OSBORN, JOHN (Brit.). Engraver of the first half of the seventeenth century, who executed dies for medallions in pressed horn. No particulars are known of this artist's life ; he describes himself as an Englishman, and seems to have been at work in Amsterdam, circ. 1626. '' The busts of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, and his wife Amelia (reduced) seem to have been executed by John Osborn expressly for impressing horn. They are also found in bronze and lead, but both materials show traces of being cast from originals in horn, and not struck directly from the die. They are evidently the work of a practised hand, both as portraits and as examples of medallic art, and they can fairly take rank with the many grand portraits by Dutch artists of the same period. " Bibliography. — C. H. Read, English work in impressed horn, Portfolio, 1893.
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
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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NINI, JEAN-BAPTISTE
NINI, JEAN-BAPTISTE (Ital.). Modeller, and Engraver of Portraitmedallions, in terra-cotta, was born at Urbino (Papal States) in 1717, and died at Chaumont, near Blois, in France, in 1786. Thither he had been called in 1772 by Le Ray, grand master of the rivers and forest, and the proprietor of the castle of Chaumont since 1750, to manage some glass and pottery works which had been established in the dependencies of the manor house. There is no trace left of the finely worked glasses of Nini, b...
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NINI, JEAN-BAPTISTE (Ital.). Modeller, and Engraver of Portraitmedallions, in terra-cotta, was born at Urbino (Papal States) in 1717, and died at Chaumont, near Blois, in France, in 1786. Thither he had been called in 1772 by Le Ray, grand master of the rivers and forest, and the proprietor of the castle of Chaumont since 1750, to manage some glass and pottery works which had been established in the dependencies of the manor house. There is no trace left of the finely worked glasses of Nini, b...
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NITSCH, PAUL
NITSCH, PAUL (Germ.). Goldsmith, Medallist, Gem-, and Sealengraver of Breslau, who was working during the last quarter of the sixteenth century. He is the artist of the altar work in Breslau Cathedral, and by him are dies of large gold coins of Bishop Adam Weisskopf, of Breslau, 1588-1590. He also cut a medal of Abbot Johann Queschwitz (1586-1590), and various seals, gems, &c. Friedensburg and Seger give as works of this Engraver: Medals of Andreas von Jerin, bishop of Neisse, 1588 and 1596 (we...
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NITSCH, PAUL (Germ.). Goldsmith, Medallist, Gem-, and Sealengraver of Breslau, who was working during the last quarter of the sixteenth century. He is the artist of the altar work in Breslau Cathedral, and by him are dies of large gold coins of Bishop Adam Weisskopf, of Breslau, 1588-1590. He also cut a medal of Abbot Johann Queschwitz (1586-1590), and various seals, gems, &c. Friedensburg and Seger give as works of this Engraver: Medals of Andreas von Jerin, bishop of Neisse, 1588 and 1596 (we...
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