GIROMETTI, PIETRO (Ital.). Son of Giuseppe Girometti, Gem and Medal-engraver of considerable merit, died in London in 1850. M. Babelon says of him that he succeeded in raising himself above his contemporaries of all countries by the excellence of his works. He contributed to the series of medals of celebrated Italians under- taken by his father in conjunction with Niccolo Cerbara, and engrav- ed several medals of Gregory XVI., Vittoria Colonna, Enrico Dandolo and other Italian celebrities. In the Morrison Collection there was a cameo, an onyx of two strata, white upon green ground, engraved in high relief, with figure of a faun supporting upon uplifted foot an infantile faun, which is supposed to be the work of Girometti or of his father. In the Boston Collection are two medical medals, bearing P. Girometti's signature on obv. : Dr Francesco Mandini, Bologna; — Santo Spirito Hospital at Rome, 1754.
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
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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GEORGI, NIKOLAUS or NILS
GEORGI, NIKOLAUS or NILS (Swede). Medallist, born at Stock- holm on the 16th of August 1717, where he died on the 6th of April 1790. He was a pupil of the celebrated Hedlinger, under whom he worked for the Royal Mint at Stockolm. Between 1744 and 1746 he executed various medals for the Court of Russia; in 1747 he settled at Berlin, where he was appointed Königl. Hofmedailleur, and resided there until 1782, in which year he returned to Sweden. His series of medals commemorating remarkable events ...
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GEORGI, NIKOLAUS or NILS (Swede). Medallist, born at Stock- holm on the 16th of August 1717, where he died on the 6th of April 1790. He was a pupil of the celebrated Hedlinger, under whom he worked for the Royal Mint at Stockolm. Between 1744 and 1746 he executed various medals for the Court of Russia; in 1747 he settled at Berlin, where he was appointed Königl. Hofmedailleur, and resided there until 1782, in which year he returned to Sweden. His series of medals commemorating remarkable events ...
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