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ANICHINI, LUIGI
ANICHINI, LUIGI (Ital.). Son of the last, and also a Gem-engraver. He excelled in works of great delicacy and precision. Some medals are said to have been executed by him. From his correspondence, we learn that in 1537, he was still a young man, and that Titian and Sansovino were among his friends. He principally resided at Venice. Old writers mention an Apollo and a Ganymede cut by him, but none of his works has com...

ANKETYL
ANKETYL (Brit.). Early records of the reign of Henry I., mention that " Anketil, who was afterwards a monk in the abbey of St. Alban's, and made the shrine there, resided during seven years in Denmark by the command and at the request of the monarch. Whilst he continued there, he was employed in a variety of goldsmith's work, and was appointed the keeper of this mint, and chief moneyer ". Bibliography. — Ruding, Anna...

ANNA MARIA BRAUN
ANNA MARIA BRAUN née PFRÜNDT. Modeller in wax, born at Lyons in 1642, died at Frankfort-on-M. Doppelmayr mentions amongst her numerous productions in wax, "all sorts of medals" (allerhand Medaillen). Her works previous to her marriage are said to be signed AMP, and after, AMB. Dr B. Pick describes a Portrait-medal of Duke Frederick I. of Saxe-Gotha and Altenburg, signed AMB, and he further attributes to this artist a...

ANNA MARIA BRAUN (2.)
ANNA MARIA BRAUN. Vol. I. N.E. Modeller in wax, and Medallist, the daughter of Georg Pfründt, and wife of Bartholomäus Braun, was born at Lyons in 1643, and died at Frankfort-on-M., in 1731. Doppelmayr (p. 266) states that in wax-modelling she was unsurpassed, and that she made all kinds of medals. These are said to be signed AMP before her marriage, and AMB after. Anna Maria Pfründt studied and imitated the works ...