BOMBARDA, ANDREA CAMBI, called IL (Ital.). Goldsmith, Sculptor, and Medallist of Cremona, worked circa 1560. His principal medals are : Leonora Cambi (his wife) ; — Lucrezia de' Medici, first consort of Alfonso II. of Este ; — Violante Brasavola ; — Lodovica Poggi; — Giulio Vetriani (Vedriani); — Unknown young man ; — Lodovica Felicina Rossi ; — Giulio Cesare Arangio, Bolognese anatomist ; — Alessandro dall'Armi, Bolognese nobleman ; — Fernando Francesco d'Avalos, Marquis of Pescara, Viceroy of Sicily † 1571 ; — Ippolito Chizzola of Padua ; — Gabriel Fiamma, a Venetian, Bishop of Chioggia ; — Girolamo Miseroni, Milanese stone-cutter; — Giambattista Nicollucci Pigna of Ferrara (1503-1575), historian and poet (2 var.); — Lodovico Rinaldo; — Unknown portraits (4); — Isabella Mariani (2 var.). This artist's productions are very beautiful. Bibliography. — Armand, Les Médailleurs italiens des XVe et XVIe siécles, Paris, 1883-1887.
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
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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BERTOLDO DI GIOVANNI
BERTOLDO DI GIOVANNI (Ital.), circa 1420-1491. Florentine Sculptor of the second half of the fifteenth century. He was a pupil of Donatello, and chosen by Lorenzo the Magnificent as Director of the Academy he had instituted in his gardens. The artist died in 1492 at Poggio a Cajano, Villa dei Medici. His signature appears on a medal of Mohammed II. (1 443-1481), with bust of the Sultan on obv. and triumphal chariot on R. accompanied by several allegorical figures. This beautiful medal is reprodu...
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BERTOLDO DI GIOVANNI (Ital.), circa 1420-1491. Florentine Sculptor of the second half of the fifteenth century. He was a pupil of Donatello, and chosen by Lorenzo the Magnificent as Director of the Academy he had instituted in his gardens. The artist died in 1492 at Poggio a Cajano, Villa dei Medici. His signature appears on a medal of Mohammed II. (1 443-1481), with bust of the Sultan on obv. and triumphal chariot on R. accompanied by several allegorical figures. This beautiful medal is reprodu...
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BESELEEL
BESELEEL (Hebrew). This Gem-engraver is perhaps the oldest on record. He cut the stones for Aaron's breast-plate and engraved on each of them the name of one of the tribes of Israel. We read in Exodus, XXXV, 30 : "The Lord hath called by name Bezaleel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; and he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship ; and to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, an...
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BESELEEL (Hebrew). This Gem-engraver is perhaps the oldest on record. He cut the stones for Aaron's breast-plate and engraved on each of them the name of one of the tribes of Israel. We read in Exodus, XXXV, 30 : "The Lord hath called by name Bezaleel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; and he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship ; and to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, an...
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BESRODNY, WASSILI
BESRODNY, WASSILI (Russian). Medallist, born in 1783, died in 1806. He was a pupil of the Fine Art Academy of St. Petersburg and obtained the second prize in 1801 and the first in 1803 for modelling from nature, and in the same year a gold medal. He entered the St. Petersburg Mint in the following year . By him are the obvs. of the medals of Prince Potemkin ; — Annexation of Crimea with Russia, 1783 ; — Establishment of the Governorship of Ekaterinoslaw and the Tauric Province; — Conquest of Ots...
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BESRODNY, WASSILI (Russian). Medallist, born in 1783, died in 1806. He was a pupil of the Fine Art Academy of St. Petersburg and obtained the second prize in 1801 and the first in 1803 for modelling from nature, and in the same year a gold medal. He entered the St. Petersburg Mint in the following year . By him are the obvs. of the medals of Prince Potemkin ; — Annexation of Crimea with Russia, 1783 ; — Establishment of the Governorship of Ekaterinoslaw and the Tauric Province; — Conquest of Ots...
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