CORBET, ANDREW (Brit.). Obtained in 1693 a patent for the coin age of copper coins under William and Mary, but in 1694 this was withdrawn. Bibliography. — Montagu, Copper Coins ?c.
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
CAVALLI, GIAN MARCO
CAVALLI, GIAN MARCO (Ital.). Medallist of the sixteenth century, born at Mantua in 1450. He first worked at the court of Mantua, but was called to Hall in Tyrol in 1506. His name appears sometimes in German records as Johannes Marckus de Canalis. B. Beham Junr mentions that he executed in 1506 a medal of Maximilian I. on his second marriage with Maria Bianca Sforza, 1494, the portrait of the Emperor being taken from a painting by Ambrogio de Predis, 1502, and Half Thaler of the same monarch, wit...
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CAVALLI, GIAN MARCO (Ital.). Medallist of the sixteenth century, born at Mantua in 1450. He first worked at the court of Mantua, but was called to Hall in Tyrol in 1506. His name appears sometimes in German records as Johannes Marckus de Canalis. B. Beham Junr mentions that he executed in 1506 a medal of Maximilian I. on his second marriage with Maria Bianca Sforza, 1494, the portrait of the Emperor being taken from a painting by Ambrogio de Predis, 1502, and Half Thaler of the same monarch, wit...
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CAZIN, MICHEL
CAZIN, MICHEL (French). Contemporary Medallist, residing at Paris. Born at Paris, on the 12. April 1869; pupil of his father; exhibited at the Champ-Élysées, 1885-1889, and at the Champ de Mars since 1889 ; created officier d'Académie in 1894. The following medals by him are exhibited at the Luxembourg Museum at Paris : Medal for the Orphanage of Arts (illustrated); — A survivor of the Grande Armée ; — Pierre Marie Lepr?tre ; — A philosopher ; — Portrait of a child ; — Antoine Delhaye ; — Hyacin...
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CAZIN, MICHEL (French). Contemporary Medallist, residing at Paris. Born at Paris, on the 12. April 1869; pupil of his father; exhibited at the Champ-Élysées, 1885-1889, and at the Champ de Mars since 1889 ; created officier d'Académie in 1894. The following medals by him are exhibited at the Luxembourg Museum at Paris : Medal for the Orphanage of Arts (illustrated); — A survivor of the Grande Armée ; — Pierre Marie Lepr?tre ; — A philosopher ; — Portrait of a child ; — Antoine Delhaye ; — Hyacin...
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CELLINI, BENVENUTO
CELLINI, BENVENUTO (Ital.). Florentine Goldsmith, Sculptor, Coin and Seal-engraver, and Medallist, 1 500-1571 ; one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance period. The most entertaining account of Cellini's adventurous and artistic career is to be found in his wellknown Autobiography, which is accessible to all in multitudinous editions. The following details of his life, are borrowed from Vita di Benvenuto Cellini scritta da lui medesimo, &c, Molini, 1832, in tho Imperial Dictionary of Unive...
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CELLINI, BENVENUTO (Ital.). Florentine Goldsmith, Sculptor, Coin and Seal-engraver, and Medallist, 1 500-1571 ; one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance period. The most entertaining account of Cellini's adventurous and artistic career is to be found in his wellknown Autobiography, which is accessible to all in multitudinous editions. The following details of his life, are borrowed from Vita di Benvenuto Cellini scritta da lui medesimo, &c, Molini, 1832, in tho Imperial Dictionary of Unive...
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CERBARA, GIUSEPPE
CERBARA, GIUSEPPE (Ital.). Gem-engraver and Medallist of the first half of the nineteenth century ; Mint-engraver at the Papal Zecca under Leo XII. and the Sede Vacante of 1829. The following coins bear his signature : Leo XII. (1823-1829) Leonina da due Zecchini, 1823 (signed G. C. and G. CERBARA), 1828; — Doppia, A. I. (2 var., signed CERB. and CERBAR.), A. II. (2 var., G. C); — AR. Scudo, 1825 (2 var. G. CERBARA F.), 1826 (2 var.); — ?. 1/2 Baiocco 1824, 1825, 1826 (signed C. C); — ?. Quattri...
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CERBARA, GIUSEPPE (Ital.). Gem-engraver and Medallist of the first half of the nineteenth century ; Mint-engraver at the Papal Zecca under Leo XII. and the Sede Vacante of 1829. The following coins bear his signature : Leo XII. (1823-1829) Leonina da due Zecchini, 1823 (signed G. C. and G. CERBARA), 1828; — Doppia, A. I. (2 var., signed CERB. and CERBAR.), A. II. (2 var., G. C); — AR. Scudo, 1825 (2 var. G. CERBARA F.), 1826 (2 var.); — ?. 1/2 Baiocco 1824, 1825, 1826 (signed C. C); — ?. Quattri...
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