DANIEL HÄSLINGH. Die-sinker at Hamburg, 1730- 1749.
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...
[ More about 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...
[ More about CORNIOLE, GIOVANNI DELLE ]
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...
[ More about 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...
[ More about CORRAZINI, FRANCESCO ]
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...
[ More about 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...
[ More about COSSA, LUIGI ]
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...
[ More about 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...
[ More about COSTANZI, CARLO ]