MARMITTA, LUIGI (Ital.). Son of the last, and also a Painter, Gem-engraver, and Medallist. He was better known by the name of LUDOVICO DA PARMA, and, as an artist, greatly surpassed his father. We learn from Vasari that he was in the service of Cardinal Salviati at Rome, where he distinguished himself by his extraordinary talent, at a period when nothing mediocre would have passed muster there. He engraved crystal and gems in intaglio and cameo, his most famous work being a cameo of Socrates, but he did not confine himself to this branch of art,as is proved by the medals "of his own invention " which he executed. Bolzenthal mentions that some medals of Gregory XIII. and Urban VII. have been attributed to this artist, but no doubt in error, as it is hardly to be supposed that he lived and worked until the time of these pontiffs". King further states that Marmitta abandoned gem-engraving for the more profitable trade of making dies for imitations of ancient coins. Luigi Marmitta executed many cameos in imitation of the antique, which were sometimes bought as antique; one of the most remarkable is that with a bust of Commodus, which Mariette describes from the Zanetti collection. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — King, Antique Gems, 1860, p. 265. — Babelon, Pierres gravies, 1894. — Vasari, op. cit. — Nagler, Künstler-Lexikon. — Mariette, 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
MADERO, A. B.
MADERO, A. B. (Mexic.). Medallist of Mexico, second half of the eighteenth century. His signature A. B. MADERO F. occurs on medals dated 1760. The following are described in Betts : Proclamation Medal of Charles III., 1760 (issued by the Bishop and Chapter of the Cathedral of the Holy Church in Guadalaxara) ; — Proclamation Medal of Mexico R. INSIGN. FIDELIT. &c. (5 var., Betts, nos 473-477); — Another; R. NOVUS MIHI NASCITUR ORDO; — Another; R. IMPERATOR INDIARUM (3 var.), &c. Bibliography. — C...
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MADERO, A. B. (Mexic.). Medallist of Mexico, second half of the eighteenth century. His signature A. B. MADERO F. occurs on medals dated 1760. The following are described in Betts : Proclamation Medal of Charles III., 1760 (issued by the Bishop and Chapter of the Cathedral of the Holy Church in Guadalaxara) ; — Proclamation Medal of Mexico R. INSIGN. FIDELIT. &c. (5 var., Betts, nos 473-477); — Another; R. NOVUS MIHI NASCITUR ORDO; — Another; R. IMPERATOR INDIARUM (3 var.), &c. Bibliography. — C...
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MADRASSI, LUCA
MADRASSI, LUCA (Ital.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, residing at Paris ; a pupil of Cavelier. He is the author of numerous Portrait medallions of distinguished personages, among which Dr F. P. Weber mentions the following : George Meredith, 1892; — Lord Ronald Gower, 1892 ; — Lord Beaconsfield (1805-1881), 1894; — The Right Honble W. E. Gladstone, 1894. These are all cast in bronze. Also : Venus Astarte, 189 1 ; — 1892. Child's Portrait; — Reading; — 1895. Probite commerciale, ...
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MADRASSI, LUCA (Ital.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, residing at Paris ; a pupil of Cavelier. He is the author of numerous Portrait medallions of distinguished personages, among which Dr F. P. Weber mentions the following : George Meredith, 1892; — Lord Ronald Gower, 1892 ; — Lord Beaconsfield (1805-1881), 1894; — The Right Honble W. E. Gladstone, 1894. These are all cast in bronze. Also : Venus Astarte, 189 1 ; — 1892. Child's Portrait; — Reading; — 1895. Probite commerciale, ...
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MAEHN, THÉODORE
MAEHN, THÉODORE (Gem.). Medallist, born at Strassburg in 1834, was apprenticed in the firm of Mondini, Paris, where he married his chiefs daughter and succeeded to the business in 1866. He retired from active life in 1879, but still resides in Paris (53, Avenue Ledru-Rollin). In 1875 he engraved, amongst others, the medal (jeton de présence) of the Société des Bateaux parisiens(AR. &. ?.), and that of the "Syndicat des Charpentiers " of Paris. Bibliography. — Information kindly supplied by M. Ju...
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MAEHN, THÉODORE (Gem.). Medallist, born at Strassburg in 1834, was apprenticed in the firm of Mondini, Paris, where he married his chiefs daughter and succeeded to the business in 1866. He retired from active life in 1879, but still resides in Paris (53, Avenue Ledru-Rollin). In 1875 he engraved, amongst others, the medal (jeton de présence) of the Société des Bateaux parisiens(AR. &. ?.), and that of the "Syndicat des Charpentiers " of Paris. Bibliography. — Information kindly supplied by M. Ju...
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MAGNIADAS, FRANKY
MAGNIADAS, FRANKY (French). Medallist of the middle of the nineteenth century, whose productions are fairly numerous. I have noticed his signature on the following medals : Jean Francois Le Sueur, composer, 1852; — Jean Pierre Béranger, poet, 1856 (2 var.); — Giuseppe Garibaldi, 1859, (signed : FRANKY MAGNIADAS) &c. Several of his medals were edited by Massonnet. In 1848, this Engraver submitted various Patterns for Al. 20 Francs, AR. 5 Francs and ?. 10 Centimes to the Coinage Committee of the S...
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MAGNIADAS, FRANKY (French). Medallist of the middle of the nineteenth century, whose productions are fairly numerous. I have noticed his signature on the following medals : Jean Francois Le Sueur, composer, 1852; — Jean Pierre Béranger, poet, 1856 (2 var.); — Giuseppe Garibaldi, 1859, (signed : FRANKY MAGNIADAS) &c. Several of his medals were edited by Massonnet. In 1848, this Engraver submitted various Patterns for Al. 20 Francs, AR. 5 Francs and ?. 10 Centimes to the Coinage Committee of the S...
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