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Luigi Pichler (January 31, 1773 in
a gift for Pope Pius VII. His works are almost exclusively intaglio, and he created many copies of his brother's and father's work. In 1850 he turned back to Rome, where he died in 1854. His works include a head of
Luigi Pichler (January 31, 1773 in Rome
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– March 13, 1854 in Rome) was a German
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artist in engraved gems
An engraved gem, frequently referred to as an intaglio, is a small and usually semi-precious gemstone that has been carved, in the Western tradition normally with images or inscriptions only on one face. The engraving of gemstones was a major lux ...
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Son of Anton Pichler
Anton Pichler (April 12, 1697 – September 14, 1779) was a Tyrolean goldsmith and artist of engraved gems, and the son of a doctor.''The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts.''
Pichler was born in Brixen. He studied in Naples and worked f ...
and half-brother and student of Giovanni Pichler Giovanni Pichler (Born 10 January 1734 in Naples; died 25 January 1791 in Rome) was a German-Italian artist in engraved gems.
Biography
Giovanni Pichler was born on 10 January 1734 in Naples, where his father, the Tyrolean gem-engraver, Anton Pich ...
, Luigi was an apprentice to his greatly renowned 39-year older brother and painter Domenico de Angelis.''The Grove Encyclopaedia of Decorative Arts.'' He travelled to Vienna
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, where he, in 1818, was made professor of gem-engraving at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, and where he, working for Francis I Francis I or Francis the First may refer to:
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, created replicas of some of the most famous gems in Austria as part of the ''Vienna Cabinet'', Handley, Marie Louise. "Pichler." The Catholic Encyclopedia
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, 1911a gift for Pope Pius VII. His works are almost exclusively intaglio, and he created many copies of his brother's and father's work. In 1850 he turned back to Rome, where he died in 1854. His works include a head of
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, the gods Apollo
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, Mars
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, Venus
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, Cupid, and Psyche
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, a head of Julius Cæsar; as well as two heads of Jesus
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Artists from Rome Italian people of German descent German sculptors German male sculptors Engraved gem artists 1773 births 1854 deaths Academic staff of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna {{Italy-artist-stub Catholic engravers