BRIOSCO, ANDREA (Ital.). Surnamed RICCIO. Goldsmith, Sculptor, and Medallist of Padua; born in 1470, died in 1532. The following medals are by him : — Portrait-medallion of himself, with the obv. legend ANDREAS. CRISPVS . PATAVINVS . AEREVM . DI.ANT. CANDELABRVM . F . ; — Girolamo Cornaro and his consort Elena ; — Lodovico and Gianpaolo Podocataro ; — Elisabetta Quirini daughter of the Venetian Francesco Quirini, &c. This artist was also an architect; he built the Church of Santa Giustina at Padua, and as a sculptor and founder, he modelled the beautiful bronze candelabra of the Santo at Padua finished in 1510 and the bas-reliefs of Girolamo and Marc Antonio della Torre, now at the Louvre. Very little is known concerning the life of Briosco ; though a passage of Scardeone (De Antiquitate urbis Patavii, Basle, 1516) furnishes some scraps of information, from which we learn, that at some time the artist changed his surname of Riccio into Crispus, a surname with which he signed his own medal. Some plaques are also attributed to him by Molinier : Judith (signed R'O) ; — The Adoration of the Magi; — Christ's Entombment (4 var.); — St. George slaying the Dragon (2 var.) ; — Vulcan forging the arrows of Cupid ; — Venus chastising Cupid; — Meleager and Atalanta ; — The Rape of Dejaneira ; — Family of Satyrs ; — Fame ; — The Death of Dido; — Triumph of a Hero; — Male and Female figures kissing ; — Ancient Sacrifice ; — Engagement at the Gate of a City ; — Death of Lucretia ; — Donato (R. of the medal of Girolamo Donato); — Allegory on Virtue and Fame ; — Allegory on Fortune and Virtue ; — Allegory on Love ; — Allegory on Glory or Fame ; — Allegory on Calumny; — Amor leading the World, &c. Bibliography. — Armand, Les Médailleurs italiens, Paris, 1883. — Keary, Italian Medals in the British Museum, London, 1880. — E. Molinier, Les Plaquettes, Paris, 1886.
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
BORATINI, TITIUS LIVIUS
BORATINI, TITIUS LIVIUS (Pol.). His name appears for the first time in Polish records in 1658, when he received a concession to work the Krakau Mint. In 1659 he was ordered to strike one million copper Shillings, and between 1663 and 1665 he issued again Shillings to the value of 6.690.822 Gulden 26 Groschen. In this transaction Boratini is said to have made a profit of 832.600 Gulden. At the Mint of Ujazdow and at other Lithuanian Mints, Boratini struck seven million Shillings, from 1660-1666. ...
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BORATINI, TITIUS LIVIUS (Pol.). His name appears for the first time in Polish records in 1658, when he received a concession to work the Krakau Mint. In 1659 he was ordered to strike one million copper Shillings, and between 1663 and 1665 he issued again Shillings to the value of 6.690.822 Gulden 26 Groschen. In this transaction Boratini is said to have made a profit of 832.600 Gulden. At the Mint of Ujazdow and at other Lithuanian Mints, Boratini struck seven million Shillings, from 1660-1666. ...
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BORNER, PETER PAUL
BORNER, PETER PAUL (Swiss). Medallist, and Coin-engraver, born at Lucerne, 10. January 1656 (1657?), worked at the Mint of Rome, and died in 1727. Hecut, in a bold style, Portrait-medals of the Popes Alexander VII., Innocent XII., and Clement XI. Between 1677 and 1697 he was receiving a monthly allowance of 10 Florins. He also engraved a number of the scudi issued by these pontiffs. His signature (P. P. BORNER F; — P. BORNER F. ; — P. B. ; — B. F. ; — BORNER, F. ; —or P.P.B.F.) appears on Scudi ...
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BORNER, PETER PAUL (Swiss). Medallist, and Coin-engraver, born at Lucerne, 10. January 1656 (1657?), worked at the Mint of Rome, and died in 1727. Hecut, in a bold style, Portrait-medals of the Popes Alexander VII., Innocent XII., and Clement XI. Between 1677 and 1697 he was receiving a monthly allowance of 10 Florins. He also engraved a number of the scudi issued by these pontiffs. His signature (P. P. BORNER F; — P. BORNER F. ; — P. B. ; — B. F. ; — BORNER, F. ; —or P.P.B.F.) appears on Scudi ...
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BORREL, ALFRED
BORREL, ALFRED (French). Medallist ; son of Valentin Maurice Borrel; he studied under his father, Jouffroy, and Merley. He was born at Paris in 1836, and became a pupil of the Ecole des Beaux Arts in 1856. He obtained the second Grand Prix de Rome in 1860, a Mention honorable at the Salon of the Champs-Elysées in 1863, the third Medal at the Salon of 1880, the second in 1890, and the first in 1896. Member of the Jury at the Salon of 1893; Academy Officer, 1881 ; Officer of Public Instruction, 18...
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BORREL, ALFRED (French). Medallist ; son of Valentin Maurice Borrel; he studied under his father, Jouffroy, and Merley. He was born at Paris in 1836, and became a pupil of the Ecole des Beaux Arts in 1856. He obtained the second Grand Prix de Rome in 1860, a Mention honorable at the Salon of the Champs-Elysées in 1863, the third Medal at the Salon of 1880, the second in 1890, and the first in 1896. Member of the Jury at the Salon of 1893; Academy Officer, 1881 ; Officer of Public Instruction, 18...
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BORREL, VALENTIN MAURICE
BORREL, VALENTIN MAURICE (French). Born, 24. July 1804, died 29. March 1882. At the age of twelve, he was apprenticed to the medallist J. J. Barre, who was then Engraver-general at the French Mint. He was 24 years old when he engraved his first portrait, that of the actor Picard ; this was followed by others of Andrieux, Alexandre Duval, Yon Barré, Népomucéne Lemercier, and Mme Duval. Three years later, the young artist received an appointment at the Monaco Mint under Honoré V. From that date, h...
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BORREL, VALENTIN MAURICE (French). Born, 24. July 1804, died 29. March 1882. At the age of twelve, he was apprenticed to the medallist J. J. Barre, who was then Engraver-general at the French Mint. He was 24 years old when he engraved his first portrait, that of the actor Picard ; this was followed by others of Andrieux, Alexandre Duval, Yon Barré, Népomucéne Lemercier, and Mme Duval. Three years later, the young artist received an appointment at the Monaco Mint under Honoré V. From that date, h...
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