Johann Blum (medalist)
Johann Blum , also spelled Blohm , Blume (* around 1599 probably in Bremen ; † after 1689) was a German die cutter and medalist .
Life
As the son of the Bremen goldsmith Cordt Blum (Blohme) he can be traced back to Bremen in 1641/42, in 1652 he was appointed to the Gottorfer Hof , in 1656 / 57–1662 / 64 he was a die cutter at the Royal Mint in Copenhagen, and also in or for Bremen (Roland medals). The portrait of Blum by Johann Heimbach kept in the Focke-Museum Bremen is marked IBI (= Johan Blum incisor) aetatis 38 Anno 1637 and represents the only clue for the year of his birth.
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His medals vary in quality and style, which makes it difficult to attribute unsigned pieces. Artistically, his medals are not always original, in terms of motifs he is often based on models from Sadeler or Loof, but remains consistently at a high technical level. In his signatures, Blum often chooses the written high German form of the name “flower”. An almost complete collection of his medals, which is only partially exhibited, is in the Focke-Museum Bremen, further pieces are in the Roseliushaus Bremen, in the Kgl. Coin Collection Copenhagen and other coin cabinets. Signatures: J. BLUM. FE. and I. BL.
Medals and Coins
- Peace Medals from 1648 and 1649;
- Wedding medal Wilhelm von Nassau / Maria von England 1641,
- Wedding medals from 1640, 1642, 1645 and various undated;
- Medals on Bremen and the Roland from 1640 and 1648;
- on the death of Gustav Adolf in 1632;
- to Johann Banér, before 1635;
- on the conquest of Breisach by Bernhard von Weimar , 1638;
- to Christian IV, and the peace of Brömsebro 1645,
- to Duke Friedrich von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Provost of Bremen, 1646 and 1648;
- on Friedrich III. from Denmark (no year);
- on the storming of Copenhagen (1659);
- Blum also supplied stamps for various Danish coins
literature
- Hermann Jungk: The Bremen coins . Bremen 1875 (with ill.).
- Announcements from the Bremen Commercial Museum . 1887, issue 7, p. 49.
- J. Focke: Bremische Werkmeister . Bremen 1890.
- Sources and research on the history of Schleswig-Holstein . Vol. 4, Leipzig 1916, 299, Vol. 5, Leipzig 1917, 335.
- J. Wilcke: Míntvsenet under Christian IV. And Frederik III. 1924.
- G. Galster: Danske and Norske medals and tokens . 1936.
- NL Rasmusson: Medaljer och mynt i Westfaliska freden . Kat.Nordiska Museet, Stockholm 1948, No. 316, p. 106.
- NL Rasmusson: On the work of Johan Blum . In: Hamburg contributions to numismatics . 12/13: 1958/59, 239.
- S. Fliedner: Johann Blum, a Bremen medalist of the 17th century . In: Yearbook of Wittheit zu Bremen . 2: 1958, 113–154 (with ill.).
- H. Hede: Danmarks og Norges Mínter . Copenhagen 1964, 42, 119.
- Gottorf culture in the century the university was founded . Kiel 1965.
- O. Millar: The age of Charles I . Exhibition cat. Tate-Gallery London 1972, 130.
- H. Smailes: The concise catalog of the Scottish Nat. Portrait gallery . Edinburgh 1990.
- Weilbach: Dansk Kunstnerleksikon . 1: 1994, 306.
Individual evidence
- ^ L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . Blum, Johann. Volume I. Spink & Son Ltd, London 1904, pp. 201 .
- ^ L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . Blum, Johann. Volume VII. Spink & Son Ltd, London 1923, pp. 86 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blum, Johann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blohm, Johann; Blume, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German die cutter and medalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1599 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1689 |