GRASS, PHILIPPE (French). Sculptor, born at Volxheim (Bas- Rhin) on the 6th of May, 1801. Pupil of Omacht and Bosio. Author of numerous Portrait-medallions in clay and bronze, amongst which I may mention: 1831, Portrait of a Gentleman; — 1841 ,Por- traits of E. Souvestre; - L. Batissier; - Mme B***; — 1870, Portrait of Mlle L***. Bibliography. — Chavignerie et Auvray, op. cit.
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
GILLI, NIKOLAUS
GILLI, NIKOLAUS (Germ.). Director of the Posen Mint, 1660-1662. His initials N.G. appear on coins of Posen of these two dates. In 1663, he was accused of having issued money of lower standard, and sought refuge in a convent, after which he settled at Fraustadt. In 1664 we find him employed at the Mint of Krossen, and in 1666, he was chief Mint Director in Brandenburg; after 1674, when he was imprisoned, no record of him remains. Bibliography. — Kirmis, Handbuch der Polnischen Münzkunde, Posen, 1...
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GILLI, NIKOLAUS (Germ.). Director of the Posen Mint, 1660-1662. His initials N.G. appear on coins of Posen of these two dates. In 1663, he was accused of having issued money of lower standard, and sought refuge in a convent, after which he settled at Fraustadt. In 1664 we find him employed at the Mint of Krossen, and in 1666, he was chief Mint Director in Brandenburg; after 1674, when he was imprisoned, no record of him remains. Bibliography. — Kirmis, Handbuch der Polnischen Münzkunde, Posen, 1...
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GIORGI, LUIGI
GIORGI, LUIGI (Ital.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist resid- ing at Florence. I have seen his signature on medals of Amadeo, Duke of Aosta †1890; — Giuseppe Mazzini, Inauguration of his Monument at Lucca, 1890; — Prize Medal of the "Beatrice" Exhibition at Florence, 1890; — Medal of the Capi di Guardia della Misericordia of Florence, 1885 (illustrated); — Another, of 1895 (illustrated); — Another, of 1900 (illustrated); — Dante; — Boccacio; — Petrarca;— Bibliography. — Rivista italiana di N...
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GIORGI, LUIGI (Ital.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist resid- ing at Florence. I have seen his signature on medals of Amadeo, Duke of Aosta †1890; — Giuseppe Mazzini, Inauguration of his Monument at Lucca, 1890; — Prize Medal of the "Beatrice" Exhibition at Florence, 1890; — Medal of the Capi di Guardia della Misericordia of Florence, 1885 (illustrated); — Another, of 1895 (illustrated); — Another, of 1900 (illustrated); — Dante; — Boccacio; — Petrarca;— Bibliography. — Rivista italiana di N...
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GIOVANNI BERNARDI DA CASTEL-BOLOGNESE
GIOVANNI BERNARDI DA CASTEL-BOLOGNESE. Vide BERNARDI. Vol. I, p. 77. Vasari, III, p. 477, says : " Giovanni Bernardi of Castel Bolognese, in the course of three years, which time he passed very honourably in the service of Alfonso, Duke of Ferrara, brought many small works to completion for that prince... ; the first large production which he executed was an intaglio in crystal, wherein he set forth the whole Battle of the Rampart, a most beautiful thing. He afterwards engraved the portrait of t...
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GIOVANNI BERNARDI DA CASTEL-BOLOGNESE. Vide BERNARDI. Vol. I, p. 77. Vasari, III, p. 477, says : " Giovanni Bernardi of Castel Bolognese, in the course of three years, which time he passed very honourably in the service of Alfonso, Duke of Ferrara, brought many small works to completion for that prince... ; the first large production which he executed was an intaglio in crystal, wherein he set forth the whole Battle of the Rampart, a most beautiful thing. He afterwards engraved the portrait of t...
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GIOVANNI DELLE CORNIOLE
GIOVANNI DELLE CORNIOLE. Vide Vol. I, p. 291. M. Babelon mentions this Gem-engraver in the following terms in La Gravure en Pierres fines, p. 249:" Giovanni delle Corniole, dont le nom comme celui de Domenico, atteste la spécialité, fut le protégé favori de Laurent le Magnifique; il travaillait ? Florence, et l'on admirait surtout son portrait de Savonarole, qu'il avait intaillé sur une cornaline, aujourd'hui dans la Galerie des Offices, ? Florence. Giovanni delle Corniole, qu'il ne faut pas con...
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GIOVANNI DELLE CORNIOLE. Vide Vol. I, p. 291. M. Babelon mentions this Gem-engraver in the following terms in La Gravure en Pierres fines, p. 249:" Giovanni delle Corniole, dont le nom comme celui de Domenico, atteste la spécialité, fut le protégé favori de Laurent le Magnifique; il travaillait ? Florence, et l'on admirait surtout son portrait de Savonarole, qu'il avait intaillé sur une cornaline, aujourd'hui dans la Galerie des Offices, ? Florence. Giovanni delle Corniole, qu'il ne faut pas con...
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