GHIRLANDAJO, otherwise DOMENICO CURRADI (Ital.) 1449- 1494. Painter, born at Florence : first acquired celebrity as a designer in gold, then devoted himself to fresco and mosaic work. His best known frescoes are " The Massacre of the Innocents " at Florence, and " Christ calling Peter and Andrew " at Rome. Michael Angelo studied for a time under him. Heiss in Médailleurs de la Renaissance, Florence. I, p. 80 remarks that the style of the medals executed by the so-called " Médailleur ? l'Espérance " is that of the school of Ghirlandajo, and we shall not, perhaps, err very much, in suggesting that these fine works were either produced by the great Florentine painter, or by one of his pupils. Vide HOPE.
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
GALLE, ANDRÉ
GALLE, ANDRÉ (French). Celebrated Medallist, born at St Etienne-en-Forez (Loire) on the 15th of May, 1761, died at Paris on the 23rd of December, 1844. His father, who was a fairly clever Die-sinker and Seal-engraver left St Etienne in 1773 to settle at Lyons. There he placed his son as apprentice in the button factory of Paul Le Cour, at the age of 12 years. Already young Galle was beginning to display exceptional disposition for the arts, and he was per- mitted to follow the public schools for...
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GALLE, ANDRÉ (French). Celebrated Medallist, born at St Etienne-en-Forez (Loire) on the 15th of May, 1761, died at Paris on the 23rd of December, 1844. His father, who was a fairly clever Die-sinker and Seal-engraver left St Etienne in 1773 to settle at Lyons. There he placed his son as apprentice in the button factory of Paul Le Cour, at the age of 12 years. Already young Galle was beginning to display exceptional disposition for the arts, and he was per- mitted to follow the public schools for...
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GALLI ERNESTO
GALLI ERNESTO (Ital.). Roman Die-sinker of the first half of the nineteenth century. He engraved a number of medals commemorat- ing contemporaneous events of Italian history and portraits of cele- brities. I have seen by him : Marriage-medal of Charles III. of Parma with Louise Marie de Bourbon ; — Scipione Maffei ; — Giov. Batt. Bodonius; — Pope Gregory XVI.; — 1838, Opening of the Stone Bridge on the Nure; — &c. — Galli belonged to the celebrated family of artists and painters of that name; hi...
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GALLI ERNESTO (Ital.). Roman Die-sinker of the first half of the nineteenth century. He engraved a number of medals commemorat- ing contemporaneous events of Italian history and portraits of cele- brities. I have seen by him : Marriage-medal of Charles III. of Parma with Louise Marie de Bourbon ; — Scipione Maffei ; — Giov. Batt. Bodonius; — Pope Gregory XVI.; — 1838, Opening of the Stone Bridge on the Nure; — &c. — Galli belonged to the celebrated family of artists and painters of that name; hi...
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GALMOLE, THOMAS
GALMOLE, THOMAS (Brit.). Master and Worker of the Money of silver in Devylyn (Dublin) and Warerford under Edward IV. In 1483 "an indenture for Ireland was made with Thomas Galmole, gent., master and worker of the money of silver, and keeper of the exchanges in the cities of Devylyn and Waterford. He was to make two sorts of monies : one called a peny, with the king's arms on one side, upon a cross trefoyled on every end ; and with this inscription REX ANGLIE & FRANCIE, and on the other side the ...
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GALMOLE, THOMAS (Brit.). Master and Worker of the Money of silver in Devylyn (Dublin) and Warerford under Edward IV. In 1483 "an indenture for Ireland was made with Thomas Galmole, gent., master and worker of the money of silver, and keeper of the exchanges in the cities of Devylyn and Waterford. He was to make two sorts of monies : one called a peny, with the king's arms on one side, upon a cross trefoyled on every end ; and with this inscription REX ANGLIE & FRANCIE, and on the other side the ...
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GAMOONI, ALI
GAMOONI, ALI (Arab.). Mr. Henry A. Rhind writing in 1862 says : " There is now at Thebes an archforger of scarabaei — a cer- tain Ali Gamooni, whose endeavours, in the manufacture of these much sought after relics, have been crowned with the greatest suc- cess. Scarabaei of elegant and well finished descriptions, are not beyond the range of this curious counterfeiter. These he makes ot the same material as the ancients used — a close-grained, easily cut lime-stone — which after it is cut into sh...
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GAMOONI, ALI (Arab.). Mr. Henry A. Rhind writing in 1862 says : " There is now at Thebes an archforger of scarabaei — a cer- tain Ali Gamooni, whose endeavours, in the manufacture of these much sought after relics, have been crowned with the greatest suc- cess. Scarabaei of elegant and well finished descriptions, are not beyond the range of this curious counterfeiter. These he makes ot the same material as the ancients used — a close-grained, easily cut lime-stone — which after it is cut into sh...
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