BELTRAMI, GIOVANNI (Ital.). Gem-engraver, born at Cremona in 1777, where he died in April 1854. He studied under the painter Giacomo Guerrini. His father was a jeweller, and it was for him that he first began cutting stones. Thanks to an uncommon gift in that particular branch, his fame soon spread, and orders came to him from various parts. In 1815 he cut a cameo for the Empress of Austria bearing a portrait of her father, the King of Bavaria, and ten years later another with a bust of her consort Francis I. Prince Eugene Beauharnais employed him on numerous occasions ; the artist executing for him 16 camei with various scenes representing the myth of Psyche. According to Charles Lebrun, Beltrami had become so skilful an engraver that he cut 20 figures in a single stone, and represented on a topaz the Last Supper of Leonardo da Vinci. Bibliography. — Dr J. Meyer, op. cit., III, p. 446.
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
BARBET, ADRIEN
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; ...
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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; ...
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BARDE, GUATER DE
BARDE, GUATER DE (Brit.). Also named GAUTRON, GAUTER, GAWTRON DE BARD, GALTRON' DE BARD, and GAUTRON DE BARDES. Master of the Calais Mint, to which he was appointed in 1364, years 35, 37, 38, 40, 41, 43, 44, 49, and 50 of Edward III., and 1 to 14 of Richard II. He was Warden of the exchange between the years 35 and 37 of Edward III. “In 1364 Guater de Barde, master of the mint in the Tower of London, undertook to coin the king's money of gold and silver at Calais, of the same weight and alloy ...
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BARDE, GUATER DE (Brit.). Also named GAUTRON, GAUTER, GAWTRON DE BARD, GALTRON' DE BARD, and GAUTRON DE BARDES. Master of the Calais Mint, to which he was appointed in 1364, years 35, 37, 38, 40, 41, 43, 44, 49, and 50 of Edward III., and 1 to 14 of Richard II. He was Warden of the exchange between the years 35 and 37 of Edward III. “In 1364 Guater de Barde, master of the mint in the Tower of London, undertook to coin the king's money of gold and silver at Calais, of the same weight and alloy ...
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BARDULECK, MAX
BARDULECK, MAX (Germ.). Mint-engraver at Dresden, and Medallist, circ. 1870- 1880 and probably later. Besides the coins of that period, this artist also engraved the following medals : Joseph, Ritter von Mader, a numismatist; — W. A. Müller 1870; — Silver Wedding of King Albert and Queen Carola of Saxony, 1878 ; — Jubilee Ducat and Medal on the Golden Wedding of Theodor Erbstein ; — Dr Julius Friedländer etc. Bibliography. — E. Fiala, Beschreibung der Donebauer Sammlung Böhmischer Münzen und Med...
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BARDULECK, MAX (Germ.). Mint-engraver at Dresden, and Medallist, circ. 1870- 1880 and probably later. Besides the coins of that period, this artist also engraved the following medals : Joseph, Ritter von Mader, a numismatist; — W. A. Müller 1870; — Silver Wedding of King Albert and Queen Carola of Saxony, 1878 ; — Jubilee Ducat and Medal on the Golden Wedding of Theodor Erbstein ; — Dr Julius Friedländer etc. Bibliography. — E. Fiala, Beschreibung der Donebauer Sammlung Böhmischer Münzen und Med...
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BARIER, FRANCOIS JULES
BARIER, FRANCOIS JULES (French). Born at Laval, 1680. Gemengraver, whose most admired portraits are those of the Marquis Rangoni and of Fontenelle. He executed also very beautiful and minute figures on cornelian and agate vases, and most worthy of admiration is a vase decoration representing Venus and Cupid. He was the ordinary court-engraver of Louis XV., and died at Paris in 1746. Voltaire names him in the following lines which he sent to a lady with a ring bearing his portrait engraved by Bar...
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BARIER, FRANCOIS JULES (French). Born at Laval, 1680. Gemengraver, whose most admired portraits are those of the Marquis Rangoni and of Fontenelle. He executed also very beautiful and minute figures on cornelian and agate vases, and most worthy of admiration is a vase decoration representing Venus and Cupid. He was the ordinary court-engraver of Louis XV., and died at Paris in 1746. Voltaire names him in the following lines which he sent to a lady with a ring bearing his portrait engraved by Bar...
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