PICHLER, ANTONIO (Austr.). Really Johann Anton. Gem-engraver, born at Brixen in Tyrol, on 12. April 1697, died at Rome, on 14. September 1779. He began life in the mercantile profession, under the care of a rich uncle at Nice, but his native inclinations soon led him on a different path. He visited Italy, and at Naples took employment with a goldsmith, where he learned die-sinking and became a very clever Engraver of armorial bearings, seals, and precious stones. In 1732 he married, during a visit to his native and, Therese Pinzeritz, the daughter of a Bohemian musician. By her he had two sons, Giovanni, and Giuseppe, who both distinguished themselves in the glyptic art, and three daughters. The success and encouragement with which the artist met in Italy, led him to settle at Rome in 1743, where he could extend the circle of his patrons, and again this change proved most fortunate for him. He however had the grief to lose his wife, but after two years married again, this time a Roman lady, Cajetana Magozzi, who presented him with six children, one of whom, Luigi, also attained distinction in his father's footsteps. He died on 14. September 1779, and was buried in S. Lorenzo in Lucina. Antonio Pichler excelled in the imitation of antique subjects, but also produced intaglios and cameos from his own designs. His works are sometimes signed in Greek, ?IX?EP, although we meet also with the following forms of signature : A. P.; — A. ?.; — PICHLER F.; — A. P. F.; — ANTONIO; — A. ?IX?EP, etc. Among the artist's best known productions Dr Rollett mentions: CAMEOS. Faun, bust to 1. ; cornelian; signed : A- ?IX. (Vienna Museum) ; — Homer, facing bust, after the Vatican bust ; signed : ?IX?EP E?OIEI ; — Isis; — Sardanapalus, etc. INTAGLIOS. Bust of Aesculapius; cornelian; after the gem by Aulos; signed : AV?OV and A. P. F. (a masterpiece) ; — Amazon, bust to r. ; — Cupids, after an antique ; — Antinous, head to 1. ; cornelian ; — Apollo, bust to r. ; topaz; — Bacchanalian scene (an exact copy of the gem known as Michael Angelo's seal); cornelian; — Bacchante, bust to r. ; — Bacchante standing before Term ; — Head of Brutus, between two swords, and inscription : EID. MAR ; cornelian (after a coin) ; — Head of Michael Angelo Buonarroti ; — Head of Julius Caesar; topaz ; signed : ?IX?HPOC ; — Centaur bending his bow ; signed : A. P. F. (engraved for Metastasio's seal); — Centaur and Cupid riding on his back; — Chiron carrying the youthful Achilles ; — Head of Cicero ; signed : ? ; — Cleopatra, half-length figure ; — Bust of Cromwell ; — Diana ; — Diana montana ; cornelian ; signed : ?IX?EP E?O. ; after the gem by Apollonios (one of the artist's finest productions) ; — Bust of Dido; ?l??N ; — Diomedes with the Palladium ; — Hercules, nearing his death, on mount Oeta ; — Youthful Hercules, bust to r. ; dark sardonyx (Franz v. Pulzsky's cabinet in Budapest) ; — Head of Homer, chalcedony ; — Isis, bust three-quarter face to r. ; — Bust of Juba ; — Leda and the Swan ; signed : A. ?IX?EP; — Head of Leucothea; — Head of Livia, as Ceres ; cornelian ; — Head of Lysimachus ; — Laureated male head; — Heads of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, chalcedonyx; — Head of Marcellus ; — Head of Medusa, cornelian ; — Meleager, after the Vatican statue; — Mercury; signed : ?IX?EP E?O. (after the gem by Dioscurides) ; — Helmeted head of Minerva; crystal; — Baron de Montesquieu; — Muse, leaning against column, her hand to her head; signed : ?IX?EP; — Oedipus with his two daughters Antigone and Ismene in front of the Temple of the Furies ; onyx ; after a drawing by Raphael Mengs ; — Bust of Palladio ; — Bust of Perseus; cornelian; — Horse attacked by a lion; signed : AV?OV; — Priam at the feet of Achilles, claiming Hector's body ; cornelian; — Sacrifice to Priapus ; five figures around altar near Term of Priapus ; — Priestess, standing near a column, with sacrificial knife in her hand; — Priestess, standing near a column, holding sacrificial vase ; — Priestess offering a ram ; — Psyche dancing, Eros playing the lyre, and Anteros the double flute; — Laureated head of Ptolemy; — Head of Raffaelo Santi; — Head of Sabina, consort of Hadrian ; cornelian ; — Head of Scipio Africanus ; — Seneca ; — Bust of Severus ; cornelian ; — Head of Socrates ; cornelian ; signed : ?iXAHPOC; — Bust of Xenophon, with inscription : ?ENO??N ; — The Muses (copied from denarii of the Pomponia gens) ; — Fauns and Nymphs ; — The three Graces; — Venus marina; — Venus callipyga ; — Cupid riding on a sea-lion; — Cupid mounted on Centaur; — Cupid embracing Psyche; — Venus reproaching Cupid ; — The Venus de' Medici ; — Venus bathing ; — Venus seated on rocks; — Venus on her knees; — Venus terrestrial; — Venus and Cupid; - Cupid repairing a bow; — Cupid riding on Pegasus ; — Cupid leaning on a hoe ; — Cupid burning a butterfly with his torch ; — Cupid embracing Psyche, etc. Many of Antonio Pichler's cameos and intaglios are known by plaster casts. He excelled in engraving figures of Venus and Cupid. His copies after the antique are as a rule very correct. Bibliography. — Dr Hermann Rollett, Die drei Meister der Gemmoglyptik Antonio, Giovanni und Luigi Pichler, Wien, 1874. — Nagler, Allgemeines Künstler Lexikon, &c. — Ibid., Monogrammisten. — Raspe, Tassie Gems, 1791 .
