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Luigi Pichler (January 31, 1773 in
Rome
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– March 13, 1854 in Rome) was a
German
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Italian
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artist in
engraved gems
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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
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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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. Vol. 12. New York: Robert Appleton Company
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, 1911
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 ]Ajax
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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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References
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1773 births
1854 deaths
Academic staff of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
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