BONZANIGO, GIUSEPPE MARIA (Swiss). Sculptor in stone and wood, born at Bellinzona, during the middle of the eighteenth century. He died at Turin in 1820, and left a large collection of cameos and others works by his own hand. Bibliography. — C. Brun, Schweizerisches Künstler Lexicon.
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
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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BETTE
BETTE (Belg.). Presumably a female Coin-engraver of the fourteenth century. She was succeeded by Guillaume Verghetot in that capacity at the Mint of Ghent. In a document of 1345, she is designated : " A Bette, nostre tailleresse, pour faire le moustre des fers des premiers Gros et Dardelins : X. S. gros.. " Bette is probably only an abbreviation of Elizabeth. As shown by the above record, she was commissioned to cut the dies of the Gros and Dardelins struck in the first year of Louis de Male, Co...
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BETTE (Belg.). Presumably a female Coin-engraver of the fourteenth century. She was succeeded by Guillaume Verghetot in that capacity at the Mint of Ghent. In a document of 1345, she is designated : " A Bette, nostre tailleresse, pour faire le moustre des fers des premiers Gros et Dardelins : X. S. gros.. " Bette is probably only an abbreviation of Elizabeth. As shown by the above record, she was commissioned to cut the dies of the Gros and Dardelins struck in the first year of Louis de Male, Co...
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