BRAUN, JOHANN BARTHOLOMAEUS (Germ.). Medallist of the seventeenth century, who worked circ. 1636-1666, and died in 1684. He resided at Nüremberg, and is mentioned as having modelled the patterns in wax of the medals of Bishop Philip Valentine of Bamberg. The following medals are said to be Braun's work : Melchior Otto Voit of Salzburg, Bishop of Bamberg, 1642- 1653 (undated); — Andreas Imhoof (1636); — Sigismund Gabriel Holzschuher (1642); — Christoph Fuerer (1645 and 1653); — Johann Jacob Tetzel (1646), 2 var. ; — Carl Erasmus Tetzel (undated); — Philipp Valentin Voit Rineck, Bishop of Bamberg (1653); — Karl Gustav von Pfalz-Kleeburg, later, King of Sweden (before 1654); — Christian Ernst von Brandenburg- Baireuth (after 1655); — Christian August von Pfalz-Sulzbach (1655 ?); — Wilhelm VI., Landgrave of Hesse (undated); — Albert von Brandenburg- Ansbach (undated). Treated in the same style and —probably executed by the same artist are also : Georg Imhof (1659); — Georg Prodtmann (1666); — Johann Michael Dilherr (1666); Helena Barbara Fürer, &c. Braun married in 1659 Anna Maria Pfründt, the daughter of a medallist of great merit, and a medallist herself. This artist distinguished himself by the elegance of his design ; the hair especially he treated with wonderful softness. The portrait he often cast separately and fixed on the plain blank. The reverses mostly display charming representations of rustic scenery. Bibliography. — Erman, op. cit., pp. 81-83. — Doppelmayr, Historische Nachricht von den Nürnbergischen Mathematicis und Künstlern, Nürnberg, 1730. — Ad. Hess Nachf., Medaillen-Sammlung Eugen Felix, Frankfurt am Main, 1895.
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
BOLTSCHAUSER, HANS HEINRICH
BOLTSCHAUSER, HANS HEINRICH (Swiss). Son of a miller of Altenklingen (canton Thurgau), was born on the 11. April 1754. He learnt the art of engraving under John Christopher Aefli of Diessenhofen, with whom he worked for 2 1/2 years. Having left him for Zurich, he studied drawing in that city, and was initiated in diesinking under John Martin Bürkli. Later on, we find him working as a Medallist at Augsburg, and as late as 1806, at Mannheim. He died on June 10, 1812. In the latter city he fille...
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BOLTSCHAUSER, HANS HEINRICH (Swiss). Son of a miller of Altenklingen (canton Thurgau), was born on the 11. April 1754. He learnt the art of engraving under John Christopher Aefli of Diessenhofen, with whom he worked for 2 1/2 years. Having left him for Zurich, he studied drawing in that city, and was initiated in diesinking under John Martin Bürkli. Later on, we find him working as a Medallist at Augsburg, and as late as 1806, at Mannheim. He died on June 10, 1812. In the latter city he fille...
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BOMBARDA, ANDREA CAMBI
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 ...
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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 ...
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BONIS, NICCOLO DE
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 ...
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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 ...
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BONNET, GUILLAUME
BONNET, GUILLAUME (French). Medallist and Sculptor; born in 1820, died at Lyons in 1893. He was a member of the Jury for Medal-engraving at the Salon of 1847. He obtained in 1848 the second Grand Prix de Rome for his medallions of Count de Salvandy and Royer-Collard. In 1849 he exhibited an intaglio representing Mercury forming the caduceus. This artist received in 1860 the cross of the Legion of Honour. One of his cast works is a statue representing the city of Lyons, which has been erected on ...
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BONNET, GUILLAUME (French). Medallist and Sculptor; born in 1820, died at Lyons in 1893. He was a member of the Jury for Medal-engraving at the Salon of 1847. He obtained in 1848 the second Grand Prix de Rome for his medallions of Count de Salvandy and Royer-Collard. In 1849 he exhibited an intaglio representing Mercury forming the caduceus. This artist received in 1860 the cross of the Legion of Honour. One of his cast works is a statue representing the city of Lyons, which has been erected on ...
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