BONIS, NICCOLO DE (Ital.). Medallist to Pope Sixtus V., and his successors until Clement VIII. ; and Engraver of the coins at the Papal Mint of Rome, between 1580 and 1592. His principal medals are : Pope Gregory XIII. ; — Sixtus V. (5 var.) ; — Gregory XIV. (8 var.); — Innocent IX. (7 var.); — Clement VIII. (4 var.) ; — Orazio Astesano. Niccolo de Bonis is mentioned in 1591 as Incisore della Zecca Romana in a document of that year. His work resembles somewhat that of Federigo Parmense ; he cut his medals in steel and gave particular attention to sharpness of detail and ornamentation. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Armand, op. cit.
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
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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BESSON, GUY
BESSON, GUY (French). Master of the Mint of Cornavin, Geneva; appointed to the post by Count Louis of Savoy, December 1450. Dr Lade supposes that the quatrefoil on the obv. legend of the deniers issued at that mint is the moneyer's mark *. Bibliography. — Dr Ladé, Contribution á la Numismatique dts Ducs de Savoie, Revue suisse de numismatique, 1896. ...
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BESSON, GUY (French). Master of the Mint of Cornavin, Geneva; appointed to the post by Count Louis of Savoy, December 1450. Dr Lade supposes that the quatrefoil on the obv. legend of the deniers issued at that mint is the moneyer's mark *. Bibliography. — Dr Ladé, Contribution á la Numismatique dts Ducs de Savoie, Revue suisse de numismatique, 1896. ...
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