Barend Christiaan van Calker
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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.[http://explore.rkd.nl/nl/artists/341867 Barend Christiaan van Calker] in the RKD 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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