Johann Martin Krafft
Johann Martin Krafft (also: Johann Martin Crafft or Johann Martin Craft ; born March 30, 1738 in Vienna , † June 14, 1781 in Munich ) was a medalist and coin die cutter.
Like his father, he first learned the art of goldsmithing , but then devoted himself to engraving and became one of the best die cutters of his time. He toured Germany, France and Italy. In 1770 he worked in Vienna, was appointed to Milan as an Imperial and Royal Medalist and then went to Munich, where he died in July 1781. Four hours before his death he had drawn the draft of his tomb. The Elector had the Mannheim court sculptor Augustin Egell erected for him at the place of the Brothers of Mercy .
His student was the Austrian Martin Lerner , who accompanied him on trips for twelve years.
literature
- Nagler: New general artist lexicon ; Volume 7, p. 151, calls him D. Krafft
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Krafft, Martin . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 13th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing House, Vienna 1865, p. 111 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Bernhard Koch: About the family of the medalist Johann Martin Krafft ; in communications from the Austrian Numismatic Society Vol. XXI, no. 11 (1980), pp. 160–161
- Bernhard Koch: Krafft, Johann Martin. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 648 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Review of Westenrieder's yearbook of human history in Bavaria 1782/1783 in the New Library of the Beautiful Sciences and the Freyen Künste 29.2, 1784, pp. 305-313, for Krafft pp. 310-311 PDF, 882 kB
- Engravers and die cutters under Colloredo PDF, 11.8 kB
- Helmut Zöttl, Colloredo's election medals
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krafft, Johann Martin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Crafft, Johann Martin; Craft, Johann Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Medalist and coin die cutter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 30, 1738 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 1781 |
| Place of death | Munich |