Английская Википедия:David van der Kellen Sr.

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Commemorative coin on the occasion of the opening of the Royal Academy of Arts / Rijksakademie, Amsterdam 1820

David van der Kellen Sr. (1764, Velsen – 1825, Utrecht), was a 19th-century engraver and medallist from the Northern Netherlands.

Biography

According to van der Aa, he lost both parents at a young age and was brought up in the Lutheran orphanage in Haarlem.[1] He chose to become a goldsmith and learned drawing, sculpting, and engraving, whereupon he went to work in Amsterdam for Holtzhey.[1] According to the RKD he was a pupil of Johann Georg Holtzhey in Amsterdam.[2] He made medals for special occasions as well as official coins and became the mint master for the city of Utrecht.[2] He was the father and teacher of David Jr. who succeeded him.[2]

References

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  1. 1,0 1,1 David van der Kellen in van der Aa, on the website of the DBNL
  2. 2,0 2,1 2,2 David van der Kellen I in the RKD