DANFRIE, PHILIPPE the Elder (French). Engraver-general of the French coins, appointed on January 2. 1582, in succession to Claude de Héry. On the 3. February 1583 he presented to the Mint a puncheon with the King's bust for Francs and Half Francs. His appointment was disputed by Olivier Codoré, Gem-engraver, and Alexandre Olivier, Director of the Mill, but unsuccessfully. During the troubles of 1589, Danfrie followed the King to Tours, where he established a Mill similar to the one in charge of Olivier at Paris. In 1590, the artist was called to cumulate the functions of Engravergeneral of the Coins of Navarre and Bearn. He excelled also in typographical engraving, and invented various instruments of precision, to explain the use of which he wrote an interesting work : Déclaration de I'usage du graphométre, suivie de I'usage du trigométre... pour faire plans de villes et forteresses, cartes géographiques, inventé nouvellement par Philippe Danfrie, tailleur géneral des monnoyes de France. A Paris, chez le dict Danfrie, rue des Carmes, . avec privilége du Roy, 1597, small 4°. As a Seal-engraver and Modeller of Portrait-medallions in wax Danfrie did very good work, but the Portraits of Henri de Guise, le Balafré, Catherine de Cléves, Anne de Montmorency, &c. cannot be attributed to him with any degree of certainty. By Danfrie are the following jetons : 1571. Undetermined jetons ; — 1572. Jetons for the Chambre des Comptes; — 1591, '93 and '94. Jetons for the State Council at Tours; — 1592. Jetons for the Gendarmerie; — 1593 and '95. Jetons for the Order of the Saint- Esprit; — 1594. Jetons for the town of Tours. Two medals of 1602, and 1604, commemorating events of the reign of Henry IV., signed P. DAF, and DANF. respectively, are probably the work of this medallist, or of his son. Bibliography. — J. -Adrien Blanchet, Les graveurs en Béarn, Dax, 1888. — N. J. Rouyer, L'OEuvre du médailleur Nicolas Briot en ce qui concerne les jetons, Revue belge de Numismatique, 1895. — Mazerolle, Médailleurs francais, 1902.
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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