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Johann Georg Mayr (de Mayr, von Mayr, Mayer, Meyer)

German painter, draughtsman, engraver, illustrator, teacher. Elder brother of draughtsman and engraver Johann Christoph Mayr (1764–1812). Born in the family of a parson called Johann Michael Mayr in ...

Johann Gottfried Tannauer (Dannhauer?)

German painter, draughtsman, teacher. Born in the family of a clock-maker probably in Saxony (1680). Originally studied watchmaking in Swabia (1890s). Moved to Venice (1700), where he studied music (...

Carl Alexander von Leberecht

German medallist, teacher. Born in the family of Alexander von Leberecht in the town of Meiningen in the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen (1755). Lived in Russia (from mid-1770s). Medallist at the St Petersbu...

Christian Gottfried Heinrich Geißler

German engraver, draughtsman, illustrator. Born in the city of Leipzig in the Electorate of Saxony (1770). Studied at the Kunstakademie in Dresden (from 1784). Lived in Russia (1790–98). Accompanied ...

Johann Caspar Gottlieb Jaeger

German gem-cutter, medallist, teacher. Hallmark: ICI or I?C?I? or I:C:I: or I.C.I. Born in Hesse (mid-18th century). Lived and worked in St Petersburg (1772–91), where he carved intaglio portraits of...

Otto Samuel Keibel

German jeweller, goldsmith, silversmith. Hallmark: Keibel or OSK in an ovolo. Born in the town of Pasewalk in Prussia (1768). Worked on imperial commissions, including a liturgical set endowed by the...

Hermann Gottlieb Unger

German jeweller, silversmith. Born in Danzig in the family of German silversmith Simon Gottlieb Unger (1759). Master of the guild of foreign silversmiths in St Petersburg (1785) and alderman (1799). ...

Zacharias Deichmann

German jeweller, goldsmith, silversmith. Hallmark: ZD in a rectangle. Born in the town of Olonets in Karelia (1709). Studied in Moscow (1720s), where he qualified as an apprentice. Admitted into the ...

Johann Georg Wächter

German medallist. Elder brother of Georg Christian Wächter. Born in the south German town of Heidelberg (1726). Worked as an engraver at the St Petersburg Mint (from 1741) and the Imperial Academy of...

Georg Christian Wächter

German medallist. Younger brother of Johann Georg Wächter. Born in the south German town of Heidelberg (1729). Studied medal engraving under Jean Dassier in Geneva (1750s). Appointed court medallist ...

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