ANAN... (Greek). This Artist's signature was published for the first time by Dr Arthur Evans in the Numismatic Chronicle, 1896, pl. VIII, n° 9, and p. 123. It occurs on a Tetradrachm of Messana of circ. B.C. 425-415. Obv. ME??ANIO?. Hare running to 1.; beneath, ear of barley; in the field, above, a dove flying to 1.; in front of which, in microscopic characters, ANAN. R. Biga of mules driven by Messana draped in long chiton and holding reins and goad; in ex., two dolphins meeting. A specimen of this coin in the Wotoch Sale read ANA?.
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
ABONDIO, ALESSANDRO (2.)
ABONDIO, ALESSANDRO or ANTONIO, THE ELDER (Ital.), the father of Antonio Abondio, to distinguish from whom he is generally called Abondio the Elder, was a celebrated Modeller in wax, during the first half of the sixteenth century. He claimed descent from one of the noblest families of Florence and had been trained under Michaelangelo, who had imparted to him some of his wonderful genius. Between 1575 and 1584 he was in the service of Duke William V. of Bavaria. So great was the renown of Abondio...
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ABONDIO, ALESSANDRO or ANTONIO, THE ELDER (Ital.), the father of Antonio Abondio, to distinguish from whom he is generally called Abondio the Elder, was a celebrated Modeller in wax, during the first half of the sixteenth century. He claimed descent from one of the noblest families of Florence and had been trained under Michaelangelo, who had imparted to him some of his wonderful genius. Between 1575 and 1584 he was in the service of Duke William V. of Bavaria. So great was the renown of Abondio...
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ABONDIO, ANTONIO, THE YOUNGER
ABONDIO, ANTONIO, THE YOUNGER (Ital.). Painter, Sculptor, Medallist and Wax-modeller, born at Milan in 1538 (?), died at Vienna, on the 22nd May, 1591 . His father, Alessandro Abondio, descended from a noble family of Ascanio near Locarno, was a pupil of Michelangelo. Under him, the young Antonio was initiated in the art of modelling, and it would seem that he worked, for a time at least, under the great medallist, Leone Leoni. — Antonio accompanied his father to Bohemia, and soon obtained a goo...
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ABONDIO, ANTONIO, THE YOUNGER (Ital.). Painter, Sculptor, Medallist and Wax-modeller, born at Milan in 1538 (?), died at Vienna, on the 22nd May, 1591 . His father, Alessandro Abondio, descended from a noble family of Ascanio near Locarno, was a pupil of Michelangelo. Under him, the young Antonio was initiated in the art of modelling, and it would seem that he worked, for a time at least, under the great medallist, Leone Leoni. — Antonio accompanied his father to Bohemia, and soon obtained a goo...
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ABRAHAM, JAKOB
ABRAHAM, JAKOB (Germ.). Bom at Strelitz in 1723, died at Berlin in 1800, Chief-Engraver at the Berlin Mint for a period of over fifty years, acquired renown by gem- as well as by coin-engraving. The Imperial Collection at Vienna owns a fine cornelian cut by him, with a beautiful and remarkable head of Maria-Theresia. One of his best known medals is that commemorating the Death ot Frederick the Great, in 1786; in the Swiss series, that of Daniel Bernouilli, the great mathematician of Basle, is on...
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ABRAHAM, JAKOB (Germ.). Bom at Strelitz in 1723, died at Berlin in 1800, Chief-Engraver at the Berlin Mint for a period of over fifty years, acquired renown by gem- as well as by coin-engraving. The Imperial Collection at Vienna owns a fine cornelian cut by him, with a beautiful and remarkable head of Maria-Theresia. One of his best known medals is that commemorating the Death ot Frederick the Great, in 1786; in the Swiss series, that of Daniel Bernouilli, the great mathematician of Basle, is on...
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ABRAMSON
ABRAMSON or ABRAHAMSON, ABRAHAM (Germ.). Son of the preceding, was born at Postdam in 1754, and died in 1811 . He learned the elements of the art of medal-engraving from his father. His medals previous to 1788 are mostly copies and seldom original in design, but having studied sculpture and modelling during a prolonged stay of four years in Italy-, his later works are more artistic and of his own design and execution. He belonged to the Academy of Arts of Berlin, and numerous other societies. Dr...
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ABRAMSON or ABRAHAMSON, ABRAHAM (Germ.). Son of the preceding, was born at Postdam in 1754, and died in 1811 . He learned the elements of the art of medal-engraving from his father. His medals previous to 1788 are mostly copies and seldom original in design, but having studied sculpture and modelling during a prolonged stay of four years in Italy-, his later works are more artistic and of his own design and execution. He belonged to the Academy of Arts of Berlin, and numerous other societies. Dr...
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