ANTOINE DASSIER Die-sinker of Geneva, 1715 † 1759. Also I. A. D. or A. D. F.
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
ALARI-BONACOLSI, PIETRO GIACOMO
ALARI-BONACOLSI, PIETRO GIACOMO, surnamed L ANTICO (Ital). Architect and Medallist of Mantua, who worked circa 1480. To him are attributed two medals, one of Antonia de Balzi, Consort of John Francis of Gonzaga, Lord of Sabionetta, † 1538 (Armand I, p. 62, n° 5 ; Rossi Riv. ital. 1888, p. 436, n° 5), and the other of some gentlewoman, obv. D.IVLIA.PRIMVM.FELLX, Bust to r. R. DVBIA . FORTVA (sic).. Representation of a fight (Armand I, p. 81, n° 2). Bibliography. — Dr Eug. Merzbacher, Kunst-Medail...
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ALARI-BONACOLSI, PIETRO GIACOMO, surnamed L ANTICO (Ital). Architect and Medallist of Mantua, who worked circa 1480. To him are attributed two medals, one of Antonia de Balzi, Consort of John Francis of Gonzaga, Lord of Sabionetta, † 1538 (Armand I, p. 62, n° 5 ; Rossi Riv. ital. 1888, p. 436, n° 5), and the other of some gentlewoman, obv. D.IVLIA.PRIMVM.FELLX, Bust to r. R. DVBIA . FORTVA (sic).. Representation of a fight (Armand I, p. 81, n° 2). Bibliography. — Dr Eug. Merzbacher, Kunst-Medail...
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ALBERTI, LEO BAPTIST
ALBERTI, LEO BAPTIST (Ital.), 1404-1472, a member of the ancient Florentine family of that name, was born in that city on the 18th February 1404. In 1428, the decree of banishment against his father having been withdrawn, Leo Baptist settled at Florence, where he first distinguished himself as an architect. He designed for Sigismundus Pandulfus Malatesta, in 1445, the building known as the Temple of Rimini. The Palace of Giovanni Rucellai, several chapels and numerous private monuments were ere...
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ALBERTI, LEO BAPTIST (Ital.), 1404-1472, a member of the ancient Florentine family of that name, was born in that city on the 18th February 1404. In 1428, the decree of banishment against his father having been withdrawn, Leo Baptist settled at Florence, where he first distinguished himself as an architect. He designed for Sigismundus Pandulfus Malatesta, in 1445, the building known as the Temple of Rimini. The Palace of Giovanni Rucellai, several chapels and numerous private monuments were ere...
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ALEXANDER, P. F
ALEXANDER, P. F [ ecit ](Dutch). Signature found on a medal executed in honour of the poet and historian John Baptist Houwaart, who at the time had attained unusual celebrity. Bolzenthal says that the portrait on this medal betrays a bold master-hand, and does great credit to the artist, who flourished during the latter part of the sixteenth century in Holland. Alexander was probably a Goldsmith of Antwerp, circa 1520-1578. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit., 185. — A. Pinchart, Alexander, Rev...
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ALEXANDER, P. F [ ecit ](Dutch). Signature found on a medal executed in honour of the poet and historian John Baptist Houwaart, who at the time had attained unusual celebrity. Bolzenthal says that the portrait on this medal betrays a bold master-hand, and does great credit to the artist, who flourished during the latter part of the sixteenth century in Holland. Alexander was probably a Goldsmith of Antwerp, circa 1520-1578. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit., 185. — A. Pinchart, Alexander, Rev...
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ALEXAS
ALEXAS (Greek). Gem-engraver. The Brit. Museum possesses a fragment of a cameo on which figures a hippocamp, a type copied from Greek coins. Alexas had two sons, Aulus and Quintus, who both distinguished themselves in the glyptic art. The same signature appears also on a sard, now in Berlin, Bull butting; — Head of Sarapis (Raspe) ; — and with the addition of EMOEI on a burnt sard, showing a Lion in his den. Some of the gems of modern style with th is signature may have been the work of Alessand...
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ALEXAS (Greek). Gem-engraver. The Brit. Museum possesses a fragment of a cameo on which figures a hippocamp, a type copied from Greek coins. Alexas had two sons, Aulus and Quintus, who both distinguished themselves in the glyptic art. The same signature appears also on a sard, now in Berlin, Bull butting; — Head of Sarapis (Raspe) ; — and with the addition of EMOEI on a burnt sard, showing a Lion in his den. Some of the gems of modern style with th is signature may have been the work of Alessand...
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