LEONI, LODOVICO called IL PADOVANINO or IL PADOVANO (Ital.). Painter, Modeller in wax, Medallist, and Coin-engraver, born at Padua in 1531; died at Rome in 1606; some say in 1612. He executed Portrait-medallions in wax, besides painting in oil and fresco landscapes and historical subjects. He is said to have been employed as Engraver at the Mint of Rome, circa 1573-1586; notwithstanding, only one of the many medals of Pope Gregory XIII. bears his signature L. PADOVAN. ; others may be looked for among his unsigned pieces. The artist spent the greater part of his life at Padua, and executed there the Portrait-medal of Baldassare d'Ossa, signed : LOD. LEONI (reproduced in Fabriczy), and another of Francesco Lomellini, obv. signed : LVD ; L, R. DVRABO. Landscape over which the sun is shining (Brit.Mus. Guide, p. 56, n° 179); perhaps also a medal of Pope Gregory XIII., 1775, signed L. L. P. To these Armand adds : Ricado Vito Basintocchi ; signed : LVD. LEO. MDLXVIII ; — Stanislas Minski; signed : L. PADOVAN (Bolzenthal) ; — Johann von Reichenberg ; signed : L. L. ; — Louis Desmoulins de Rochefort, physician of Blois; obv. signed : L. LEO. R. SPONTE - MEA - MELIVS. Horse in landscape ; — Jacopo Tatti, surnamed Sansovino ; signed : L. L. ; — Sperone Speroni ; signed : L. LVD. L. ; — Female bust to l. ; signed : L. L. ; — Marco Mantova Benavides ; signed : LVD. LEO. ; — Francesco Maria del Monte Santa Maria, Cardinal: signed : LVD. LEO ; — Gregory XIII., obv. Bust to r. R. IVSTI-INTRABVNT-PER-EAM. The Porta Sancta; signed : L. L. P. AN. DNI. .MDLXXV. Most of these medals are uniface. The coinage of Gregory XIII. may safely be ascribed to this artist and his colleague at the Mint of Rome, Lorenzo Fragni; payments were made to these Engravers in 1574, 1576 and 1586. This coinage consists of : Al. Scudo d'oro MDLXXV Jubilee type; — Scudo d'oro; R. Bust of Christ (7 var.); — Scudo d'oro; R. Charity (6 var.); — Another, Assumption of the Virgin; — Another, St. Peter's Miracle; — Another; R. NIGRA SED FORMOSA ROMA; — AR. Testone. R. LETAMINI GENTES (9 var.); — Another; R. Porta Santa (Jubilee type ; illustrated) ; — Another R. Religion seated (6 var.); — Another; R. ALMA ROMA Arms (2 var.); — Another; R. Christ delivering the keys to St. Peter (8 var. ; some dated 1584); — Another; R. ME SEQVERE. The Angel rescuing Peter from prison (8 var.); — Another; R. Seated figure of Fides (4 var.); — Another; R. St. Peter seated (2 var.) ; — Another; R. NVNQVAM DEFICIET ROMA. Standing figure of Fides (8 var.) ; — Another; R. Christ and the Samaritan woman at the well; — Another ; R. Christ's baptism (7 var.); — Another; R. The brazen serpent in the wilderness ; — Another ; R. Moses changing his rod into a snake (4 var.) ; — Another; R. Christ and the multitude ; — AR. Giulio (various types} ; — AR. Grosso (var. types) ; — AR. Mezzo Grosso (var. types) and subsidiary coinage. Bibliography. — C. von Fabriczy, op. cit. — C. F. Keary, Brit. Mus. Guide to the Italian Medals in the British Museum. — Supino, op. cit. — Cinagli, Le Monete de' Papi, Roma, 1848. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Armand, Médailleurs italiens &c. — Vasari, op. cit. — Franks & Grueber, op. cit. — Domanig, op. cit. — Blanchet, op. cit., II.
