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17th century, male.

Monogram of an engraver (etching).

Active towards the end of the 17th century; cited by Brulliot. Known as the engraver of a garland of flowers and fruit probably designed for use as a model by silversmiths and goldsmiths.

Italian, 17th – 18th century, male.

Active in Florence.

Sculptor, medallist.

Cited by Zani. Alberghetti would appear to come from a well-known family of artists of the same name who worked from the Renaissance to the end of the 18th century as both casters and sculptors in Ferrara, Florence and Venice (where several were in charge of casting operations at the Artillery)....

German, 17th century, male.

Born in Dresden.

Painter, engraver.

Trained from 1611 to 1622 under a goldsmith, but then went over to painting. He did a portrait of Johann Zechendorf, rector and professor in Zwickau, which he engraved from the painting. This work shows him to have been uncommonly gifted....

German, 16th – 17th century, male.

Active in Augsburg in 1570.

Born c. 1547, in Colmar; died 1617, in Augsburg.

Enameller, goldsmith.

German, 17th century, male.

Born in Weilheim (Bavaria); died 1632, in Munich.

Sculptor (ivory).

The son of a goldsmith, Angermair went to Munich while still very young and became a turner at court from 1618 to 1631, doing works in ivory for Princess Elizabeth of Lorraine. Other works include a relief of ...

French, 17th century, male.

Born 1640; died 1er December 1700, in Paris.

Goldsmith.

Bain lodged at the Galeries du Louvre in 1671 and was the son-in-law of Gilles Légaré, his associate. He appears only to have done raised translucent enamelling.

French, 17th century, male.

Born 1615, in Paris; died 22 May 1678, in Paris.

Sculptor, goldsmith, medallist.

Claude Ballin made a series of articles in gold for Louis XIV, and was the maker of a number of bronze, silver and gold vases decorated with low reliefs (Parc de Versailles, Parterre du Midi and Parterre du Nord). He also worked for several churches in Paris and for the abbey of St-Denis. He became a master goldsmith in ...

French, 17th century, male.

Goldsmith, painter (including enamel).

Barier worked in the second half of the 17th century in Laval and Paris. He is mentioned by Mariette in his Abecedario.

German, 17th century, male.

Active in Germany from 1604 to 1615.

Engraver, goldsmith.

Mentioned in Le Blanc.

Italian, 16th century, male.

Born 1496; died 1553.

Engraver. Figures. Medals.

Giovanni Bernardi was initially an engraver of medals in the service of Alfonso d'Este and became one of the most celebrated freestone engravers of the Italian Renaissance, noted particularly for his intaglio work on lead crystal. His style was influenced by Michelangelo....

French, 17th century, male.

Died 20 October 1657, in Paris.

Engraver, metal worker.

French, 17th century, male.

Born 1622, probably in Rheims; died 17 November 1692, in Lyons.

Sculptor, medallist.

He worked in Lyons and was highly prolific. In 1680 he assumed the title of 'Sculptor to the King'. Clapasson cites the following works by this artist: Statue of the Virgin...

Swiss, 17th century, male.

Active in Zurich at the end of the 17th century.

Engraver, draughtsman, goldsmith.

There is mention of four portraits by Johann Heinrich Bodmer.

Swiss, 17th century, male.

Active in Zurich.

Died 1648.

Goldsmith, engraver.

Christoph Boller is best known for a portrait of him and his family. His son, Hans Conrad, died in 1695, his grandson, Hans Heinrich in 1725. His nephew, Hans Rudolf, was born in 1625...

Swiss, 17th century, male.

Active in Montauban, Geneva and London.

Miniaturist.

Pierre Bordier was the son of the Geneva goldsmith, Augustin Bordier. His best-known work is a watchcase that has as its subject General Fairfax, The English Chamber of Parliament and Battle of Naseby (Lord Hastings Collection)....

Italian, 17th century, male.

Born 1648, in Turin.

Sculptor, worker in bronze.

Son and pupil of the bronze founder, Andrea Boucheron.

French, 17th century, male.

Active in Paris between 1628 and 1636.

Born to a family originally from Beauvais.

Medallist, engraver (burin).

Also a goldsmith.

French, 17th century, male.

Born 1579, in the Lorraine; died 1646.

Medallist.

Active in Paris and London.

Dutch School, 17th century, male.

Active in Dordrecht from 1617 to 1623.

Engraver. Coins.

Spanish, 16th – 17th century, male.

Active in Santiago de Compostela.

Born to a family originally from Aragon.

Ironworker, founder.