PERREAL, JEHAN or JEHAN DE PARIS (French). Architect, Sculptor, Painter, Designer, and Engraver, born at Lyons in 1460 or 1463, and died in 1529. He enjoyed the patronage of Charles VIII. and Louis XII. , whom he accompanied in their Italian expeditions, and also worked for Anne of Brittany, Margaret of Savoy, and other princely personages. The Louvre preserves a fine painting by him, representing the Betrothal of Charles VIII. and Anne of Brittany; another commemorates the Triumphal Entry of Louis XII. into Genoa. His portraits of Louis XII., Anne of Brittany, Philibert of Savoy, Margaret of Austria, Mary of England, &c. were masterpieces for this early period. He is also the author or designer of the Mausoleums of Francis II. of Brittany and Marguerite de Foix at Nantes, Philibert the Fair of Savoy at the Church of Brou, Louis XII. and Anne of Brittany at Saint-Denis. The glass Paintings, and Miniatures, depicting scenes from the Italian campaign of Louis XII., attributed to Perreal, are further proofs of this artist's versatile genius and talent. In connection with medallic work, Perréal is known to have designed the commemorative medal of Charles VIII. and his consort's Visit to Lyons in 1494. The execution was entrusted to Jehan and Nicolas Lepére " d'apr?s la pourtraicture de la main de Jehan Perreal". On the occasion of the Marriage of Louis XII. with Anne of Brittany, the Consulate of Lyons presented the Queen with a, medal, bearing her portrait and that of the King, 1499. Perréal also designed this medal, which was modelled by Nicolas Leclerc, and Jehan de Saint-Priest, sculptors, and Jehan Lepére, goldsmith. This medal is one of the finest early French Renaissance medallic works. Specimens in bronze not unfrequently turn up. Bibliography. — E. M. Bancel, Jehan Perréal, Paris, 1885. — Rondot, Médailleurs lyonnais. — Supino, op. cit. — Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1895, II, 265.
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
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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PANDER. PIET
PANDER. PIET (Dutch.). Contemporary Sculptor, and Medallist, born at Drachten (Friesland), in 1872, where he first studied. In Paris he worked under the great sculptor Falgui?re. The last few years he has been residing at Rome. This artist is the modeller of the Dutch gold and silver coinage of Queen Wilhelmina. His bust of the Queen of the Netherlands is very attractive and graceful. His principal works of sculpture are : Statuette of a young Girl “ Famke " (Museum of Leeuwarden) ; — Youth; — P...
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PANDER. PIET (Dutch.). Contemporary Sculptor, and Medallist, born at Drachten (Friesland), in 1872, where he first studied. In Paris he worked under the great sculptor Falgui?re. The last few years he has been residing at Rome. This artist is the modeller of the Dutch gold and silver coinage of Queen Wilhelmina. His bust of the Queen of the Netherlands is very attractive and graceful. His principal works of sculpture are : Statuette of a young Girl “ Famke " (Museum of Leeuwarden) ; — Youth; — P...
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PAOLO, GIOVANNI
PAOLO, GIOVANNI (Ital.). Modeller in wax, and Medallist, of the latter end of the sixteenth century and early part of the seventeenth. His name occurs also as JEHAN or JOHAN PAULE or POL, and also PAVLVS. Some of his works are only signed : P. F. M. de la Tour has identified Giovanni Paolo with the " Johan Pol, ystallien ", who received a payment of 300 écus, from Catherine of Bourbon, sister of Henry IV., for various portraits in coloured wax (1598). The artist was in the service of the King of...
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PAOLO, GIOVANNI (Ital.). Modeller in wax, and Medallist, of the latter end of the sixteenth century and early part of the seventeenth. His name occurs also as JEHAN or JOHAN PAULE or POL, and also PAVLVS. Some of his works are only signed : P. F. M. de la Tour has identified Giovanni Paolo with the " Johan Pol, ystallien ", who received a payment of 300 écus, from Catherine of Bourbon, sister of Henry IV., for various portraits in coloured wax (1598). The artist was in the service of the King of...
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