PETERS, MATHIAS (Danish). Goldsmith, and Engraver, of the second half of the seventeenth century. Very little is known of this artist and his works. His signature, PETERS F. occurs on a medal of 1691, with bust of William III. of England, commemorating the Surrender of Limerick, on the 3/13 October of that year. A specimen exists in The Hague Medal Cabinet. Bibliography. — Franks and Grueber, op. cit. — Oranje Penningen, 476. Catalogus, &c, n° 1611.
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
PASINATI, GIUSEPPE
PASINATI, GIUSEPPE (Ital.). Sculptor and Medallist of the end of eighteenth century and early part of the nineteenth. He was Chiefengraver at the Mint of Rome, circ. 1814, in which year he engraved the Annual medal of Pope Pius VII., commemorating the Loyalty of the Papal Volunteers of Cesena and Imola ; and by the same Engraver are the Medals of 1815 ; R. Constancy and Religion, and Dedication of the Madonna of Savona, as well as a Portraitmedal of Alessandro Volta. Another of his medals comme...
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PASINATI, GIUSEPPE (Ital.). Sculptor and Medallist of the end of eighteenth century and early part of the nineteenth. He was Chiefengraver at the Mint of Rome, circ. 1814, in which year he engraved the Annual medal of Pope Pius VII., commemorating the Loyalty of the Papal Volunteers of Cesena and Imola ; and by the same Engraver are the Medals of 1815 ; R. Constancy and Religion, and Dedication of the Madonna of Savona, as well as a Portraitmedal of Alessandro Volta. Another of his medals comme...
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PASSAGLIA
PASSAGLIA (Ital.). Gem-engraver of the eighteenth century, who flourished at Rome, and produced many works after the antique. King says : " A lieutenant in the Papal guard, he has surpassed every modern, except perhaps Rega, in attaining to not merely the antique spirit in design, but even the peculiar all but inimitable antique touch in the execution. Of the former, his Centaur vanquished by a Bacchante is a conspicuous proof; of the latter, his Cupid crossing the waves on his own quiver, mast...
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PASSAGLIA (Ital.). Gem-engraver of the eighteenth century, who flourished at Rome, and produced many works after the antique. King says : " A lieutenant in the Papal guard, he has surpassed every modern, except perhaps Rega, in attaining to not merely the antique spirit in design, but even the peculiar all but inimitable antique touch in the execution. Of the former, his Centaur vanquished by a Bacchante is a conspicuous proof; of the latter, his Cupid crossing the waves on his own quiver, mast...
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PASSAMONTI, S.
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 Ratifi...
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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 Ratifi...
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PASSE, SIMON
PASSE, SIMON ; also VAN DE PAS or PASS, PASSAEUS (Dutch). A famous Engraver, born at Utrecht circ. 1574, came to England about 1613, and worked there for ten years; then entered the service of the King of Denmark at Copenhagen where he remained until his death (about 1644, certainly not later than 15. July 1647). He was the youngest son of Crispin (or Crispiaen) van de Pas (or Passe), a clever Line-engraver, and a brother of Crispin who worked both at Paris and Amsterdam, and of William, who al...
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PASSE, SIMON ; also VAN DE PAS or PASS, PASSAEUS (Dutch). A famous Engraver, born at Utrecht circ. 1574, came to England about 1613, and worked there for ten years; then entered the service of the King of Denmark at Copenhagen where he remained until his death (about 1644, certainly not later than 15. July 1647). He was the youngest son of Crispin (or Crispiaen) van de Pas (or Passe), a clever Line-engraver, and a brother of Crispin who worked both at Paris and Amsterdam, and of William, who al...
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