Luigi Pichler

Intaglio Head of Athena , Walters Art Museum .

Luigi Pichler (born January 31, 1773 in Rome ; † March 13, 1854 there ) was a German-Italian gem cutter and medalist .

Luigi Pichler was the son of Anton Pichler and half-brother and student of Giovanni Pichler . After completing his training, he soon gained a great reputation with his brother 39 years older than him, visited Vienna, where he was employed as a professor of engraving in 1818, and where, on behalf of Emperor Franz, he reproduced the most precious gems of the Imperial and Royal Collection of Antiquities in glass paste as a gift for the Pope . His numerous works (almost exclusively intaglios ) come close to those of his brother. He returned to Rome around 1850, where he died in 1854.

Johann Joseph (Giuseppe) Pichler, stepbrother of Giovanni and Luigi Pichler, born around 1760 in Rome, was also a gem cutter.

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Pichler, Joseph (gem cutter) . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 22nd part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1870, p. 240 f. ( Digitized version ).
Constantin von Wurzbach : Pichler, Ludwig . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 22nd part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1870, p. 254 ( digitized version ).
Hermann Rollett : The three masters of Gemmoglyptik Antonio, Giovanni and Luigi Pichler: a biographical-art-historical representation. Vienna 1874.
Albert Ilg: Pichler, Antonio . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 26, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, pp. 104-106.

Web links

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Individual evidence

^ L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . Pichler, Luigi in: Volume IV. Spink & Son Ltd, London 1909, p. 522 ff .
^ L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . Pichler, Luigi in: Volume VIII. Spink & Son Ltd, London 1930, p. 127 f .

personal data
SURNAME	Pichler, Luigi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pichler, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German-Italian gem cutter
DATE OF BIRTH	January 31, 1773
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rome
DATE OF DEATH	March 13, 1854
Place of death	Rome

[1] L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . Pichler, Luigi in: Volume IV. Spink & Son Ltd, London 1909, p. 522 ff .

[2] L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . Pichler, Luigi in: Volume VIII. Spink & Son Ltd, London 1930, p. 127 f .