BARTOLINO, F. G. A. (Ital.), also known as TEATINO, a Florentine, has done some nice work in Coin-engraving. He lived in the first part of the seventeenth century.
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
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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AURY, ANTOINE
AURY, ANTOINE (French), 1679-1694. Engraver at the Paris Mint. In the accounts of the City of Paris, he is mentioned as Engraver in ordinary to the King, and as having received payments from 1674 to 1686 for jetons engraved by him. The Mercure galant attributes to him two jetons for the Artillery, of the years 1682 and 1683, and another for the City, with the motto of Santeuil. It may be that Antoine was the brother or son of Augustin Aury. On a document, dated 1705, this artist is styled Graveu...
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AURY, ANTOINE (French), 1679-1694. Engraver at the Paris Mint. In the accounts of the City of Paris, he is mentioned as Engraver in ordinary to the King, and as having received payments from 1674 to 1686 for jetons engraved by him. The Mercure galant attributes to him two jetons for the Artillery, of the years 1682 and 1683, and another for the City, with the motto of Santeuil. It may be that Antoine was the brother or son of Augustin Aury. On a document, dated 1705, this artist is styled Graveu...
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AVANZI, NICCOLO
AVANZI, NICCOLO or DAVANZO (Ital.), a distinguished Stone and Crystal-cutter and Engraver of Verona, who lived in the second half of the sixteenth century. He also worked for some time at Rome. To him we owe a celebrated lapis-lazuli representing the Nativity of our Lord, which it is said, Isabella of Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino, acquired after great trouble. Avanzi's pupil was Matteo del Nassaro, the famous engraver at the court of Francis I. of France. Bibliography. — Babelon, Camées antiques e...
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AVANZI, NICCOLO or DAVANZO (Ital.), a distinguished Stone and Crystal-cutter and Engraver of Verona, who lived in the second half of the sixteenth century. He also worked for some time at Rome. To him we owe a celebrated lapis-lazuli representing the Nativity of our Lord, which it is said, Isabella of Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino, acquired after great trouble. Avanzi's pupil was Matteo del Nassaro, the famous engraver at the court of Francis I. of France. Bibliography. — Babelon, Camées antiques e...
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AVERLINO
AVERLINO or AVERULINO, ANTONIO, surnamed FILARETE (ltal.). Florentine Architect and Sculptor, born about 1400, died area 1469. A medal in the South Kensington Museum, with incuse inscriptions, was probably modelled and cast by himself; it represents his own portrait. This is probably the oldest Florentine medal . Averulino was engaged, under Duke Francesco Sforza,in the building of the Dome and Castle of Milan, between 1451 and 1454, and he also executed the bronze gate of St. Peter at Rome. Bib...
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AVERLINO or AVERULINO, ANTONIO, surnamed FILARETE (ltal.). Florentine Architect and Sculptor, born about 1400, died area 1469. A medal in the South Kensington Museum, with incuse inscriptions, was probably modelled and cast by himself; it represents his own portrait. This is probably the oldest Florentine medal . Averulino was engaged, under Duke Francesco Sforza,in the building of the Dome and Castle of Milan, between 1451 and 1454, and he also executed the bronze gate of St. Peter at Rome. Bib...
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