MOSCA or (MUSCA), GIOVAN MARIA, surnamed PADOVANO (Ital.). Architect, Sculptor, and Medallist, born at Padua towards the end of the fifteenth century. He was a pupil of the sculptor Agostino Zoppo. Many of his works, executed in Italy before his settlement in Poland in 1530, may be seen at Padua and Venice. He took part in the decoration of the Chapel del Santo in St. Anthony's church at Padua; in the church of St. Agn?s is a Bas-relief : " The Judgment of Solomon " by him, and above the gate of the old Baptistery, " The Offering of Abraham. " Two of his mythological statues, a "Satyr," and "Venus rising from the sea-foam" were exhibited at one of the recent Exhibitions of Italian Renaissance Art at Paris. Marble statues by Mosca of St. Sebastian and St. Pantaleone adorn the altars of the church of S. Rocca at Venice; a "Carita" is in the church of St. Stephen, and another in the " del Carmine " church, &c. All these fine works carried the fame of the artist far beyond the frontiers of his native country, and in 1530 he was invited, in conjunction with other Italian artists, by Sigismund I., king of Poland, to settle at Cracow. There he executed the mausoleum in red Hungarian marble of king Ladislaus Jagiellon. On the death of Sigismund I., Mosca passed into the service of his son, Sigismund Augustus, who loaded him with honours and presents. He was still living at the beginning of 1573 but probably died in the same year. Besides remarkable works of sculpture, as the tombs of the three consorts of Sigismund Augustus, the monument of St. Maciejowski in Cracow cathedral, and that ot bishop Dzierzkowski in Gniezno cathedral, Padovano modelled several artistic medals, in the Italian style. Only four are known, all bearing the date 1532, cast in bronze, and of 70 mill, in diameter: Sigismund I.; R. Polish eagle (signed : IOHANNES MARIA PATAVINVS. F. ANNO DOMINI NOSTRI. M.D.XXXII); — Queen Bona Sforza ; R. Artichoke (signed : JOHANNES— MARIA—PATAVINVS— FECIT); — Sigismund II. (Sigismund Augustus); R. Lion to 1., &c. (signed: JOHANNES MARIA PATAVINVS F. ; illustrated); — Princess Isabella, daughter of Sigismund I.; R. HIC ARMEI LINVS EST NOSTRAE PVDICITIAE INDEX Diana (signed : JOA MAR PAT FT.). Originals of these medals are very rare ; but numerous later casts of smaller size, in silver and bronze, are met with. A contemporary of Mosca, GIOVANNI JACOPO CARAGLIO (q. v. Vol. I) settled over in Poland at the bidding of king Sigismund I., towards 1539. He was a native of Verona,where, circ. 1526, he excelled in engraving on leather from models by Raphael, Titian, Rosso de' Rossi, Pierino del Vaga, and others. Later he gave himself up to gem-engraving, goldsmiths'- and medallic work. One of his works, an oval Portrait-cameo in agate, of Queen Bona Sforza of Poland, signed : JACOBV. VERON. was formerly in the Debruge- Dumenil collection in Paris. Pietro Aretino, who recommended the artist to Sigismund I., mentions two medals by Caraglio, which are now lost : Queen Bona ; R. FORTIS BONA PRVDENS A D.MDXL Crown above united arms of Poland and Sforza; — Alessandro Pesenti, of Verona; R. VIRTVTE-DVCE-COMITE-FORTVNA. Musical implements. Caraglio did not sign his medals, so that other portrait-pieces of Sigismund Augustus, of Italian character, may be attributed to him, although there is no other evidence than the work. A medal by Mosca (illustrated) is thus described in the Sale Catalogue of the Maxwell Collection (March 1906): Italian XVIth Century Portrait-medal by Giovan Maria Mosca, of Sigismund Augustus of Poland, 1530-1572 ;R. PARCERE SUBIECTIS ET DE BELLARE . SVPERBOS, Lion walking to left, with signature of artist in full ; below, IOANNES. MARIA. PATAVINVS.F. (Armand, I, 140/3), diam. 66, fine and rare. Bibliography. — Joseph de Zielinski, Notices biographiques sur Jean Marie Mosca (Padovano) et Jean Jacob Caraglio, artistes italiens en Pologne au XVIe si?cle, Rivista italiani di numismatica, 1904. — Armand, op. cit. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Merzbacher, Kunst Medaillen Katalog, Mai 1900, nos 566-569. — Fortnum, Bronzes in the South Kensington Museum.
