LIGORIO, PIRRO (Ital.). A Neapolitan Forger of the seventeenth century, whose productions are commonly known as " Ligoriana ", and consist mostly of ancient coins, probably Roman Imperial copper coins, which he cleverly patinated, also coins and medals of Popes and Cardinals, amongst which the medal of Cardinal Jacomo Savello (later Pope Honorius IV., 1285-1287), &c. Prof. Dressel of Berlin suggests that many of the so-called Paduans are probably by Ligorio, and quotes the following documents concerning this renowned Forger from Martinelli's " Roma ex ethnica sacra (Rome, 1653, p. 423). Pirro Ligorio, mi disse Jacomo Card. Sauello, il quale I'haueua conosciuto, ch'era un anti'quario, che faceua professione di cercare li vestigi antichi delle fabriche di Roma, e di disegnarli : si dilettaua delle medaglie antiche, ? ne fece improntare molte di nuouo, dandoli una ruggine verde, ? altro fuco, acci? paressero antiche, delle quali ne fece, ? contrafece gran quantit?, che hanno ingannato molti. Tali medaglie stamp? anche de Papi e Cardinali, tanto de tempi antichi, come de tempi bassi, ? questo mi disse il detto Jacomo Card. Sauello un giorno, ch'io giouane li portai una medaglia di Jacomo Card. Sauello Cardinale antico di questa casa, che fú Papa Honorio IV dicendomi, non ? antica, deue essere di Pirro Ligorio, ? mi signific? ch'era huomo manuale ? non di lettere, come si pu? vedere da questo libretto, al quale non est tutum credere. Bibliography. — H. Dressel, Pirro Ligorio ah Münzfälscher, Zeitschrift für Numismatik, XXII, 206. - Pompeo Ugoni. Ligorio's book " delle antichita di Roma ".
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
LEGASTELOIS, JULES PROSPER JOSEPH MARIE EDMOND
LEGASTELOIS, JULES PROSPER JOSEPH MARIE EDMOND (French). Sculptor and Medallist, born at Paris in 1855; pupil of Eug. Levasseur (Director of the Municipal School of the third arrondissement of Paris) Emile Carlier, statuary, Roty, and Tonnellier, medallists and gem-engravers. Among the Prizes which have been awarded to the artist are : Silver and Bronze medals at the Universal Exhibition of 1889; Mention honorable at the Salon des Artistes francais, 1896 ; Medal of the Third class, Salon of 1898...
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LEGASTELOIS, JULES PROSPER JOSEPH MARIE EDMOND (French). Sculptor and Medallist, born at Paris in 1855; pupil of Eug. Levasseur (Director of the Municipal School of the third arrondissement of Paris) Emile Carlier, statuary, Roty, and Tonnellier, medallists and gem-engravers. Among the Prizes which have been awarded to the artist are : Silver and Bronze medals at the Universal Exhibition of 1889; Mention honorable at the Salon des Artistes francais, 1896 ; Medal of the Third class, Salon of 1898...
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LEGROS, ALPHONSE
LEGROS, ALPHONSE (French). Contemporary Painter, Sculptor and Medallist, born at Dijon, on the 8th May 1837; pupil of Lecoq de Boisbaudran, and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts; medals in 1867 and 1868 ; former Slade Professor in University College, London, 1876- 1894; President of the Society of Medallists. The artist " had no assistance in his education, and encountered many hardships before he was able to send a picture to the Salon ; it was a portrait of his father, exhibited in 1857 ". In 1859, " T...
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LEGROS, ALPHONSE (French). Contemporary Painter, Sculptor and Medallist, born at Dijon, on the 8th May 1837; pupil of Lecoq de Boisbaudran, and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts; medals in 1867 and 1868 ; former Slade Professor in University College, London, 1876- 1894; President of the Society of Medallists. The artist " had no assistance in his education, and encountered many hardships before he was able to send a picture to the Salon ; it was a portrait of his father, exhibited in 1857 ". In 1859, " T...
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LECHEVREL, ALPHONSE EUGÉNE
LECHEVREL, ALPHONSE EUGÉNE (French). Contemporary Gemengraver and Medallist, born at Paris in 1848. He is a pupil of Henri Francois and Sacristain, and a Member of the Société des Artistes francais. This artist's productions in Gem-engraving are very numerous; the following are among the most important and comprise some of his earliest glyptic works: 1874. Head of Minerva, carnelian; — Le Départ, carnelian ; — Study of a Greek Head, carnelian ; — 1877. La Source, after Ingres, sardonyx (belongs ...
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LECHEVREL, ALPHONSE EUGÉNE (French). Contemporary Gemengraver and Medallist, born at Paris in 1848. He is a pupil of Henri Francois and Sacristain, and a Member of the Société des Artistes francais. This artist's productions in Gem-engraving are very numerous; the following are among the most important and comprise some of his earliest glyptic works: 1874. Head of Minerva, carnelian; — Le Départ, carnelian ; — Study of a Greek Head, carnelian ; — 1877. La Source, after Ingres, sardonyx (belongs ...
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LEISEK, FRIEDRICH
LEISEK, FRIEDRICH (sometimes named FRANZ). (Austr.). Mintengraver and Medallist (K. K. Münzamt-Medailleur) at Vienna, 1868-1892; died there in 1898. The bust of the Emperor Francis Joseph on the silver currency of Austria and Hungary (VII. type), issued from 1872 to 1892 and later, was cut by this successful Engraver. Among this artist's best known medallic productions are : Medal for Valour for Schleswig-Holstein, 1864; — Medal for Valour, 1868; — Marriage of Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria wit...
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LEISEK, FRIEDRICH (sometimes named FRANZ). (Austr.). Mintengraver and Medallist (K. K. Münzamt-Medailleur) at Vienna, 1868-1892; died there in 1898. The bust of the Emperor Francis Joseph on the silver currency of Austria and Hungary (VII. type), issued from 1872 to 1892 and later, was cut by this successful Engraver. Among this artist's best known medallic productions are : Medal for Valour for Schleswig-Holstein, 1864; — Medal for Valour, 1868; — Marriage of Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria wit...
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