ASPASIOS (Greek). An intaglio in the Vienna Museum, signed by this artist, reproduces the bust of the Athena Parthenos of Pheidias. From this beautiful copy, the famous statue of the great master can be reconstituted ; it has preserved to us faithfully the features of that goddess, as Pheidias conceived them. The only two other gems that may be attributed with any certainty to this skilful engraver are a Hermes of Dionysos Pogon, in the Brit. Museum, and a fragment, in the Florence Museum, showing only the remains of a draped bust and the extremities of a thick set beard (Jupiter?). King gives a number of others, which are probably all comparatively modern, the engraver having added this celebrated signature in order to enhance the value of his work; among these are : Head of Junius Brutus (Raspe); — Head of Agrippina the Elder as Ceres; beryl (Marlborough); — Juno standing, with peacock at her feet; — Head of the City of Antioch (Worsley). Some may have been cut by good artists, as for example, Natter, but the signature would then have been inserted by some unscrupulous dealer or collector (or possibly by Natter himself) for the purpose of passing the gem as an antique. Cerbara is said to have engraved gems which he signed ACMACIOY. The bust of Pheidias' Athena, engraved by Aspasios, was first published by Canini in 1669, who took it for the portrait of the famous Aspasia. Bibliography. — Babelon, Pierres gravées, pp. 122, 161, 162, 293. — King,. op. cit., p. 214. — Brunn, op.cit., II, 323.
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
ANDRIEU, BERTRAND
ANDRIEU, BERTRAND (French) was born on the 4th of November, 1761, at Bordeaux. His father was a cooper; the name of his mother was Francoise Dubourdieu. Lavau, his first teacher, was an engraver of armorial bearings, and a die-sinker, and is described as a man of taste and a skilful craftsman. At the age of 25, Andricu left his native city for Paris, where he immediately entered the studio of the sculptor and medallist Gatteaux, having previously gained distinction as a draughtsman at the Académ...
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ANDRIEU, BERTRAND (French) was born on the 4th of November, 1761, at Bordeaux. His father was a cooper; the name of his mother was Francoise Dubourdieu. Lavau, his first teacher, was an engraver of armorial bearings, and a die-sinker, and is described as a man of taste and a skilful craftsman. At the age of 25, Andricu left his native city for Paris, where he immediately entered the studio of the sculptor and medallist Gatteaux, having previously gained distinction as a draughtsman at the Académ...
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ANICHINI, LUIGI
ANICHINI, LUIGI (Ital.). Son of the last, and also a Gem-engraver. He excelled in works of great delicacy and precision. Some medals are said to have been executed by him. From his correspondence, we learn that in 1537, he was still a young man, and that Titian and Sansovino were among his friends. He principally resided at Venice. Old writers mention an Apollo and a Ganymede cut by him, but none of his works has come down to us. Baruffaldi attributes to him medals of Pope Paul III. and Henry II...
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ANICHINI, LUIGI (Ital.). Son of the last, and also a Gem-engraver. He excelled in works of great delicacy and precision. Some medals are said to have been executed by him. From his correspondence, we learn that in 1537, he was still a young man, and that Titian and Sansovino were among his friends. He principally resided at Venice. Old writers mention an Apollo and a Ganymede cut by him, but none of his works has come down to us. Baruffaldi attributes to him medals of Pope Paul III. and Henry II...
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ANKETYL
ANKETYL (Brit.). Early records of the reign of Henry I., mention that " Anketil, who was afterwards a monk in the abbey of St. Alban's, and made the shrine there, resided during seven years in Denmark by the command and at the request of the monarch. Whilst he continued there, he was employed in a variety of goldsmith's work, and was appointed the keeper of this mint, and chief moneyer ". Bibliography. — Ruding, Annals of the Coinage, I, p. 165. — Dr J. Meyer, Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, 1878....
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ANKETYL (Brit.). Early records of the reign of Henry I., mention that " Anketil, who was afterwards a monk in the abbey of St. Alban's, and made the shrine there, resided during seven years in Denmark by the command and at the request of the monarch. Whilst he continued there, he was employed in a variety of goldsmith's work, and was appointed the keeper of this mint, and chief moneyer ". Bibliography. — Ruding, Annals of the Coinage, I, p. 165. — Dr J. Meyer, Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, 1878....
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ANNA MARIA BRAUN
ANNA MARIA BRAUN née PFRÜNDT. Modeller in wax, born at Lyons in 1642, died at Frankfort-on-M. Doppelmayr mentions amongst her numerous productions in wax, "all sorts of medals" (allerhand Medaillen). Her works previous to her marriage are said to be signed AMP, and after, AMB. Dr B. Pick describes a Portrait-medal of Duke Frederick I. of Saxe-Gotha and Altenburg, signed AMB, and he further attributes to this artist an oval medal of Heinrich von Römhild, brother of Frederick his consort Marie Eli...
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ANNA MARIA BRAUN née PFRÜNDT. Modeller in wax, born at Lyons in 1642, died at Frankfort-on-M. Doppelmayr mentions amongst her numerous productions in wax, "all sorts of medals" (allerhand Medaillen). Her works previous to her marriage are said to be signed AMP, and after, AMB. Dr B. Pick describes a Portrait-medal of Duke Frederick I. of Saxe-Gotha and Altenburg, signed AMB, and he further attributes to this artist an oval medal of Heinrich von Römhild, brother of Frederick his consort Marie Eli...
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