Francesco Puttinati
Francesco Puttinati (also Putinati ; * around 1775 in Verona , † 1848 in Milan ) was an Italian medalist and sculptor .
life and work
Francesco Puttinati worked as a medal die cutter in the then Austrian mint of Milan. He created personal medals, including portraits of Pope Leo XII. , Duke Franz IV of Modena, Archduke Rainer , Karl Albert of Savoy , Leonardo da Vinci , Titian , Antonio Canova , the coronation medal of Emperor Ferdinand I , further medals for the construction of bridges, the cathedral of Milan, the port of Trieste and religious medals. He was particularly known for the so-called black medals, which had a particularly dark patina and which were created in the early 19th century by medalists in the mints of Milan and Venice.
His son Alessandro Puttinati worked as a sculptor in Milan.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Puttinati also Putinati, Franz . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 24th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1872, p. 112 ( digital copy ).
- Puttinati (Putinati), Francesco . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 27 : Piermaria – Ramsdell . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1933, p. 471 .
- B. Koch: Putinati (Puttinati), Francesco. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 347.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Puttinati, Francesco |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Putinati, Francesco |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian medalist and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1775 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Verona |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1848 |
| Place of death | Milan |