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Gottlob August Dietelbach (born May 11, 1806 in Stetten im Remstal , † August 9, 1870 in Stuttgart ) was a German medalist and engraver . He worked in Munich from 1830 and in Stuttgart from 1837.

Life

Early years

Gottlob August Dietelbach was born on May 11, 1806 in Stetten im Remstal as the son of an engraver. He completed an apprenticeship as an engraver with his father and / or an apprenticeship with the sculptor Johann Heinrich Dannecker in Stuttgart. On June 1, 1827, he enrolled at the Munich Art Academy in the subject of printmaking and continued his training as an engraver under the medalist Carl Friedrich Voigt .

In the same year he worked as a coin medalist in Bern, where he struck a medal with the image of the lion of Lucerne . In 1830 he settled in Munich, where he worked as a coin medalist. In the same year he created a commemorative coin for King Maximilian Joseph I of Bavaria, who died in 1825 .

Stuttgart

In 1837 Dietelbach was appointed to the Stuttgart Mint as a coin medalist and appointed court engraver in 1866. The Stuttgart Mint was housed in the Bergrat building at Dorotheenplatz 4 until 1844. In 1844 she moved to a newly constructed building at Neckarstrasse 19, across from the Gemäldegalerie, today's Alte Staatsgalerie . On the occasion of the first visit to the new mint by King Wilhelm I and Crown Prince Karl, Dietelbach created a visit coin with a view of the new mint.

Stuttgart Mint in the mountain ridge building, 1736–1844.

Stuttgart Mint, 1844–1967.

In Stuttgart Dietelbach created numerous coins, medals and seals, often coins and medals with the image of King Wilhelm I. He signed his stamps and tools with D, AD, GAD, A.DTLBCH, A.DIETELB. or with DIETELBACH. In addition to his role as a coin medalist, he worked as a medalist and engraver in precious stones and metal for private customers. Dietelbach lived with his family in changing rental apartments in downtown Stuttgart, and from 1861 until his death in 1870 he ran a shop in the Königsbau .

Dietelbach's coin tools are in the coin cabinet of the Landesmuseum Württemberg in Stuttgart. His seals and medals are only partially recorded, a large part is in the possession of the main state archive in Stuttgart. A showcase is dedicated to him in the museum under the Y-Castle in Dietelbach's birthplace, Stetten im Remstal.

Dietelbach was married to Caroline Rapp. The marriage resulted in their son Rudolf in 1847. Dietelbach died at the age of 64 on August 9, 1870 in Stuttgart. His wife survived him by seven years and died in 1877. The son Rudolf Dietelbach was a successful sculptor. He died in 1917 at the age of 70.

literature

Christian Binder; Julius Ebner: Württemberg coin and medal customer. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 1910, pages 245-273, numbers 122, 154, 157, 158, 175, 214, 216, 410, 421, 425, 427, 435, double panel XVIII.
Do you know Gottlob August Dietelbach? In the spotlight. Official information sheet of the Association for Home and Culture eV Kernen im Remstal, issue no. 4, October 29, 2001, pdf .
L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Volume 1. London: Spink & Son, 1904, pp. 587-588, pdf .
L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Volume 7. London: Spink & Son, 1923, pages 223-224, pdf .
Ulrich Klein: Tools for Swiss coins and medals in the stamp collection of the Stuttgart State Mint. In: Swiss Numismatic Rundschau, Volume 59, 1980, Pages 110–140, here: 112, 122, pdf .
Susanna Partsch: Dietelbach, Gottlob August . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 27, Saur, Munich a. a. 2000, ISBN 3-598-22767-1 , p. 283.
Dietelbach, Gottlob August . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 9 : Delaulne-Dubois . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1913, p. 253 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Web links

Commons : Gottlob August Dietelbach - Collection of images

Footnotes

^ L. Forrer: Dietelbach, GA In: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . tape I . Spink & Son, London 1923, p. 587 f . (English).
↑ L. Forrer: Dietelbach, Gottlob August . In: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . tape VII . Spink & Son, London 1923, p. 223 f . (English).
^ Matriculation database of the Academy of Fine Arts Munich .
↑ A copy of the commemorative coin for Maximilian Joseph I is in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg, see the object catalog of the collections of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum .
↑ Kunstblatt, January 16, 1845, page 20, pdf , #Binder 1910 , page 259, number 214.
↑ #Partsch 2000 , # Thieme-Becker 1913.2 , #Forrer 1923 , #Blickpunkt 2001 .
^ Stuttgart address books 1841–1870. - Rental apartments: Lange Strasse, Esslinger Strasse, Kirchstrasse, Hirschstrasse, Kronprinzstrasse, Stiftsstrasse.
↑ #Blickpunkt 2001 .

personal data
SURNAME	Dietelbach, Gottlob August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German medalist and engraver
DATE OF BIRTH	May 11, 1806
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stetten in the Remstal
DATE OF DEATH	August 9, 1870
Place of death	Stuttgart

[1] L. Forrer: Dietelbach, GA In: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . tape I . Spink & Son, London 1923, p. 587 f . (English).

[2] L. Forrer: Dietelbach, Gottlob August . In: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . tape VII . Spink & Son, London 1923, p. 223 f . (English).

[3] Matriculation database of the Academy of Fine Arts Munich .

[4] A copy of the commemorative coin for Maximilian Joseph I is in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg, see the object catalog of the collections of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum .

[5] Kunstblatt, January 16, 1845, page 20, pdf , #Binder 1910 , page 259, number 214.

[6] #Partsch 2000 , # Thieme-Becker 1913.2 , #Forrer 1923 , #Blickpunkt 2001 .

[7] Stuttgart address books 1841–1870. - Rental apartments: Lange Strasse, Esslinger Strasse, Kirchstrasse, Hirschstrasse, Kronprinzstrasse, Stiftsstrasse.

[8] #Blickpunkt 2001 .