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
PERUZZI, BENEDETTO
PERUZZI, BENEDETTO (Ital.). Gem-engraver of Florence (singolare intagliatore di pietre), best known for his counterfeit of the seal of Carlo di Durazzo, in 1379. This is all that is known of him. "II est le premier ", says Babelon, " de cette pléiade d'artistes, qui, en Italie, durant un si?cle et demi, vont mettre ? la mode les produits de la glyptique et s'efforceront dans leurs ?uvres d'atteindre la pureté de dessin et l'habileté technique si justement admirées dans les plus belles gemmes de ...
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PERUZZI, BENEDETTO (Ital.). Gem-engraver of Florence (singolare intagliatore di pietre), best known for his counterfeit of the seal of Carlo di Durazzo, in 1379. This is all that is known of him. "II est le premier ", says Babelon, " de cette pléiade d'artistes, qui, en Italie, durant un si?cle et demi, vont mettre ? la mode les produits de la glyptique et s'efforceront dans leurs ?uvres d'atteindre la pureté de dessin et l'habileté technique si justement admirées dans les plus belles gemmes de ...
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PESCIA, PIER MARIA SERBALDI DA
PESCIA, PIER MARIA SERBALDI DA (Ital.). Gem-, and Coinengraver, surnamed Il Tagliacarne, born at Pescia in Tuscany, circ. 1455, died about 1522. In the early years of the fifteenth century he had a shop at Florence, but his name occurs in the accounts of the Pontifical Court, in 1499 and earlier. In 1499, he was appointed Engraver at the Mint of Rome on the death of Lorenzo Corbolini and again in 1515, in conjunction with Vittore Camelio, remaining in office until 1522. Pope Leo X. honoured h...
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PESCIA, PIER MARIA SERBALDI DA (Ital.). Gem-, and Coinengraver, surnamed Il Tagliacarne, born at Pescia in Tuscany, circ. 1455, died about 1522. In the early years of the fifteenth century he had a shop at Florence, but his name occurs in the accounts of the Pontifical Court, in 1499 and earlier. In 1499, he was appointed Engraver at the Mint of Rome on the death of Lorenzo Corbolini and again in 1515, in conjunction with Vittore Camelio, remaining in office until 1522. Pope Leo X. honoured h...
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PESEZ
PESEZ (French). Medallist of the eighteenth century, about whom nothing is known, beyond that he produced a number of very fine Portrait-medals, usually signed : PESEZ; — PESEZ. P.; — Pz or P. The following specimens are in the Berlin Museum ; they all measure 67 mill, in diameter, and exhibit remarkable work: Lulli, creator of the Paris opera (1633-1687); — Marshal Catinat; —Comtesse de Grignan; — Marquise de Pompadour; — Mme du Barry. His signature occurs also on a uniface medallion of Homer (...
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PESEZ (French). Medallist of the eighteenth century, about whom nothing is known, beyond that he produced a number of very fine Portrait-medals, usually signed : PESEZ; — PESEZ. P.; — Pz or P. The following specimens are in the Berlin Museum ; they all measure 67 mill, in diameter, and exhibit remarkable work: Lulli, creator of the Paris opera (1633-1687); — Marshal Catinat; —Comtesse de Grignan; — Marquise de Pompadour; — Mme du Barry. His signature occurs also on a uniface medallion of Homer (...
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PETER, VICTOR
PETER, VICTOR (French). Contemporary Sculptor, and Medallist, residing at Paris ; pupil of Devaulx, and Sebastien Cornu. He studied art against his parents' wish, and was obliged to earn his living, when still quite young, by doing work for Falgui?re, Paul Dubois, and Antonin Mercié. He began to exhibitat the Paris Salon in 1868, and won his first medal in 1879. At the Universal Exhibition of 1900, he was awarded a gold medal, and decorated with the Legion of Honour. He is now Professor of pract...
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PETER, VICTOR (French). Contemporary Sculptor, and Medallist, residing at Paris ; pupil of Devaulx, and Sebastien Cornu. He studied art against his parents' wish, and was obliged to earn his living, when still quite young, by doing work for Falgui?re, Paul Dubois, and Antonin Mercié. He began to exhibitat the Paris Salon in 1868, and won his first medal in 1879. At the Universal Exhibition of 1900, he was awarded a gold medal, and decorated with the Legion of Honour. He is now Professor of pract...
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