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[Raymund] (b Stockholm, July 4, 1658; d Berlin, May 21, 1703). Swedish medallist, wax-modeller, sculptor and miniature painter, also active in France and Germany. From 1674 to 1678 he trained in Stockholm under his father, a German immigrant goldsmith. For three years from 1680 he travelled around Europe, finally settling in Paris, where he entered the studio of Charles-Jean-François Chéron before establishing his own workshop. In Paris he took part in producing Louis XIV’s histoire médallique and received from the King an annual stipend of 1200 livres. After leaving France for Sweden in 1688 he produced medals for Karl XI (reg 1660–97) and Queen Ulrica (1656–93). In 1690 Faltz entered the service of Frederick III, Elector of Brandenburg (later Frederick I of Prussia) and settled in Berlin for the rest of his career, producing a large number of medals for the Prussian court. The hard-edged medallic style of Faltz’s French period became softer in his later works, with the increased use of wax models; the effect is notable in such works as the portrait medals of ...