Anton Pichler
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For the Austrian footballer named Anton Pichler, see Anton Pichler (footballer)
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Anton Pichler (April 12, 1697, in Brixen
- September 14, 1779, in Rome
) was a Tyrolean
goldsmith
and artist of engraved gems, and the son of a doctor.
Pichler studied in Naples
and worked for the Bourbon court later moving, in 1743, to Rome, where he lived to his death. 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.
Anton Pichler (footballer)
Anton Pichler is a retired football defender.During his club career, Pichler played for Sturm Graz for 13 seasons before finishing his career with SKN St. Pölten. He also made 11 appearances for the Austria national team, including the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.-External links:* *...
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Anton Pichler (April 12, 1697, in Brixen
Brixen
Brixen is the name of two cities in the Alps:*Brixen, South Tyrol, Italy*Brixen im Thale, Tyrol, AustriaBrixen may also refer to:*Bishopric of Brixen, the former north-Italian state....
- September 14, 1779, in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
) was a Tyrolean
County of Tyrol
The County of Tyrol, Princely County from 1504, was a State of the Holy Roman Empire, from 1814 a province of the Austrian Empire and from 1867 a Cisleithanian crown land of Austria-Hungary...
goldsmith
Goldsmith
A goldsmith is a metalworker who specializes in working with gold and other precious metals. Since ancient times the techniques of a goldsmith have evolved very little in order to produce items of jewelry of quality standards. In modern times actual goldsmiths are rare...
and artist of engraved gems, and the son of a doctor.
Pichler studied in Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
and worked for the Bourbon court later moving, in 1743, to Rome, where he lived to his death. Pichler's gems include: Antigone
Antigone
In Greek mythology, Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, Oedipus' mother. The name may be taken to mean "unbending", coming from "anti-" and "-gon / -gony" , but has also been suggested to mean "opposed to motherhood", "in place of a mother", or "anti-generative", based from the root...
and Ismene before the Temple of the Furies, the Father of the Returning from Thebes
Ancient Thebes (Boeotia)
See Thebes, Greece for the modern city built on the ancient ruins.Ancient Thebes was a Boeotian city-state , situated to the north of the Cithaeron range, which divides Boeotia from Attica, and on the southern edge of the Boeotian plain...
advisors (a large Onyx
Onyx
Onyx is a banded variety of chalcedony. The colors of its bands range from white to almost every color . Commonly, specimens of onyx contain bands of black and/or white.-Etymology:...
), and Priamos at the Feet of Achilles
Achilles
In Greek mythology, Achilles was a Greek hero of the Trojan War, the central character and the greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad.Plato named Achilles the handsomest of the heroes assembled against Troy....
(after an owners concept); a great bust of Homer
Homer
In the Western classical tradition Homer , is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and is revered as the greatest ancient Greek epic poet. These epics lie at the beginning of the Western canon of literature, and have had an enormous influence on the history of literature.When he lived is...
; the Head of Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman and a distinguished writer of Latin prose. He played a critical role in the gradual transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
; Meleager, after the Statue in the Vatican; the Bacchanal of Michelangelo, the signet ring.
His sons, Giovanni
Giovanni Pichler
Giovanni Pichler was a German-Italian artist in engraved gems.He was the son of Anton Pichler and brother and teacher of Luigi Pichler, he was educated by his father in classical methods, and apprenticed to Domenico Corvi He cut, after 15 years, a Hercules in Combat with the Nemean Lions, a...
and Luigi
Luigi Pichler
Luigi Pichler was a German-Italian artist in engraved gems.Son of Anton Pichler and half-brother and student of Giovanni Pichler, Luigi was an appentice to his greatly renowned 39-year older brother and painter Domenico de Angelis...
, were also famous gem cutters.
Further reading
- Hermann Rollett: Die drei Meister der Gemmoglyptik Antonio, Giovanni und Luigi Pichler: eine biographisch-kunstgeschichtliche Darstellung. Vienna, 1874.