Raimund Faltz

Raimund Faltz
Born(1658-07-04)July 4, 1658
Stockholm
DiedMay 21, 1703(1703-05-21) (aged 44)
Berlin
NationalityGerman
Known forMedallist
MovementBaroque
George I of Great Britain (Georg Ludwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg), wax model for medallion by Raimund Faltz, 1700
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Raimund Faltz (1658-1703) was a medallist active in Germany. Faltz was born in Stockholm, studied under medallist Charles-Jean-François Chéron in Paris, and in 1688 moved to Berlin where he made a large number of medals and reliefs until his death.

References

  • Staats- und Gesellschafts-Lexikon: neues Conversations-Lexikon : in Verbindung mit deutschen Gelehrten und Staatsmännern, Volume 13, Friedrich Wilhelm Hermann Wagener, Berlin, 1863, page 146.
  • Conversationslexicon für bildende Kunst, Volume 3, J. A. Romberg (editor), Leipzig, 1846, page 408.
  • Handbook of the Arts of the Middle Ages and Renaissance: As Applied to the Decoration of Furniture, Arms, Jewels, &c. &c, Charles Jules Labarte, John Murray, 1855, page 35.