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
KÖNIG, ANTON FRIEDRICH
KÖNIG, ANTON FRIEDRICH (Germ.). Son of the last; born at' Breslau, in 1773, and also a Medallist. His early life was spent at Berlin, but in 1824 he settled at Dresden. To him are ascribed the following medals : Centenary of Pomerania's homage prestation, 1821 (signed : F. KÖNIG FEC.) ; — Rebuilding of the town of Gnesen destroyed by fire, 1823 ; — Silver Wedding of Leopold Frederick, Duke of Anhalt, and Frederike née Princess of Prussia ; — Portugalöser with bust of the Prince Elector Joachim,...
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KÖNIG, ANTON FRIEDRICH (Germ.). Son of the last; born at' Breslau, in 1773, and also a Medallist. His early life was spent at Berlin, but in 1824 he settled at Dresden. To him are ascribed the following medals : Centenary of Pomerania's homage prestation, 1821 (signed : F. KÖNIG FEC.) ; — Rebuilding of the town of Gnesen destroyed by fire, 1823 ; — Silver Wedding of Leopold Frederick, Duke of Anhalt, and Frederike née Princess of Prussia ; — Portugalöser with bust of the Prince Elector Joachim,...
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LEONI, LODOVICO
LEONI, LODOVICO called IL PADOVANINO or IL PADOVANO (Ital.). Painter, Modeller in wax, Medallist, and Coin-engraver, born at Padua in 1531; died at Rome in 1606; some say in 1612. He executed Portrait-medallions in wax, besides painting in oil and fresco landscapes and historical subjects. He is said to have been employed as Engraver at the Mint of Rome, circa 1573-1586; notwithstanding, only one of the many medals of Pope Gregory XIII. bears his signature L. PADOVAN. ; others may be looked for...
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LEONI, LODOVICO called IL PADOVANINO or IL PADOVANO (Ital.). Painter, Modeller in wax, Medallist, and Coin-engraver, born at Padua in 1531; died at Rome in 1606; some say in 1612. He executed Portrait-medallions in wax, besides painting in oil and fresco landscapes and historical subjects. He is said to have been employed as Engraver at the Mint of Rome, circa 1573-1586; notwithstanding, only one of the many medals of Pope Gregory XIII. bears his signature L. PADOVAN. ; others may be looked for...
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AATZ, JOSEPH
AATZ, JOSEPH (Germ.). Master or Inspector of the Electoral Mint of Mayence, during the bishopric of Frederick Charles Joseph von Erthal (1774-1802). His initials I. A. appear on various coins, among which the most noteworthy are the following : Ducat of 1795, Convention thalers of 1794 (2 var.), and 1795, and on a medal, engraved by Fred. Stieler on the Defeat of the French under General Jourdan, 1795, by General Count von Clairfait. Bibliography. — Reimmann Münzen u. Medaillen-Cabinet, Ad. Hess...
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AATZ, JOSEPH (Germ.). Master or Inspector of the Electoral Mint of Mayence, during the bishopric of Frederick Charles Joseph von Erthal (1774-1802). His initials I. A. appear on various coins, among which the most noteworthy are the following : Ducat of 1795, Convention thalers of 1794 (2 var.), and 1795, and on a medal, engraved by Fred. Stieler on the Defeat of the French under General Jourdan, 1795, by General Count von Clairfait. Bibliography. — Reimmann Münzen u. Medaillen-Cabinet, Ad. Hess...
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ABBO
ABBO (French). Merovingian Moneyer, who worked at Chalons circa A.D. 593, and later at Limoges, circa A.D. 604. In the Cuerdale find a curious piece was met with, bearing on obv. the legend ABBO MONET or MANET, and a Merovingian bust, and on R. a cruciform monogram. The Vicomte Ponton d'Ame-court, and after him Mr. Kenyon, in his Gold Coins of England, concluded that Abbo worked as moneyer in England and that he was one of the Franks who accompanied St Augustine to England, in 596 or 597. It is ...
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ABBO (French). Merovingian Moneyer, who worked at Chalons circa A.D. 593, and later at Limoges, circa A.D. 604. In the Cuerdale find a curious piece was met with, bearing on obv. the legend ABBO MONET or MANET, and a Merovingian bust, and on R. a cruciform monogram. The Vicomte Ponton d'Ame-court, and after him Mr. Kenyon, in his Gold Coins of England, concluded that Abbo worked as moneyer in England and that he was one of the Franks who accompanied St Augustine to England, in 596 or 597. It is ...
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