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
MISSERONI, GIROLAMO
MISSERONI, GIROLAMO (or HIERONYMO) (Ital.). Milanese Gemengraver, who also distinguished himself in the cutting of vases in crystal, agate, and lapis-lazuli. Several of his fine works, and of those of his brother Girolamo, are preserved at the Florence Museum and in various collections at Vienna and Prague. Towards the end of the sixteenth century he settled in the Bohemian capital, and worked for the emperor Rudolph II. In the Vienna “ Kunstkammer " is preserved a Beaker, four feet high, in r...
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MISSERONI, GIROLAMO (or HIERONYMO) (Ital.). Milanese Gemengraver, who also distinguished himself in the cutting of vases in crystal, agate, and lapis-lazuli. Several of his fine works, and of those of his brother Girolamo, are preserved at the Florence Museum and in various collections at Vienna and Prague. Towards the end of the sixteenth century he settled in the Bohemian capital, and worked for the emperor Rudolph II. In the Vienna “ Kunstkammer " is preserved a Beaker, four feet high, in r...
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MISSERONI
MISSERONI. A family of Gem-engravers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Girolamo and Gasparo Misseroni were contemporaries of Jacopo da Trezzo, and were called from Milan to Prague in the service of the emperor Rudolph II. Their descendants Ambrogio, Alessandro, Ottavio, Dionis, and Giulio all worked for the Imperial court, and, according to Nagler, produced very fine work. The family was originary of Milan. The name occurs in various forms : MISERON ; — MISSERONI ; MISURONNI, &c. Bibl...
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MISSERONI. A family of Gem-engravers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Girolamo and Gasparo Misseroni were contemporaries of Jacopo da Trezzo, and were called from Milan to Prague in the service of the emperor Rudolph II. Their descendants Ambrogio, Alessandro, Ottavio, Dionis, and Giulio all worked for the Imperial court, and, according to Nagler, produced very fine work. The family was originary of Milan. The name occurs in various forms : MISERON ; — MISSERONI ; MISURONNI, &c. Bibl...
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MITCHELL, F. N.
MITCHELL, F. N. (Amer.). Sculptor, and Medallist, of the middle years of the nineteenth century; worked at Boston. By him are the following medals : General Dr Joseph Warren, of Boston (4 var.) ; — United States Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va (or Portsmouth Yellow Fever medal); — Medal of the United States Agricultural Society, 1852; — Medal of the Maine Agricultural Society ;— Medal of the Sandwich Islands Agricultural Society ; — Medal of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics' Association; — ...
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MITCHELL, F. N. (Amer.). Sculptor, and Medallist, of the middle years of the nineteenth century; worked at Boston. By him are the following medals : General Dr Joseph Warren, of Boston (4 var.) ; — United States Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va (or Portsmouth Yellow Fever medal); — Medal of the United States Agricultural Society, 1852; — Medal of the Maine Agricultural Society ;— Medal of the Sandwich Islands Agricultural Society ; — Medal of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics' Association; — ...
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MITTERMAYER, MATTHIAS VON WAFFENBERG
MITTERMAYER, MATTHIAS VON WAFFENBERG (Austr.). Mintmaster at Vienna, circ. 1679-1705 (?); died. 22. December 1708. His initials occur on the coins issued by him, which were all engraved by the Mint-engraver, Johann Michael Hoffmann. Among these are the two commemorative Thalers of the Siege of Vienna, 1683, Double Ducat of 1682, Ducats of 1683-84, Quarter Ducat, 1694, Thalers and Sechsers, &c. A Thaler of Prince Ferdinand Wilhelm Euseb of Schwarzenberg, and consort Maria Anna, 1696, of which se...
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MITTERMAYER, MATTHIAS VON WAFFENBERG (Austr.). Mintmaster at Vienna, circ. 1679-1705 (?); died. 22. December 1708. His initials occur on the coins issued by him, which were all engraved by the Mint-engraver, Johann Michael Hoffmann. Among these are the two commemorative Thalers of the Siege of Vienna, 1683, Double Ducat of 1682, Ducats of 1683-84, Quarter Ducat, 1694, Thalers and Sechsers, &c. A Thaler of Prince Ferdinand Wilhelm Euseb of Schwarzenberg, and consort Maria Anna, 1696, of which se...
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