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German jeweller, silversmith. Born in Danzig in the family of German silversmith Simon Gottlieb Unger (1759). Master of the guild of foreign silversmiths in St Petersburg (1785) and alderman (1799). ...
German jeweller, goldsmith, silversmith. Hallmark: ZD in a rectangle. Born in the town of Olonets in Karelia (1709). Studied in Moscow (1720s), where he qualified as an apprentice. Admitted into the ...
Swiss goldsmith, jeweller. Born in the family of Jacques Ador and Marie Vallotton in the municipality of Vuiteboeuf in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland (1742). Worked as a goldsmith in Geneva and Lo...
German medallist. Elder brother of Georg Christian Wächter. Born in the south German town of Heidelberg (1726). Worked as an engraver at the St Petersburg Mint (from 1741) and the Imperial Academy of...
German medallist. Younger brother of Johann Georg Wächter. Born in the south German town of Heidelberg (1729). Studied medal engraving under Jean Dassier in Geneva (1750s). Appointed court medallist ...
Dutch engraver, draughtsman, teacher. Grandson of Flemish painter Ottomar Elliger I (1633–1679) and son of German history painter and engraver Ottomar Elliger II (1666–1735). Born in Amsterdam (1703)...
French sculptor. Born to French sculptor Dominique Rachette and Claudine Bienfait in Montpellier and baptised in the parish of Saint-Denis (1744). Grew up in Copenhagen, where he studied at the Konge...
Swiss jeweller, medallist. Lived in Russia (from 1760s). Worked at the St Petersburg Mint as assistant engraver (1768–72) and chief engraver (1772–97). Collaborated with Johann Caspar Gottlieb Jaeger...
Applied artist, teacher. Son of the goldsmith Klaus Jacob Kepping (from 1734). Studied under his father. Master of a foreign workshop (from 1748). Worked for the imperial court and had many students....
German painter, copier, restorer, collector, dealer. Born in the family of German portraitist Georg Friedrich Pfandzelt in the Free Imperial City of Ulm (1716). Studied painting under his father and ...