DANFRIE, PHILIPPE (French). Son of the preceding, was appointed Engraver-general of the coins of Bearn and Lower Navarre, on his father's resignation, in 1598. He was received at the Court of Henry IV. on the 7th of June, 1596, and is mentioned as a Paris Medallist, between 1602 and 1604. He was no doubt employed at the Paris Mint also ; Barre even says that after the death of Gervais Pillon, 1595, Philippe Danfrie the younger held the combined functions of Comptroller and Engraver-general of the Coins of France. It does not seem very clear whether both father and son filled the same office, but it is quite evident that they were both working at about the same time. Nicolas Briot succeeded Danfrie on the 1. July, 1606. To Philip II. Danfrie may perhaps be ascribed the following medals : 1602. Henry IV., Bust of the King as Hercules R. Hercules crushing a centaur (an allusion to the successes of the French King over Charles Emmanuel of Savoy (" La largeur et la beauté de l' exécution, la facilité avec laquelle ont été modelés le sujet du revers et surtout l'effigie royale, contrastent avec la maniére séche et m?me froide des oeuvres de Philippe I. Danfrie, etnous fait attribuer cette médaille au fils ; elle révéle une main jeune et fort habile " ; Mazerolle, op. cit., I, LXXXVII); — 1604. Similar medal, signed DANFR. (perhaps the work of the father); — 1590. Henry IV., King on horseback R. Shield of arms; — Henry IV., Bust to r. R. VICTORIA YVRIACA Trophy (Battle of Ivry); — Another, on the same event; — Henry IV. Bust R. DISCVTIT . VT . COELO, &c. Ploughman ; — 1593. Henry IV., Bust R. IVS.DEDIT.ET DABIT . VTI. Swords in saltire; — Henry IV., Bust R. REGET. VIRTVTIBVS. ORBEM. Victory; — 1596. Henry IV., Bust R, DVO.PROTEGIT.VNVS;— 1598. Henry IV., Bust R PACE. TERRA &c. Vestal virgin ; — 1601. Henry IV., Bust R OBITVR. ET.LACTE. VIRESCIT. Juno standing, &c. ; — 1602. Henry IV., Bust R REGIS. SACRA. &c. Two columns &c. (Renewal of the French Alliance with the Swiss cantons and Graubünden); — 1604. Henry IV., Bust R MAIESTAS . MAIOR . AB . IGNE. Henry IV. and Marie de Medicis; — Henry IV., Portrait-medallion ; — Henry IV. and Marie de Medicis (3 var.). From the supplement of De L'Estoile's Diary, we learn that young Danfrie died at Paris in February 1604, " fils unique de son pére et qui já l'égaloit en son art de graveur, oú il étoit singulier ". Bibliography. — J. -A. Blanchet, op. cit. — Albert Barre, Graveurs généraux et particuliers des Monnaies de France, Annuaire de la Société francaise de Numismatique, 1867. — Mazerolle, op. cit.
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
CORNIOLE, GIOVANNI DELLE
CORNIOLE, GIOVANNI DELLE or more correctly GIOVANNI DI LORENZO DI PIETRO DELLE OPERE (Ital.). Florentine Medallist and Gem-engraver, born circa 1470, died about 1516. This great artist was born at Pisa, where he first practised the glyptic art; he settled at Florence in 1498. The only gem still extant by him is a portrait of Savonarola in the Uffizi gallery at Florence. A medallion in bronze bearing a similar portrait is also attributed to him. As a sculptor, founder, goldsmith and engraver, Gio...
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CORNIOLE, GIOVANNI DELLE or more correctly GIOVANNI DI LORENZO DI PIETRO DELLE OPERE (Ital.). Florentine Medallist and Gem-engraver, born circa 1470, died about 1516. This great artist was born at Pisa, where he first practised the glyptic art; he settled at Florence in 1498. The only gem still extant by him is a portrait of Savonarola in the Uffizi gallery at Florence. A medallion in bronze bearing a similar portrait is also attributed to him. As a sculptor, founder, goldsmith and engraver, Gio...
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CORRAZINI, FRANCESCO
CORRAZINI, FRANCESCO (Ital.). Medallist of the second half of the eighteenth century, who distinguished himself amongst his contemporaries at Rome. He adopted the style of Hamerani's work. A medal of Abbot Pietro Antonio Serasi, commissioned by the town of Bergamo to commemorate this great biographer of Torquato Tasso, is perhaps Corrazini's best production, and was struck in 1786. He also signed a medal of Urbano Savorgnano, an Italian numismatist, and a commemorative medal of the Count and Cou...
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CORRAZINI, FRANCESCO (Ital.). Medallist of the second half of the eighteenth century, who distinguished himself amongst his contemporaries at Rome. He adopted the style of Hamerani's work. A medal of Abbot Pietro Antonio Serasi, commissioned by the town of Bergamo to commemorate this great biographer of Torquato Tasso, is perhaps Corrazini's best production, and was struck in 1786. He also signed a medal of Urbano Savorgnano, an Italian numismatist, and a commemorative medal of the Count and Cou...
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COSSA, LUIGI
COSSA, LUIGI (Ital.). Medallist of the first half of the nineteenth century; a pupil of Manfredini, who died in 1850. None of his works are of very great importance. His signature appears on the R. of a Prize Medal for Industrial Arts issued at Prague in 1829, and of another of Leonardo da Vinci, 1820. He also engraved medals to commemorate the Visit of the Emperor and Empress of Austria to Milan, 1857 ; and of Pelagio Pelagi ; — Antonietta Pollerini ; — Adeodala Turchi, 1821 ; — Dr Joseph Frank...
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COSSA, LUIGI (Ital.). Medallist of the first half of the nineteenth century; a pupil of Manfredini, who died in 1850. None of his works are of very great importance. His signature appears on the R. of a Prize Medal for Industrial Arts issued at Prague in 1829, and of another of Leonardo da Vinci, 1820. He also engraved medals to commemorate the Visit of the Emperor and Empress of Austria to Milan, 1857 ; and of Pelagio Pelagi ; — Antonietta Pollerini ; — Adeodala Turchi, 1821 ; — Dr Joseph Frank...
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COSTANZI, CARLO
COSTANZI, CARLO (ltal.). Gem-engraver of the eighteenth century, son of Giovanni Costanzi, was born at Naples in 1703, and worked at Rome, where he acquired celebrity. Mariette mentions that the productions of this clever artist are dispersed all over Europe, and adds : " L'on prétend que personne entre les modernes n'a aussi bien gravé que lui la t?te d'Antinoüs, ce qui est cause qu'on la lui a fait répéter une infinité de fois. Ses copies en ont souvent imposé m?me á des connaisseurs, qui prét...
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COSTANZI, CARLO (ltal.). Gem-engraver of the eighteenth century, son of Giovanni Costanzi, was born at Naples in 1703, and worked at Rome, where he acquired celebrity. Mariette mentions that the productions of this clever artist are dispersed all over Europe, and adds : " L'on prétend que personne entre les modernes n'a aussi bien gravé que lui la t?te d'Antinoüs, ce qui est cause qu'on la lui a fait répéter une infinité de fois. Ses copies en ont souvent imposé m?me á des connaisseurs, qui prét...
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