CARAGLIO, GIOVAN JACOPO (Ital.). Line, and Gem-engraver, Medallist, and Architect. He was a native of Verona, where we find him working as early as 1526, and where he also died in 1570 (or 1571). He spent about thirty years at the court of Sigismund I. of Poland, and while there (circa 1540) executed medals of this King, and of his consort, Bona Sforza, which have not come down to us, and one of Alessandro Pesenti, a Veronese, in the service of Bona Sforza, with bust on obv., and musical instruments on R. This artist was so great a favourite at the Polish court, that on leaving, he was loaded with presents to induce him to stay. There is an intaglio engraved by him with a portrait of Queen Bona Sforza. As a line-engraver he produced in his earlier career some very line works from drawings by Raphael, Tiziano, Rosso de' Rossi, Pierino del Vaga, &c. From the letters of Pietro Aretino, we learn that Caraglio executed a large number of medals and gems, many of which we may be acquainted with, without knowing their authorship. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — C. W. King, op. cit. — Babelon, La gravure en pierres fines, Paris, 1894. — Armand, op. cit. — Lettere di Pietro Aretino, vol. II. — V. Fabriczy, Medaillen der italienischen Renaissance.
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
BUCHHEIM, JOHANN
BUCHHEIM, JOHANN or HANS (Getm.). This Coin-engraver and Medallist, born in 1624, died on the 5th of July, 1683, at the age of 59 years. He is mentioned as early as 1654 for work he executed on behalf of Bishop Karl Ferdinand of Breslau, and he also worked for the city of Breslau, George and Louis of Liegnitz- Brieg, and for John George of Saxony. The medals signed I. B. which were stuck betwen 1653 and 1683 belong to this artist and not to Johann Bensheimer may name the following- pieces : Meda...
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BUCHHEIM, JOHANN or HANS (Getm.). This Coin-engraver and Medallist, born in 1624, died on the 5th of July, 1683, at the age of 59 years. He is mentioned as early as 1654 for work he executed on behalf of Bishop Karl Ferdinand of Breslau, and he also worked for the city of Breslau, George and Louis of Liegnitz- Brieg, and for John George of Saxony. The medals signed I. B. which were stuck betwen 1653 and 1683 belong to this artist and not to Johann Bensheimer may name the following- pieces : Meda...
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BULLINGER, HANS JAKOB
BULLINGER, HANS JAKOB (Swiss). Medallist residing at Zurich, 1650-1724. He engraved the following medals : Completion of the Zurich fortifications, 1678; — Building of the Zurich Townhall, 1698 ; — Decoration for conspicuous services rendered to the state of Zurich (2 var.); — Military reward of the city of Zurich, undated; — School prize, undated (2 var.); — Ehepfenning, or Marriage medal (5 var.). This Engraver filled the post of Master of the Mint at Zurich for a number of years and engraved ...
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BULLINGER, HANS JAKOB (Swiss). Medallist residing at Zurich, 1650-1724. He engraved the following medals : Completion of the Zurich fortifications, 1678; — Building of the Zurich Townhall, 1698 ; — Decoration for conspicuous services rendered to the state of Zurich (2 var.); — Military reward of the city of Zurich, undated; — School prize, undated (2 var.); — Ehepfenning, or Marriage medal (5 var.). This Engraver filled the post of Master of the Mint at Zurich for a number of years and engraved ...
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BUNSEN, JOHANN GEORG
BUNSEN, JOHANN GEORG (Germ.). Third son of Philipp Christian Bunsen; he was born on the 14th June 1766 at Frankfort and died there, 14th January 1833. He joined his father at the Frankfort Mint in 1789, and on the latter's death, was elected Mint-master, 2nd March 1790, with the title of Münzrat (Mint counsellor). The Frankfort currency, between 1790 and 1825, bears his initials, sometimes alone, or in conjunction with those of Johann Heinrich Hille or Johann Georg Hille. The bust on the coin of...
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BUNSEN, JOHANN GEORG (Germ.). Third son of Philipp Christian Bunsen; he was born on the 14th June 1766 at Frankfort and died there, 14th January 1833. He joined his father at the Frankfort Mint in 1789, and on the latter's death, was elected Mint-master, 2nd March 1790, with the title of Münzrat (Mint counsellor). The Frankfort currency, between 1790 and 1825, bears his initials, sometimes alone, or in conjunction with those of Johann Heinrich Hille or Johann Georg Hille. The bust on the coin of...
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BUNSEN, PHILIPP CHRISTIAN
BUNSEN, PHILIPP CHRISTIAN (Germ.). Mint-master at Arolsen ; was called to fill the same office at Frankfort-on-Main, 1764. His initials appear on the latter city's coinage, in conjunction with those of Neumeister and of the two Hilles, fcetween 1764 and 1790. He had free residence at the Mint, a yearly income of 600 gulden, and a commission on the coins struck. In 1789, he took his third son, John George, as assistant. He died on the 10th February, 1790. Bibliography. — Paul Joseph und Eduard Fe...
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BUNSEN, PHILIPP CHRISTIAN (Germ.). Mint-master at Arolsen ; was called to fill the same office at Frankfort-on-Main, 1764. His initials appear on the latter city's coinage, in conjunction with those of Neumeister and of the two Hilles, fcetween 1764 and 1790. He had free residence at the Mint, a yearly income of 600 gulden, and a commission on the coins struck. In 1789, he took his third son, John George, as assistant. He died on the 10th February, 1790. Bibliography. — Paul Joseph und Eduard Fe...
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