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. Pichler was born in Brixen. He studied in Naples and worked for the Bourbon court later moving, in 1743, to Rome, where he lived to his death.
Anton Pichler
- Born
- 1697 · Brixen.
- Died
- 1779 · Rome.
- Occupation
- engraver
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Anton Pichler (April 12, 1697 – September 14, 1779) was a Tyrolean goldsmith and artist of engraved gems, and the son of a doctor. Pichler was born in Brixen. He studied in Naples and worked for the Bourbon court later moving, in 1743, to Rome, where he lived to his death.
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Pichler's gems include: Antigone and Ismene before the Temple of the Furies, the Father of the Returning from Thebes advisors (a large Onyx), and Priamos at the Feet of Achilles (after an owners concept); a great bust of Homer; the Head of Julius Caesar; Meleager, after the Statue in the Vatican; the Bacchanal of Michelangelo, the signet ring. His sons, Giovanni and Luigi, were also famous gem cutters.
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1697
Anton Pichler was born in 1697 at Brixen.
1779
Anton Pichler died in 1779 at Rome.
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- 1.The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts.
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- Hermann Rollett: Die drei Meister der Gemmoglyptik Antonio, Giovanni und Luigi Pichler: eine biographisch-kunstgeschichtliche Darstellung. Vienna, 1874.
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