Carl Friedrich Voigt (medalist)
Carl Friedrich Voigt (born October 6, 1800 in Berlin , † October 13, 1874 in Trieste ) was a German medalist , engraver , gemstone cutter and die cutter .
Life
Voigt initially worked for various renowned engravers, including the mint founded by Daniel Friedrich Loos in Berlin under Gottfried Bernhard Loos and with Benedetto Pistrucci in London.
From 1829 to 1855 he was the chief engraver and medalist at the Royal Bavarian Mint ( Bavarian Main Mint ) in Munich. There he was a die cutter for numerous coins of the Kingdom of Bavaria (e.g. for the series of Bavarian History Convention thalers initiated by King Ludwig I , the motifs “Coin for the Bavarian-Württemberg Zollverein”, 1830/31, “Trade Agreement between Bavaria, Prussia, Württemberg und Hessen 1829 ", 1831/32," For the conclusion of the Customs Union Treaties 1833 ", 1833/34," Baden joined the German Customs Union ", 1835/36; for the motif for the history thaler" Peace of Frankfurt a. M. 10. May 1871 ”, 1871, the Munich medalist Johann Adam Ries cut the opposite side with the portrait of King Ludwig II.).
He also created many medals there for the Wittelsbach and other German royal houses. For example, he created the template for a new silver edition of the so-called Madonnentaler, which was first minted in 1610, by King Ludwig II .
Since 1832, he made in Munich also Coining for the coming of the House of Wittelsbach Greek King Otto I , and various coins and medals for the Vatican (eg. B. 1862 re-establishing the Peter's Pence in 1859).
A bronze medal by Voigt from 1841 in the National Portrait Gallery in London shows a portrait of the British Indologist John Borthwick Gilchrist . A bronze portrait medal by the Italian sculptor Pietro Teneranis dates from 1853 .
Voigt had been married to the Rome-born miniature painter M. Teresa Fioroni since 1830 . CF Voigt created a portrait medallion for his wife in 1845: cast bronze, one-sided, 86 mm. Inscription: M. TERESA VOIGT G. (eborene) FIORONI - PAINTER <> head portrait to the left, signed below : C. VOIGT 1845.
King Otto of Greece awarded him the Silver Knight's Cross of the Order of Savior in 1836 .
Commemorative medal created by Carl Friedrich Voigt for the First General German Industrial Exhibition in Munich, 1854.
Gulden from 1841 for the 25th anniversary of the reign of King Wilhelm I of Württemberg.
Back: Württembergia.
literature
- Hyacinth Holland : Voigt, Karl Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 40, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, pp. 210-212.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Literature: Josef Hauser, 1905, page 137, no. 457. Carsten Svarstad no. 943.
- ^ Government Gazette for the Kingdom of Bavaria , No. 15, Munich, May 6, 1836
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Voigt, Carl Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Voigt, Karl Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German medalist, engraver, gemstone cutter and die cutter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 6, 1800 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 13, 1874 |
| Place of death | Trieste |