BOETHOS (Greek). The signature of this Gem-engraver BOH?OY is found in relief on a cameo of the Beverley Collection, representing Philoctetes seated dressing the wound on his right foot and holding a bird's wing. King (Handbook of Engraved Gems, London, 1884) mentions the following particulars of the Beverley gem. “Thist cameo is quoted by Raspe as then in France, and supposed, by R. Rochette, to have come from Asia, because it is for the first time figured as a heading to Choiseul's map of Lemnos. Stephani, on no good grounds, calls the work modern, and the name taken from the famous cruslarius Boëthus. [It is, however, amongst the most authentic, as far as execution goes, of any signed camei ; but I have no doubt it is a copy, made in the Augustan age, of a chasing by that famous and (even then) ancient silversmith.] Boëthus is one of the four most famous chasers of silver mentioned by Pliny (xxxiii, 55). Works of his were then extant in the temple of Minerva at Lindus, in the Isle of Rhodes. In the same island were also preserved works by the other three; e. g., “Scyphi engraved with Centaurs and Bacchantes", whence it would appear that Rhodes was the head-quarters of the art.“
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
BERINI, ANTONIO
BERINI, ANTONIO (Ital.). Gem-engraver, born at Rome, about 1770, where he studied under John Pichler. Obliged to leave the city, on the outbreak of the French Revolution, he went to Milan, and while there cut several gems for the Sommariva Collection. A curious story is told of him, which dates from his sojourn in that city. After Napoleon had transformed the Italian Republic into a Kingdom, suspicion arose as to the artist's intentions on account of his Republican tendencies. To test him, Count...
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BERINI, ANTONIO (Ital.). Gem-engraver, born at Rome, about 1770, where he studied under John Pichler. Obliged to leave the city, on the outbreak of the French Revolution, he went to Milan, and while there cut several gems for the Sommariva Collection. A curious story is told of him, which dates from his sojourn in that city. After Napoleon had transformed the Italian Republic into a Kingdom, suspicion arose as to the artist's intentions on account of his Republican tendencies. To test him, Count...
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BERNARD, THOMAS
BERNARD, THOMAS (French). Medallist of the second half of the eighteenth century, born at Paris in 1650, where he died in 1713. He was engaged with Jean Bernard on the medallic series of Louis XIV., which have given the two artists a name among their contemporaries. Thomas Bernard was a Member of the French Academy. The following medals are mentioned by Franks and Grueber, among the English series: Battle of Dunkirk, 1658 ; — Cession of Dunkirk, 1662; — Action off Beachy Head, 1690; — Indian tra...
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BERNARD, THOMAS (French). Medallist of the second half of the eighteenth century, born at Paris in 1650, where he died in 1713. He was engaged with Jean Bernard on the medallic series of Louis XIV., which have given the two artists a name among their contemporaries. Thomas Bernard was a Member of the French Academy. The following medals are mentioned by Franks and Grueber, among the English series: Battle of Dunkirk, 1658 ; — Cession of Dunkirk, 1662; — Action off Beachy Head, 1690; — Indian tra...
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BERNARDI, GIOVANNI
BERNARDI, GIOVANNI (Ital.). Surnamed CASTEL BOLOGNESE. Gem-engraver and Medallist of Castelbolognese, 1495-1555. He applied himself to copy antique art, and his works are confused by certain writers with those of Valerio Belli. For his patron, Alfonso, Duke of Ferrara, the artist cut in rock crystal the Attack on the fort of Bastia, where the prince had been wounded. Paul Jove called Bernardi to Rome, and recommended him to Cardinals Hippolytus of Medici and John Salviati, who in their turn pres...
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BERNARDI, GIOVANNI (Ital.). Surnamed CASTEL BOLOGNESE. Gem-engraver and Medallist of Castelbolognese, 1495-1555. He applied himself to copy antique art, and his works are confused by certain writers with those of Valerio Belli. For his patron, Alfonso, Duke of Ferrara, the artist cut in rock crystal the Attack on the fort of Bastia, where the prince had been wounded. Paul Jove called Bernardi to Rome, and recommended him to Cardinals Hippolytus of Medici and John Salviati, who in their turn pres...
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BERNIER, J.
BERNIER, J. (French). Medallist of the end of the eighteenth century. His works date between 1790 and 1797, and are signed B. or BF. There is a pattern 30 Sols of Louis XVI., 1791, signed by him, and another for a Décime of 1793, with LA LOl DES FRANCOIS on obv. and a seated figure of Liberty ; also two medals of 1797, one with Minerva, and the other with Justice standing. Several masonic medals were cut by him, and he also worked for Russia. A Portrait-medal of Benjamin Franklin bears his signa...
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BERNIER, J. (French). Medallist of the end of the eighteenth century. His works date between 1790 and 1797, and are signed B. or BF. There is a pattern 30 Sols of Louis XVI., 1791, signed by him, and another for a Décime of 1793, with LA LOl DES FRANCOIS on obv. and a seated figure of Liberty ; also two medals of 1797, one with Minerva, and the other with Justice standing. Several masonic medals were cut by him, and he also worked for Russia. A Portrait-medal of Benjamin Franklin bears his signa...
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