NESTI, VITTORIO (Ital.). Sculptor, and Medallist at Florence, during the second quarter of the nineteenth century. He has executed Portrait-medals, mostly bearing inscriptions on the reverses. His best known medallic productions are: Antonio Allegri, 1825 ; — Bernardo Luino; — Ferdinand, Count of Bubna-Lititz, Commander-general of Lombardy (on his death, 1825); — Diodara Saluzzo, poetess, 1842 ; — Juditha Pasta ; — Gioacchino Rossini ; — Maria Felicit? Malibran, 1834 ; — Antonietta de Montenegro, 1844; — Gaudenzio Ferrari; — Raphael; — Enrico Mylius, 1854; — Carlo Parea; — Bonaventura Cavalerius; — Subscribers to the Italian Iconography, 1843 ; — Giuseppe Parini, 1825; — Dr Giovanni Rasori, of Milan, 1837; — Giovanni Antonio de Kramer, Milan, &c. Nagler states that Nesti was Mint-engraver at Florence, from about 1825, but I have been unable to verify that statement. His signature on medals occurs in various forms: VITTORIO NESTI; - VITT. NESTI; — V. NESTI; — NESTI; — NESTI F.; — V. N. etc. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Joseph u. Fellner, Münzen von Frankfurt a. M., 1896. — Krohn, Thomsen Brotice Medailler. — Nagler, op. cit. — Mitth. des Klubs &c, 1901-1902.
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
MOUTERDE, EMMANUEL
MOUTERDE, EMMANUEL (French). Son of Louis Antoine Mouterde, born in 1801, died in 1872, and also a Manufacturer of buttons, and Medallist. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts of Lyons, and obtained in 1820 a first Mention for decorative work. Among his medals are : Bust of — Louis Antoine Mouterde (3 var.) ; Dr Joseph Ferdinand Gensoul, 1858 (signed : E. MOUTERDE;; — Notre-Dame de S. Didier au Mont d'Or ; — CAST MEDALLIONS : Alexandre Pierre Francois Barthélemy Monmartin ; — Robert Francois V...
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MOUTERDE, EMMANUEL (French). Son of Louis Antoine Mouterde, born in 1801, died in 1872, and also a Manufacturer of buttons, and Medallist. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts of Lyons, and obtained in 1820 a first Mention for decorative work. Among his medals are : Bust of — Louis Antoine Mouterde (3 var.) ; Dr Joseph Ferdinand Gensoul, 1858 (signed : E. MOUTERDE;; — Notre-Dame de S. Didier au Mont d'Or ; — CAST MEDALLIONS : Alexandre Pierre Francois Barthélemy Monmartin ; — Robert Francois V...
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MOUTERDE, JEAN MARIE
MOUTERDE, JEAN MARIE (French). .. 1773- † 1793. Masterfounder, Gilder, and Engraver, of Lyons ; son of Gabriel Mouterde, born 26. April 1748. He engraved various medals, and was one of the promoters of the coinage of pure bell-metal in 1791. He took part in the defence of Lyons, and was guillotined, 26. December 1793. Mouterde was the first to utilise pure bell-metal for purposes of coinage ; his dizains are well-known. His name, in conjunction with those of Mercié and Mathieu, occurs on the fol...
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MOUTERDE, JEAN MARIE (French). .. 1773- † 1793. Masterfounder, Gilder, and Engraver, of Lyons ; son of Gabriel Mouterde, born 26. April 1748. He engraved various medals, and was one of the promoters of the coinage of pure bell-metal in 1791. He took part in the defence of Lyons, and was guillotined, 26. December 1793. Mouterde was the first to utilise pure bell-metal for purposes of coinage ; his dizains are well-known. His name, in conjunction with those of Mercié and Mathieu, occurs on the fol...
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MOUTERDE, LOUIS ANTOINE JEAN
MOUTERDE, LOUIS ANTOINE JEAN (French). Cousin of Emmanuel Mouterde ; born in 1812; pupil of Jean Jacques Barre, 1830-1833; was also more of a Die-sinker than a Medallist, but he however produced several medals and medallions, which are signed : L. MOUTERDE F., or L. F. ENGRAVED MEDALS : Joseph Charles Jacquard, 1834; — Bonne foi et Justice; R. Tribunal de commerce de Lyon, 1835 ; — Conseil municipal de Lyon, 1838 ; — The Virgin and St. Anne ; R. St. Blandine. — CAST MEDALLIONS : J. C. Jacquard,...
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MOUTERDE, LOUIS ANTOINE JEAN (French). Cousin of Emmanuel Mouterde ; born in 1812; pupil of Jean Jacques Barre, 1830-1833; was also more of a Die-sinker than a Medallist, but he however produced several medals and medallions, which are signed : L. MOUTERDE F., or L. F. ENGRAVED MEDALS : Joseph Charles Jacquard, 1834; — Bonne foi et Justice; R. Tribunal de commerce de Lyon, 1835 ; — Conseil municipal de Lyon, 1838 ; — The Virgin and St. Anne ; R. St. Blandine. — CAST MEDALLIONS : J. C. Jacquard,...
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MUDIE, JAMES
MUDIE, JAMES (Brit.). Issuer of a series of medals, styled “ National Medals", commemorating British Victories over the French, under the reign of George III., to whose son, George IV., the work was dedicated. The collection cost the publisher, in addition to six years' devotion of his time and trouble, upwards of ? 10.000. This series, to which various British and foreign artists contributed, consists of the following pieces : 1. George III., Religion, Faith, and Constancy, 1817 (Webb and Depau...
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MUDIE, JAMES (Brit.). Issuer of a series of medals, styled “ National Medals", commemorating British Victories over the French, under the reign of George III., to whose son, George IV., the work was dedicated. The collection cost the publisher, in addition to six years' devotion of his time and trouble, upwards of ? 10.000. This series, to which various British and foreign artists contributed, consists of the following pieces : 1. George III., Religion, Faith, and Constancy, 1817 (Webb and Depau...
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