ORTENSI, FRANCESCO DI GIROLAMO or FRANCESCO DAL PRATO (q. v.). (Ital.). Medallist, Painter, Sculptor, and Goldsmith, of Florence, born in 1512, died on 13. October 1562. He was a son of Girolamo d'Andrea degli Ortensi, surnamed " dal Prato ". because he lived on the "Prato d'Ognissanti " at Florence. Vasari praises the various works executed by Francesco for the Duke Alexander, among them a damascened armour and various medals. Two of these medals were especially celebrated ; one of Cosimo I., no specimen of which has come down to us, was placed in the foundations of the fortress of Basso at Faenza; the other depicts Clement VII. on obv. and has on R. a figure of Christ, standing, leaning against a column, accompanied by the legend : post . mvlta . plvrvma . restant. ; it commemorates the imprisonment of the Pope in the Castle of St. Angelo during the siege of 1526. None of the medals of Duke Alexander said to have been made by Ortensi are now extant. His paintings are not of great artistic merit; one, representing the Conversion of Paul of Tarsus, is signed : FRANCESCO DAL PRATO FIORENTINO DI QVESTI INVENTOR. MDXLIIII. Bibliography. — A. Heiss, Les Médailleurs de Florence, II, p. 6 ; pl. I, 1. — Armand, op. cit.,1, 140 ; III, 55. — I. B. Supino, op. cit. — Bolzenthal, 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
NICHOLYN, LUKE
NICHOLYN, LUKE (Brit.). Mint-master at the Tower of London, from the 17th to the 24th year of Edward III., in conjunction with others. He was a native of Florence, and his name appears in various forms : LOTTO NICHOLYN, JOHN LOTTE NICOLE, LOTTE NICOLI, etc. In a document of 1344, we read : "In the eighteenth year of the king, George Kirkyn and Lotto Nicholyn, of Florence, late masters and workers, were commanded to deliver to Percival de Porche de Lucca, then appointed master and worker, all th...
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NICHOLYN, LUKE (Brit.). Mint-master at the Tower of London, from the 17th to the 24th year of Edward III., in conjunction with others. He was a native of Florence, and his name appears in various forms : LOTTO NICHOLYN, JOHN LOTTE NICOLE, LOTTE NICOLI, etc. In a document of 1344, we read : "In the eighteenth year of the king, George Kirkyn and Lotto Nicholyn, of Florence, late masters and workers, were commanded to deliver to Percival de Porche de Lucca, then appointed master and worker, all th...
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NIKANDROS
NIKANDROS (Greek). Gem-engraver of the hellenistic period, third century B.C. His signature : NIKAN?POC ?MO?l occurs on an amethyst of the old Marlborough collection, representing a female bust, the style of which and arrangement of hair permit us to assign it to the Ptolemaic period. King describes it as a head of Julia Titi. “ Greatly abused ", says King " by Köhler : The portrait without resemblance, executed utterly without taste, and legend and all of modern origin, &c. Dr B., though far ...
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NIKANDROS (Greek). Gem-engraver of the hellenistic period, third century B.C. His signature : NIKAN?POC ?MO?l occurs on an amethyst of the old Marlborough collection, representing a female bust, the style of which and arrangement of hair permit us to assign it to the Ptolemaic period. King describes it as a head of Julia Titi. “ Greatly abused ", says King " by Köhler : The portrait without resemblance, executed utterly without taste, and legend and all of modern origin, &c. Dr B., though far ...
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NILIS, JACQUES
NILIS, JACQUES (French). Medallist of the last quarter of the seventeenth century, about whom little is known, beyond that he engraved several medals of the series of Louis XIV., some of which are signed. His name occurs in documents of the Paris Mint archives, from 1688 to 1693. As Guiffrey suggests, it is possible that Nilis was a relative, and perhaps a brother-in-law of Joseph Roettier, whose first wife's name was Elizabeth Nilis. This artist's usual signature was N, but it also occurs in ot...
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NILIS, JACQUES (French). Medallist of the last quarter of the seventeenth century, about whom little is known, beyond that he engraved several medals of the series of Louis XIV., some of which are signed. His name occurs in documents of the Paris Mint archives, from 1688 to 1693. As Guiffrey suggests, it is possible that Nilis was a relative, and perhaps a brother-in-law of Joseph Roettier, whose first wife's name was Elizabeth Nilis. This artist's usual signature was N, but it also occurs in ot...
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NILLSON, SVANTE EDWIN
NILLSON, SVANTE EDWIN (Swed.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Stockholm ; pupil of Adolph Lindberg, the Academy of Fine Arts of Stockholm ; also of the Paris sculptors, F. Lasserre, and Henri Dubois. At the salon of 1898, he exhibited a Portrait-plaquette ; at the Universal Exhibition, Paris, 1900, several Medals and Plaquettes ; 1901. M. et Mme B***; — President Kruger; — 1902, and 1903. Various Portrait-medallions and Plaquettes. The works of this young artist are in very good t...
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NILLSON, SVANTE EDWIN (Swed.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Stockholm ; pupil of Adolph Lindberg, the Academy of Fine Arts of Stockholm ; also of the Paris sculptors, F. Lasserre, and Henri Dubois. At the salon of 1898, he exhibited a Portrait-plaquette ; at the Universal Exhibition, Paris, 1900, several Medals and Plaquettes ; 1901. M. et Mme B***; — President Kruger; — 1902, and 1903. Various Portrait-medallions and Plaquettes. The works of this young artist are in very good t...
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