BARNABE, FELICE ANTONIO MARIA (Ital.). Florentine Gemengraver of the early part of the eighteenth century. His works are generally signed ?E?I? and must not be confused with those of a Greek artist of that name, who lived in the first century of our era. Barnabe was born at Florence on the 27 July 1720, and learnt the art under F. Bombini, J. Fortini, and F. Ghingi; the last-named was a celebrated stone-cutter. He tried painting, but did not succeed, and on Hugford his master's sudden call to Naples, he devoted himself again entirely to gem-engraving. His works are numerous, and are mostly found in private collections. The date of his death is unknown. The artist's best known gems are the following : Camel Alexander the Great dying, cornelian ; signed ?H?IX BHPNABH EMOIEI; — Bust of Medusa; signed F. B. Intagli. Amor and Psyche; ?H?I?— Roman head, paste (Stosch); — Triumphal procession (phallic) ; — Head of Our Saviour, chalcedony (This gem was engraved for the Marquis Manfredi Malaspina, who possessed a series of over 60 pastes by Barnabe); — Sacrificial scene, sardonyx, signed B.?.E ; — Hercules and Iole (Andreini) ; — Achilles mourning over the death of Patroklus, cornelian; — Warriors about to offer a sacrifice (Malaspina) ; — Bust of Plautilla, sardonyx ; — Triumph of Bacchus, chalcedony; — The Farnese Herakles, chalcedony ; — Head of Homer ; — Pythagoras, sardonyx ; — Bust of Antinoüs; — Silenus seated; — Young bust of Herakles (Rays); — The Venus de' Medici (Rays), &c. Bibliography. — Babelon, Pierres gravées, p. 286. — Do, Camées de la Bibliothéque nationale, XCVII, 1897. — Dr Herm. Rollet, Allgemeines Künstler-Lexikon, III, 629. — Raspe, Descriptive Catalogue, London, 1791. — Köhler, Gesammelte Schriften, Petersburg, 1851. — Tomaso Cades, Gemmes, &c. Bd. XLIII, 106-7.
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
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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AUGER, JACQUES
AUGER, JACQUES (French). Goldsmith and Coin-engraver of Bourges ; was entrusted with the execution of a new seal in silver for the Cathedral of St. Etienne. In 1564 he cut another with the arms of the city, and again in 1575 one for the Chapter House, where he represented Lescadius, Prefect of Gaul, giving refuge to St. Ursinus, apostle of Berry. The artist received in 1577 the sum of 15 livres 17 sous. According to another document Auger was paid 35 livres for cutting the dies of a medal presen...
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AUGER, JACQUES (French). Goldsmith and Coin-engraver of Bourges ; was entrusted with the execution of a new seal in silver for the Cathedral of St. Etienne. In 1564 he cut another with the arms of the city, and again in 1575 one for the Chapter House, where he represented Lescadius, Prefect of Gaul, giving refuge to St. Ursinus, apostle of Berry. The artist received in 1577 the sum of 15 livres 17 sous. According to another document Auger was paid 35 livres for cutting the dies of a medal presen...
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AUGUSTE, HENRI
AUGUSTE, HENRI (French). Son of Robert Joseph Auguste, a distinguished Parisian Goldsmith of the second half of the eighteenth century. Henri A. was born, 18. March 1759, and was apprenticed to his father, whose talent he inherited. In 1790, he suggested before the National Assembly the erection of a statue to Louis XVI. out of bell-metal. He worked later on under Denon at the Paris Mint, and in conjunction with Brenet engraved the commemorative medal of the Battle of Marengo, 1800, and another...
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AUGUSTE, HENRI (French). Son of Robert Joseph Auguste, a distinguished Parisian Goldsmith of the second half of the eighteenth century. Henri A. was born, 18. March 1759, and was apprenticed to his father, whose talent he inherited. In 1790, he suggested before the National Assembly the erection of a statue to Louis XVI. out of bell-metal. He worked later on under Denon at the Paris Mint, and in conjunction with Brenet engraved the commemorative medal of the Battle of Marengo, 1800, and another...
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AULUS
AULUS (Greek). Son of Alexas, and brother of Quintus, a celebrated Gem-engraver of early Roman imperial times. His signature is found on a large number of intagli and camei, among which M. Babelon quotes the following as probably genuine : 1. Two antique pastes, from a cameo representing Poseidon and Amymone ; the one belongs to the Brit. Museum, and the other to a private collection; — 2. Eros nailing a butterfly to the trunk of a tree ; signed, AY?OC. This jacinth is now lost, but wasformely ...
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AULUS (Greek). Son of Alexas, and brother of Quintus, a celebrated Gem-engraver of early Roman imperial times. His signature is found on a large number of intagli and camei, among which M. Babelon quotes the following as probably genuine : 1. Two antique pastes, from a cameo representing Poseidon and Amymone ; the one belongs to the Brit. Museum, and the other to a private collection; — 2. Eros nailing a butterfly to the trunk of a tree ; signed, AY?OC. This jacinth is now lost, but wasformely ...
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