BARBET, ADRIEN (French). Sculptor and Gem-engraver, born at Paris, on the 9th of September 1832. He is the author of the following cut stones : 1864. Steeple-chase, agate-onyx cameo; — 1865, Ajax, cameo, in carnelian ; — Portrait of M. L. O., intaglio, in carnelian ; — 1866. Dancing, and Music, camei ; — 1867. Steeplechase, medal; — Landscape, cameo, in agate-onyx; — 1869. Terpsichore, cameo, in sardonyx; — 1877. Cincinnatus, sardonyx; — Portrait of M. G. S.; — 1878. Mucius Scaevola; — Minerva; — 1881. The Oath of the Horatii, onyx cameo; — Ajax; — 1882. Head of the French Republic, agate-onyx, cameo, &c.
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
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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ASTOR, J. DIEGO DE
ASTOR, J. DIEGO DE (Spanish). Medallist and Engraver on copper who worked in Spain during the early portion of the seventeenth century. He was born at Toledo, and learnt drawing under the celebrated painter Dom. Theotocopuli, surnamed El Greco. In 1609 Philippe III. gave Astor an appointment at the Segovia Mint, a post which was continued to his son by Philip IV. in 1633. Three years later, in 1636, he was called to Madrid to engrave the Royal seals. Bibliography. — A. Pinchart and W. Schmidt. N...
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ASTOR, J. DIEGO DE (Spanish). Medallist and Engraver on copper who worked in Spain during the early portion of the seventeenth century. He was born at Toledo, and learnt drawing under the celebrated painter Dom. Theotocopuli, surnamed El Greco. In 1609 Philippe III. gave Astor an appointment at the Segovia Mint, a post which was continued to his son by Philip IV. in 1633. Three years later, in 1636, he was called to Madrid to engrave the Royal seals. Bibliography. — A. Pinchart and W. Schmidt. N...
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ATHENION
ATHENION (Greek). Gem-engraver who probably worked at the court of Eumenes II. (197-159). His signature A?HNI?N appears in relief on a cameo in onyx of the Museum at Naples showing Zeus in quadriga, crushing the serpent-legged Giants. Prof. Furtwaengler was the first to draw attention to the similarity of work and style between this cameo and the fine bas-relief which adorns the Altar of the Giants at Pergamum. M. Babelon mentions another cameo of the Vienna collection, unsigned, representing th...
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ATHENION (Greek). Gem-engraver who probably worked at the court of Eumenes II. (197-159). His signature A?HNI?N appears in relief on a cameo in onyx of the Museum at Naples showing Zeus in quadriga, crushing the serpent-legged Giants. Prof. Furtwaengler was the first to draw attention to the similarity of work and style between this cameo and the fine bas-relief which adorns the Altar of the Giants at Pergamum. M. Babelon mentions another cameo of the Vienna collection, unsigned, representing th...
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