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Caspar Gottlieb Lauffer

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contribution to medallic art

In medal: The Baroque period
Caspar Gottlieb Lauffer of Nürnberg from 1679 issued a large number of medals engraved by numerous artists and commemorating contemporary events. He eventually published a catalog, in 1742, entitled Das Laufferische Medaillen-Cabinet.
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