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Medalist and coin engraver from Nuremberg, a student of J. J. Wolrab. Hautsch was active at the mint in Nuremberg from 1683-1712, replacing Hermann Haffner as assistant engraver in 1691. He moved to Vienna in 1712 and worked there until his death. See Forrer 2, pp. 441-42; 7, p. 425; W. Fries in Thieme-Becker 16, p. 152. --- from The Molinari Collection, Andrea S. Norris and Ingrid Weber, Published by Bowdoin College, 1976