PFISTER, KASPAR (Germ.). Mint-official to the States ot Silesia, 1621-22.
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
PAWLIK, FRANZ XAVER
PAWLIK, FRANZ XAVER (Austr.). Contemporary Medallist, born at Vienna on 2. August 1865, died there from consumption on 23. August 1906. He studied at the Academy of Decorative Arts under Professors Tautenhayn and Weyr, and later under Scharff. In 1867, he obtained a grant from the government to visit Germany, Holland, Belgium and Italy, and on his return he was appointed Assistant-medallist to the Vienna Mint. In 1906 he obtained the title of Medallist and Engraver to the Mint. He was the recipi...
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PAWLIK, FRANZ XAVER (Austr.). Contemporary Medallist, born at Vienna on 2. August 1865, died there from consumption on 23. August 1906. He studied at the Academy of Decorative Arts under Professors Tautenhayn and Weyr, and later under Scharff. In 1867, he obtained a grant from the government to visit Germany, Holland, Belgium and Italy, and on his return he was appointed Assistant-medallist to the Vienna Mint. In 1906 he obtained the title of Medallist and Engraver to the Mint. He was the recipi...
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PAZZAGLIA, ANTONIO
PAZZAGLIA, ANTONIO (Ital.). Gem-engraver and Medallist of the second half of the eighteenth century. " He was a lieutenant in the Papal Guard ", says King, " and 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, masted with an ...
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PAZZAGLIA, ANTONIO (Ital.). Gem-engraver and Medallist of the second half of the eighteenth century. " He was a lieutenant in the Papal Guard ", says King, " and 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, masted with an ...
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PECKHAM, SIR EDMUND
PECKHAM, SIR EDMUND (Brit.). High Treasurer of the London Mint from the reign of Henry VIII. to that of Elizabeth. The coins he is said to have issued bear his crest, an ostrich's head, as mintmark. His appointment as Master of the Mint dates from 1546; in 1554 he was a Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire; later, he was made a privy councillor, and knighted in 1555. He retained his post till his death, although during 1552-54 his place was filled temporarily by Martin Pirri, master of the D...
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PECKHAM, SIR EDMUND (Brit.). High Treasurer of the London Mint from the reign of Henry VIII. to that of Elizabeth. The coins he is said to have issued bear his crest, an ostrich's head, as mintmark. His appointment as Master of the Mint dates from 1546; in 1554 he was a Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire; later, he was made a privy councillor, and knighted in 1555. He retained his post till his death, although during 1552-54 his place was filled temporarily by Martin Pirri, master of the D...
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PÉCOU, JEAN WILLIAM HENRI
PÉCOU, JEAN WILLIAM HENRI (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Bordeaux, in 1854. He learned drawing and modelling at the municipal schools of his native city, and in 1874, entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, where he studied under Jouffroy. Later he became a pupil of Delaplanche and Falgui?re. At the Salon of 1884 and 1885 he obtained Mentions, and he was rewarded with a medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1900. Beside many busts, stone medallions and large works of scu...
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PÉCOU, JEAN WILLIAM HENRI (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Bordeaux, in 1854. He learned drawing and modelling at the municipal schools of his native city, and in 1874, entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, where he studied under Jouffroy. Later he became a pupil of Delaplanche and Falgui?re. At the Salon of 1884 and 1885 he obtained Mentions, and he was rewarded with a medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1900. Beside many busts, stone medallions and large works of scu...
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