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Luigi Pichler

Illustration — Intaglio of the Head of Athena, Walters Art Museum Luigi Pichler (January 31, 1773 in Rome – March 13, 1854 in Rome) was a German-Italian artist in engraved gems. Son of Anton Pichler and half-brother and student of Giovanni Pichler, Luigi was an apprentice to his greatly renowned 39-year older brother and painter Domenico de Angelis. He travelled to Vienna, where he, in 1818, was made professor of gem-engraving at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, and where he, working for Francis I, created replicas of some of the most famous gems in Austria as part of the Vienna Cabinet, 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.

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Luigi Pichler

The intaglio showing the goddess of wisdom is inscribed in Greek with the signature of Luigi Pichler, the third son of Johann Anton Pichler (1697-1779), the founder of a dynasty of gem engravers in Rome.

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Born
Luigi Pichler was born on 31 January 1773. · Rome.
Died
Luigi Pichler died on 13 March 1854. · Rome.
Nationality
Papal States
Occupation
engraver · sculptor · medalist
Languages
Italian

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Illustration — Intaglio of the Head of Athena, Walters Art Museum Luigi Pichler (January 31, 1773 in Rome – March 13, 1854 in Rome) was a German-Italian artist in engraved gems. Son of Anton Pichler and half-brother and student of Giovanni Pichler, Luigi was an apprentice to his greatly renowned 39-year older brother and painter Domenico de Angelis. He travelled to Vienna, where he, in 1818, was made professor of gem-engraving at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, and where he, working for Francis I, created replicas of some of the most famous gems in Austria as part of the Vienna Cabinet, 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.

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