GIROMETTI, GIUSEPPE (Ital.) A celebrated Sculptor, Gem-engrav- er and Medallist of the first half of the nineteenth century, born in 1780; died 17. Nov. 1851 . He worked at the Papal Mint at Rome for Popes Pius VII., Leo XII., Pius VIII. and Gregory XVI., Cardinal Ercole Consalvi, and cut Portrait-medals of the sculptor Antonio Canova; — the poet Giov. Batt. Niccolini, which medal Bolzenthal considered as one of the best Italian works of the time; — Caesar Baronius; — Petrus Bembus; — Michelangelo Buonarotti; — Philippus Brunellescus ; — Benvenuto Cellini; — Marcantonio Colonna ; — Vittoria Colonna ; — Enrico Dandolo , Doge of Venice; — Franciscus de Marchi; — Franciscus Guicciardini ; — Macchiavelli ; — Cosmo de' Medici ; — Andreas Palladio ; — Petrarch; etc. Most of these belong to a series of medals of celebrated Italians of all ages, to which Girometti's son, Pietro, and the Medallist Niccolo Cerbara, also contributed. Girometti was a pupil of the sculptor Pacetti, President of the Academy of Fine Arts, and first executed marbles for the Cathedral of Foligno. He then gave up sculpture for Gem-engraving, in which Art he soon became facile princeps. His cameos after Canova, Tenerani, &c, those executed from his own designs, reproductions of antique gems, portraits of modern and contemporary celebrities are all of superior work. Among his portrait-cameos I must notice : Raphaël ; — Leonardo da Vinci ; — Richelieu ; — Colbert ; — Racine; — La Fontaine; — Washington; — Napoleon, &c. His bust of "Spring" at the Biblioth?que Nationale (Paris) is a fine example of Girometti's style; by him are also two large cameos with heads of Genius and Perseus, after Canova ; others representing Terpsichore and Magdalena ; Psyche, after Tenerani, &c. ; and King mentions a head of Proserpine and a Diomede with the Palladium, surpassing, to his taste, any production of the artists of antiquity in this department. Dr Storer has brought to my knowledge the following medals by Girometti : Congress of Italian Scientists at Genoa, 1846; — Congress of Italian Scientists at Lucca, 1843 ; — Med. Clin. Academy of Ferrara, 1847. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — E. Babelon, op. cit. — King, op. cit. — Grande Encyclopédie.
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
GEERTS, EDOUARD LOUIS
GEERTS, EDOUARD LOUIS (Belg.). Medallist of Brussels, born in 1826, died at Ixelles, 24th November 1889. He was a pupil of the sculptor van der Stappen, and is known by several fine medals : National Health Society, London, 1893; — Portrait of Dr Pierre Joseph van Beneden, Louvain (Boston colln); — Professor J. S. G. Nypels, 1885 ; — General Saint-Paul de Sinçay, 1887 (obv. illus- trated); — Marriage of Crown-prince Rudolph of Austria with Princess Stephanie of Belgium, 1881; — Inauguration of t...
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GEERTS, EDOUARD LOUIS (Belg.). Medallist of Brussels, born in 1826, died at Ixelles, 24th November 1889. He was a pupil of the sculptor van der Stappen, and is known by several fine medals : National Health Society, London, 1893; — Portrait of Dr Pierre Joseph van Beneden, Louvain (Boston colln); — Professor J. S. G. Nypels, 1885 ; — General Saint-Paul de Sinçay, 1887 (obv. illus- trated); — Marriage of Crown-prince Rudolph of Austria with Princess Stephanie of Belgium, 1881; — Inauguration of t...
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GEITZKOFLER, GEORG (?ORG) VON GAILENBACH IN HAUSHEIM UND MOSS
GEITZKOFLER, GEORG (?ORG) VON GAILENBACH IN HAUSHEIM UND MOSS. (Austr.). Mint-master and Coin-engraver, who died 14th July 1577. He was of Tyrolian origin. On June 8, 1559, Ferdinand I. sanctioned at Augsburg the appointment by Archduke Ferdinand of Geitzkofler as Warden of the Joachimsthal Mint. After the death of Puelacher, June 1563, he became Mint-master. His distinctive sign on the coins was a head of a chamois. There are several varieties of playing counters engraved by him, with his initi...
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GEITZKOFLER, GEORG (?ORG) VON GAILENBACH IN HAUSHEIM UND MOSS. (Austr.). Mint-master and Coin-engraver, who died 14th July 1577. He was of Tyrolian origin. On June 8, 1559, Ferdinand I. sanctioned at Augsburg the appointment by Archduke Ferdinand of Geitzkofler as Warden of the Joachimsthal Mint. After the death of Puelacher, June 1563, he became Mint-master. His distinctive sign on the coins was a head of a chamois. There are several varieties of playing counters engraved by him, with his initi...
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GELRE, GODEFROID VAN
GELRE, GODEFROID VAN (Belg.). Goldsmith and Medallist of Brus- sels, circ. 1585-1604. Philip II. appointed him Councillor and Mintmaster general, on the 6th of March 1585, and he was confirmed in his office by the Archdukes on the 7th of November 1600. In 1589, he chased two gold medals with portrait of the King, and two others with that of the Duke of Parma, Governor-general of the Netherlands, to be presented, in the name of Philip II., by Ferdinand Lopez de Villanova, to several personages in...
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GELRE, GODEFROID VAN (Belg.). Goldsmith and Medallist of Brus- sels, circ. 1585-1604. Philip II. appointed him Councillor and Mintmaster general, on the 6th of March 1585, and he was confirmed in his office by the Archdukes on the 7th of November 1600. In 1589, he chased two gold medals with portrait of the King, and two others with that of the Duke of Parma, Governor-general of the Netherlands, to be presented, in the name of Philip II., by Ferdinand Lopez de Villanova, to several personages in...
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GENDRE CLÉMENT
GENDRE CLÉMENT (French). Sculptor and Engraver of Lyons, 1626-1648. In 1633 he was Coin-engraver at the Mint there. Some ot the Consular jetons of 1647 are known to be by him, and he is the author of several medals : Charles of Neufville, Marquis of Villeroy ; — Commemoration of the Building of the Chapelle de la Confrérie des Pénitents blancs de Notre-Dame du Gonfalon ; — The Hôtel-de-Ville of Lyons (partly the work of Jean Warin, but not the celebrated Paris medallist). Bibliography. — Natalis...
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GENDRE CLÉMENT (French). Sculptor and Engraver of Lyons, 1626-1648. In 1633 he was Coin-engraver at the Mint there. Some ot the Consular jetons of 1647 are known to be by him, and he is the author of several medals : Charles of Neufville, Marquis of Villeroy ; — Commemoration of the Building of the Chapelle de la Confrérie des Pénitents blancs de Notre-Dame du Gonfalon ; — The Hôtel-de-Ville of Lyons (partly the work of Jean Warin, but not the celebrated Paris medallist). Bibliography. — Natalis...
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