DAVIS & MACMILLAN (Brit.). Die-sinkers of Birmingham. A medal of the new General Hospital, Birmingham, is signed D & M.
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
CRONIOS
CRONIOS (Greek). Historians record the name of this Gemengraver, of whom no work is known to exist. The signature KPONIOC appears on some modern gems by Natter and other artists, who signed their productions with antique names, such as those of Phrygillos, Pergamos, Olympios, Onatas, Pyrgoteles, Athenion, Dioscorides, Solon, Aspasios, Agathopus, Pamphiles, Eutyches, Hyllus, Aulus, Epitynchanus, Evodus, Tryphon, and other Greek and Roman glyptists, in order to deceive purchasers. With the signatu...
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CRONIOS (Greek). Historians record the name of this Gemengraver, of whom no work is known to exist. The signature KPONIOC appears on some modern gems by Natter and other artists, who signed their productions with antique names, such as those of Phrygillos, Pergamos, Olympios, Onatas, Pyrgoteles, Athenion, Dioscorides, Solon, Aspasios, Agathopus, Pamphiles, Eutyches, Hyllus, Aulus, Epitynchanus, Evodus, Tryphon, and other Greek and Roman glyptists, in order to deceive purchasers. With the signatu...
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CRONIUS
CRONIUS (Roman). Gem-engraver, apparently anterior to the time of Augustus. Pliny places his name between that of Pyrgoteles, Alexander's contemporary, and that of Dioscorides, who flourished under the reign of Augustus. King mentions that " the signature of Cronius appears at the side of a standing figure of Terpsichore, a design afterwards repeated by Onesas and Allion". It is possible that Cronius is only a fictitious signature used by a more modern engraver Vide CRONIOS. Bibliography. — King...
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CRONIUS (Roman). Gem-engraver, apparently anterior to the time of Augustus. Pliny places his name between that of Pyrgoteles, Alexander's contemporary, and that of Dioscorides, who flourished under the reign of Augustus. King mentions that " the signature of Cronius appears at the side of a standing figure of Terpsichore, a design afterwards repeated by Onesas and Allion". It is possible that Cronius is only a fictitious signature used by a more modern engraver Vide CRONIOS. Bibliography. — King...
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CROPANESE, FILIPPO
CROPANESE, FILIPPO (Ital.). Medallist of the second half of the eighteenth century. He is the author of a medal of Prince Henry, Cardinal of York, struck at Rome, in 1766, for presentation by the Cardinal to his friends. On the Obv. is the bust of the Pretender, whilst the R. presents Religion holding the Bible and cross, with the British lion, a crown, and a cardinal's hat at her feet, and the legend : NON • DESIDERIIS • HOMINVM •SED •VOLVNTATE • DEI. The artist resided at Rome for some time, a...
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CROPANESE, FILIPPO (Ital.). Medallist of the second half of the eighteenth century. He is the author of a medal of Prince Henry, Cardinal of York, struck at Rome, in 1766, for presentation by the Cardinal to his friends. On the Obv. is the bust of the Pretender, whilst the R. presents Religion holding the Bible and cross, with the British lion, a crown, and a cardinal's hat at her feet, and the legend : NON • DESIDERIIS • HOMINVM •SED •VOLVNTATE • DEI. The artist resided at Rome for some time, a...
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CROS, CÉSAR ISIDORE HENRI
CROS, CÉSAR ISIDORE HENRI (French). Contemporary Sculptor, born at Narbonne in 1840; pupil of Etex, Jouffroy, and Valadon. His signature appears on a number of Portrait-medallions : M. A. G***., 1864 ; — Mme L***., 1868; — Mme Jeannine Dumas, 1872 ; — Prize Medal for the Preservation of Forests and picturesque scenery, 1904 (commissioned by the Société des Amis de la Médaille), &c. He belongs to the school of David d'Angers, whose pupils have brought medallic art to such a high standard of late ...
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CROS, CÉSAR ISIDORE HENRI (French). Contemporary Sculptor, born at Narbonne in 1840; pupil of Etex, Jouffroy, and Valadon. His signature appears on a number of Portrait-medallions : M. A. G***., 1864 ; — Mme L***., 1868; — Mme Jeannine Dumas, 1872 ; — Prize Medal for the Preservation of Forests and picturesque scenery, 1904 (commissioned by the Société des Amis de la Médaille), &c. He belongs to the school of David d'Angers, whose pupils have brought medallic art to such a high standard of late ...
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