but also L. One of the most artistic is his Portrait-medal of the ecclesiastic Johann Meyer, superior of St. Lorenz, at Nuremberg. Bibliography. — Ammon, op. cit. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — I. V. Kull...
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LUNDER, GABRIEL (Norweg.). Medallist of the second half of the eighteenth century ; born at Kongsberg (in Norway) ; resided for some time at Nuremberg, then at Koenigsberg, and finally settled at Copenhagen, where he was working from 1742 to 1782. His productions are usually signed G. L. or G. L. F., but also L. One of the most artistic is his Portrait-medal of the ecclesiastic Johann Meyer, superior of St. Lorenz, at Nuremberg. Bibliography. — Ammon, op. cit. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — I. V. Kull...
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LUNDERBERG, LAWRENCE D.
LUNDERBERG, LAWRENCE D. (Swed.). Medallist of the end of the eighteenth century and early part of the nineteenth. He resided at Stockholm, and is the author of some medals : Charles (afterwards Earl) Grey, M. P., 1801 (signed : LUNDERBERG); — Medal of the Historical and Archaeological Society of Sweden, 1801 ; — Return of King Charles XIII. from the Riksdag at Örebro, 18. October 1810; — New year's Medalet (1800); — Dr Lorenz Gabriel Branting; — Dr. Frans Joaquim von Aken, apothecary, of Örebro,...
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LUNDERBERG, LAWRENCE D. (Swed.). Medallist of the end of the eighteenth century and early part of the nineteenth. He resided at Stockholm, and is the author of some medals : Charles (afterwards Earl) Grey, M. P., 1801 (signed : LUNDERBERG); — Medal of the Historical and Archaeological Society of Sweden, 1801 ; — Return of King Charles XIII. from the Riksdag at Örebro, 18. October 1810; — New year's Medalet (1800); — Dr Lorenz Gabriel Branting; — Dr. Frans Joaquim von Aken, apothecary, of Örebro,...
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