NYRIS. This name is given by Nagler and Schlickeysen as that of a French Medallist of the end of the seventeenth century. It is no doubt in error for NILIS (q. v.).
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
NEIDINGER, JOSEPH FRANZ
NEIDINGER, JOSEPH (or JOHANN) FRANZ (Germ.). Medallist of the second half of the seventeenth century, who resided at Venice, and cut a series of medals with portraits of various members of the Barbarigo family, etc. I have seen his signature on the two following medals : Franz Anton Berka, count Howora, baron von Dubba and Lippa, 1635-1706 (signed: 10. FRANC. NEIDINGER.); — Francisco Morosini, doge of Venice, 1688-1694 (signed : NEIDINGER); — Dr J. C. Fetz, of Feldkirchen, &c. Little is known o...
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NEIDINGER, JOSEPH (or JOHANN) FRANZ (Germ.). Medallist of the second half of the seventeenth century, who resided at Venice, and cut a series of medals with portraits of various members of the Barbarigo family, etc. I have seen his signature on the two following medals : Franz Anton Berka, count Howora, baron von Dubba and Lippa, 1635-1706 (signed: 10. FRANC. NEIDINGER.); — Francisco Morosini, doge of Venice, 1688-1694 (signed : NEIDINGER); — Dr J. C. Fetz, of Feldkirchen, &c. Little is known o...
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NELL, HANS
NELL, HANS (Germ.). Line-engraver, and Medallist of the second quarter of the sixteenth century, at Augsburg, mentioned by Bolzenthal, after Stetten, as the author of a Portrait-medallion of Charles V., circ. 1540. Stetten has omitted to describe this medal, and it is therefore impossible to recognize it among the great number dedicated to the fame of this monarch. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Stetten, Kunst-, Gewerb- und Handwerks- Geschichte der Reichstadt Augsburg, 1779. — Nagler, o...
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NELL, HANS (Germ.). Line-engraver, and Medallist of the second quarter of the sixteenth century, at Augsburg, mentioned by Bolzenthal, after Stetten, as the author of a Portrait-medallion of Charles V., circ. 1540. Stetten has omitted to describe this medal, and it is therefore impossible to recognize it among the great number dedicated to the fame of this monarch. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Stetten, Kunst-, Gewerb- und Handwerks- Geschichte der Reichstadt Augsburg, 1779. — Nagler, o...
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NESTI, VITTORIO
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 Montenegr...
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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 Montenegr...
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NETZER, HEINRICH
NETZER, HEINRICH (Germ.). Sculptor and Medallist, born in 1865 at Isny in Wurtemberg; a pupil of the Academy of Munich. His Marriage-medal of Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, 1900, is reproduced in Die Moderne Medaille, 1900, p. 69, and presents on obv. a figure of Hymen, accompanied by the legend : YMENAIO?. It is of powerful design and originality. This artist's works of sculpture are better known, as the Triton in the Herzog Wilhelmsstrasse at Munich, the colossal group of Prometheus in the new...
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NETZER, HEINRICH (Germ.). Sculptor and Medallist, born in 1865 at Isny in Wurtemberg; a pupil of the Academy of Munich. His Marriage-medal of Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, 1900, is reproduced in Die Moderne Medaille, 1900, p. 69, and presents on obv. a figure of Hymen, accompanied by the legend : YMENAIO?. It is of powerful design and originality. This artist's works of sculpture are better known, as the Triton in the Herzog Wilhelmsstrasse at Munich, the colossal group of Prometheus in the new...
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