Person GND

Name

Widemann, Anton Franz (21.06.1724 - 12.12.1792)

Or Franz anton Wiedmann.

Die-engraver and medalist in Wien (Vienna) from 1764 to 1778.

Appointed engraver general (Ober-Münzeisenschneider) in 1769.

Widemann signs with his initials/name A WIDEMAN resp. WIDEMAN and AW. His name does also appear on coins struck on the occasion of the inauguration of a king 1764 in Frankfurt am Main.

Lit.: B. Koch, Biographische Beiträge zur Geschichte der Wiener Münzstempelschneider und Medailleure, Numismatische Zeitschrift 82, 1967, pp. 53-85, 60-61  P. Joseph - E. Fellner, Die Münzen von Frankfurt am Main (1896) pp. 363, 611 (in error 1754-1773).

Types

Die-cutter Info, Medalist Info

GND

https://d-nb.info/gnd/1033849588 GND

VIAF

http://viaf.org/viaf/300292621 nomisma

https://mmlo.de/10404

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