PASSAMONTI, S. (Ital.). ScuIptor, Medallist, Gem-, and Coin-engraver at Rome, during the second and third quarters of the nineteenth century. He was a pupil of Canova, and for some time occupied the post of Chief-engraver at the Mint of Rome. One of his finest productions is a cameo in onyx, representing Jupiter defeating the Titans, which he exhibited at the Great Exhibition, London, 1851. I have also noticed his signature on the Annual medal of 1851 of Pope Pius VII., commemorating the Ratification of the new Code of Laws, and on two Portrait-medals of Antonio Canova, 1816.
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
ONESAS
ONESAS (Greek). Gem-engraver of the fourth century B.C. His signature occurs on two gems in the Florence Museum : Muse leaning against cippus and tuning her lyre; yellow antique paste, 26 X 19 mill., already described by Agostini, 1657-1659. The authenticity of this paste is beyond question; it was probably copied from an original which is now lost. Furtwängler points out the general resemblance of the type with the Venus Genetrix of Alkamenes. A copy of this gem, signed Allion, is modern (B. M...
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ONESAS (Greek). Gem-engraver of the fourth century B.C. His signature occurs on two gems in the Florence Museum : Muse leaning against cippus and tuning her lyre; yellow antique paste, 26 X 19 mill., already described by Agostini, 1657-1659. The authenticity of this paste is beyond question; it was probably copied from an original which is now lost. Furtwängler points out the general resemblance of the type with the Venus Genetrix of Alkamenes. A copy of this gem, signed Allion, is modern (B. M...
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ONGHENA, CHARLES
ONGHENA, CHARLES (Belg.). Goldsmith, Sculptor, Line-and Copper-plate Engraver, born at Ghent, 6. June 1806, died 16. December 1886. In 1822, he executed his first medallion, a head of Ceres, after a drawing by F. Braemt ; two years later he produced a fine bust of Napoleon I. His work is very varied. He engraved over a thousand copper-plates, especially reproductions of pictures, works of art, coins and medals. By hi me arengraved medallic Portraits of : Dr P. J. van Baveghem, Brussels; — Dr J...
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ONGHENA, CHARLES (Belg.). Goldsmith, Sculptor, Line-and Copper-plate Engraver, born at Ghent, 6. June 1806, died 16. December 1886. In 1822, he executed his first medallion, a head of Ceres, after a drawing by F. Braemt ; two years later he produced a fine bust of Napoleon I. His work is very varied. He engraved over a thousand copper-plates, especially reproductions of pictures, works of art, coins and medals. By hi me arengraved medallic Portraits of : Dr P. J. van Baveghem, Brussels; — Dr J...
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ORCHARD, ROBERT
ORCHARD, ROBERT (Brit.), Issuer of Tokens, who was residing in London, towards the end of the eighteenth century and early part of the nineteenth. Mr. A. W. Waters has published in the Numismatic Circular, Vol. XV, p. 9728, the portrait of Orchard reproduced above. No engraver's or publisher's name occurs upon the plate ; the coin shown at the bottom is his Farthing, (as Atkins, page 143, no. 763). The inscription reads orchard No. 34 greek street, CORNER OF CHURCH STREET, SOHO, LONDON, GROCER ...
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ORCHARD, ROBERT (Brit.), Issuer of Tokens, who was residing in London, towards the end of the eighteenth century and early part of the nineteenth. Mr. A. W. Waters has published in the Numismatic Circular, Vol. XV, p. 9728, the portrait of Orchard reproduced above. No engraver's or publisher's name occurs upon the plate ; the coin shown at the bottom is his Farthing, (as Atkins, page 143, no. 763). The inscription reads orchard No. 34 greek street, CORNER OF CHURCH STREET, SOHO, LONDON, GROCER ...
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ORLANDI, GUIDO
ORLANDI, GUIDO (ltal.). Forger of coins, of Mantua. While in prison at Mantua, 1848, he was entrusted with the cutting of the dies for the obsidional currency issued by General Count Gorzkowski, which consisted of 4000 Gulden, 8000 Zwanziger, and a few hundred Groschen. These coins, which exhibit superficial and rough work, resemble forgeries. Bibliography. — Num. Zeitschrift, 1874/75, p. 274 sqq. — H. Cubasch, Die Münzen unter der Regierung des Kaisers Franz Joseph l.,Mitth. des Klubs, 1895, p....
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ORLANDI, GUIDO (ltal.). Forger of coins, of Mantua. While in prison at Mantua, 1848, he was entrusted with the cutting of the dies for the obsidional currency issued by General Count Gorzkowski, which consisted of 4000 Gulden, 8000 Zwanziger, and a few hundred Groschen. These coins, which exhibit superficial and rough work, resemble forgeries. Bibliography. — Num. Zeitschrift, 1874/75, p. 274 sqq. — H. Cubasch, Die Münzen unter der Regierung des Kaisers Franz Joseph l.,Mitth. des Klubs, 1895, p....
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