BARANOFF, W. (Russ.). Medallist and Coin-engraver of the second and third quarters of the nineteenth century, who resided at St. Petersburg. He issued a number of commemorative medals of the reign of Czar Alexander II. His chief works, which are signed BBW or ?B, date between 1840 and 1860.
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
ARNOLD
ARNOLD (Brit.). A Birmingham Die-sinker of the latter end of the eighteenth century, and Engraver of numerous Halfpenny tokens, some of which are not without artistic merit. The best known of these are : S & T. Ashley, Aylsham, 1795 ; — T. Dennis, Bakers, 1795 ; — M. Lambe and Son, Bath, 1794; — Tolly, Bath, 1794; — Glover, Bath; — M. Lambe and Son, Bath (4 var.); — W. Mighell, Brighton, 1796 ; — Lambe, Bristol ; — J. Chester, Bristol, 1796 ; — Bungay, 1794 ; — Delf and Co, Bungay, 1795 ; — Chel...
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ARNOLD (Brit.). A Birmingham Die-sinker of the latter end of the eighteenth century, and Engraver of numerous Halfpenny tokens, some of which are not without artistic merit. The best known of these are : S & T. Ashley, Aylsham, 1795 ; — T. Dennis, Bakers, 1795 ; — M. Lambe and Son, Bath, 1794; — Tolly, Bath, 1794; — Glover, Bath; — M. Lambe and Son, Bath (4 var.); — W. Mighell, Brighton, 1796 ; — Lambe, Bristol ; — J. Chester, Bristol, 1796 ; — Bungay, 1794 ; — Delf and Co, Bungay, 1795 ; — Chel...
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ARONDEAUX, R.
ARONDEAUX, R. (Dutch). A Flemish Medallist of the end of the seventeenth and beginning of the eighteenth century, resided chiefly in the Netherlands, at Davenport and other places. His family had settled in the United Provinces in consequence of the religious persecutions of Philip II. ; a certain Isaac Arondeaux came from Ghent to Hulst in Flanders, where he filled the position of town clerk from 1591 to 1594; his descendants resided at Flushing, Leyden, &c. R. Arondeaux worked between 1678 and...
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ARONDEAUX, R. (Dutch). A Flemish Medallist of the end of the seventeenth and beginning of the eighteenth century, resided chiefly in the Netherlands, at Davenport and other places. His family had settled in the United Provinces in consequence of the religious persecutions of Philip II. ; a certain Isaac Arondeaux came from Ghent to Hulst in Flanders, where he filled the position of town clerk from 1591 to 1594; his descendants resided at Flushing, Leyden, &c. R. Arondeaux worked between 1678 and...
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ARRABAL, P. G.
ARRABAL, P. G. (Span.). Die-sinker and Medallist of the early part of the nineteenth century. His signature ARRABAL, or ARBL. F. or also P. G. A. appears on medals of Ferdinand VII., of Buenos-Ayres, 1808, and Guatemala. He seems to have been employed by the Spanish government to engrave colonial coins. By him are also a medallion of Ferd. VII., 1808, and a medal on the Reconquest of Santiago de Chile, 1814. Bibliography. — A. Rosa, Juras v Proclamaciones de Reyes en la America Espa?ola, Buenos ...
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ARRABAL, P. G. (Span.). Die-sinker and Medallist of the early part of the nineteenth century. His signature ARRABAL, or ARBL. F. or also P. G. A. appears on medals of Ferdinand VII., of Buenos-Ayres, 1808, and Guatemala. He seems to have been employed by the Spanish government to engrave colonial coins. By him are also a medallion of Ferd. VII., 1808, and a medal on the Reconquest of Santiago de Chile, 1814. Bibliography. — A. Rosa, Juras v Proclamaciones de Reyes en la America Espa?ola, Buenos ...
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ASPASIOS
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, showi...
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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, showi...
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