Barend Christiaan van Calker

Barend Christiaan van Calker (1738 – 1813), was a Dutch medallist.

Biography

He was born in Kampen and became a master medallist who fulfilled commissions for members of the House of Orange, including a birthday medallion for Willem Frederik van Oranje in 1772. Like Johann Georg Holtzhey, he is especially known for his awards medals and commemorative medals, and like him also made a medal for the recognition of the United States in 1782. He made prize medals for the Provinciaal Utrechtsch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen in 1773 and the 200-year anniversary medal of Leiden University in 1775. He lived in the Hernhutter Broedergemeenschap, near Castle Zeist where he later died.

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Dutch medallists

1738 births

1813 deaths

People from Kampen, Overijssel

18th-century Dutch artists

19th-century Dutch artists

18th-century Dutch sculptors

18th-century Dutch male artists

19th-century Dutch sculptors