PERELLI (Ital.). Contemporary Modeller and Engraver, born, and now residing, at Rome. He worked for some years at Paris, where he exhibited at the Salon various articles of repoussé work; later he was employed by Spink and Son Ld, London, for whom he modelled a number of Prize Medals for Agriculture, Music, History, Sports, &c.
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
PAGANO, LEONARDO
PAGANO, LEONARDO (Ital.). Goldsmith of Rome, end of the fifteenth century and early part of the sixteenth. In 1508 he is mentioned as a member of the College of goldsmiths of Rome. Milanesi suggests the attribution to him, or to lautizio perugino, a contemporaneous Seal-engraver, of the medals, signed L. P., of Giovanni Lodovico Toscani, Milanese lawyer, † 1475 (Armand, II, p. 28, nos 14 and 15). Friedländer has given them to lysippus, in which the initials L. P. would represent Lysippus Pictor....
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PAGANO, LEONARDO (Ital.). Goldsmith of Rome, end of the fifteenth century and early part of the sixteenth. In 1508 he is mentioned as a member of the College of goldsmiths of Rome. Milanesi suggests the attribution to him, or to lautizio perugino, a contemporaneous Seal-engraver, of the medals, signed L. P., of Giovanni Lodovico Toscani, Milanese lawyer, † 1475 (Armand, II, p. 28, nos 14 and 15). Friedländer has given them to lysippus, in which the initials L. P. would represent Lysippus Pictor....
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PALADINO G.
PALADINO G. (Ital.). Medallist of the latter end of the sixteenth century, known especially for his numerous reproductions of Papal medals after originals from the fifteenth century. Many are signed G. P. ; — G. P. F., — or G. PALADINO. To this series belong : Martin V. (1417-1431) 4 varieties : 1.The Colonna arms; 2. Two cardinals placing tiara on Pope's head; The Porta Santa; 4. Facade of a Church (Basilica Vaticana); — Eugenius IV. (1431- 1447) 6 var. : 1. The Condulmeri arms; 2. Two cardina...
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PALADINO G. (Ital.). Medallist of the latter end of the sixteenth century, known especially for his numerous reproductions of Papal medals after originals from the fifteenth century. Many are signed G. P. ; — G. P. F., — or G. PALADINO. To this series belong : Martin V. (1417-1431) 4 varieties : 1.The Colonna arms; 2. Two cardinals placing tiara on Pope's head; The Porta Santa; 4. Facade of a Church (Basilica Vaticana); — Eugenius IV. (1431- 1447) 6 var. : 1. The Condulmeri arms; 2. Two cardina...
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PALLOY, PIERRE FRANCOIS
PALLOY, PIERRE FRANCOIS (French), surnamed LE PATRIOTE PALLOY. Master-builder, born at Paris, 23. January 1755, died 19 January 1835 at Sceaux, was entrusted with the demolition of the Bastille in 1789, and issued a series of medals in lead, iron, and copper obtained from the celebrated State prisons. Among these are : 1789. Siege of the Bastille; dedicated to the Electors of 1789, by Palloy ; with obv. legend : ce plomb scellait les anneaux qui ENCHAINOIENT LES VICTIMES DU DESPOTISME. RETRACE L...
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PALLOY, PIERRE FRANCOIS (French), surnamed LE PATRIOTE PALLOY. Master-builder, born at Paris, 23. January 1755, died 19 January 1835 at Sceaux, was entrusted with the demolition of the Bastille in 1789, and issued a series of medals in lead, iron, and copper obtained from the celebrated State prisons. Among these are : 1789. Siege of the Bastille; dedicated to the Electors of 1789, by Palloy ; with obv. legend : ce plomb scellait les anneaux qui ENCHAINOIENT LES VICTIMES DU DESPOTISME. RETRACE L...
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PAMPHILOS
PAMPHILOS (Greek). Gem-engraver of the fourth century before Christ, whose full signature occurs on a fine intaglio in amethyst in the Paris Cabinet des Médailles. The figure represented is Achilles playing the lyre. It measures 18 X 15 mill. This admirable gem was given to Louis XIV. in 1680 by Prof. Fesch of Basle. Both Chabouillet and Furtwängler express the opinion that the original from which the artist inspired himself was a painting; the subject recalls the Ares Ludovisi. There is an anci...
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PAMPHILOS (Greek). Gem-engraver of the fourth century before Christ, whose full signature occurs on a fine intaglio in amethyst in the Paris Cabinet des Médailles. The figure represented is Achilles playing the lyre. It measures 18 X 15 mill. This admirable gem was given to Louis XIV. in 1680 by Prof. Fesch of Basle. Both Chabouillet and Furtwängler express the opinion that the original from which the artist inspired himself was a painting; the subject recalls the Ares Ludovisi. There is an anci...
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