GRÄVENSTEIN (Germ.). Coin-engraver at the Mint ot Mitau, circa 1764. Vide GRAEFENSTEIN suprâ.
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
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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GIROMETTI, GIUSEPPE
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; — Michelange...
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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; — Michelange...
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GIROMETTI, PIETRO
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 th...
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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 th...
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