Born in Riva del Garda, he was trained by Leone Leoni and worked in Italy between 1552 and 1565. Thereafter he mainly worked for the Habsburgs, with a few works made for French and Polish kings. He moved to Vienna to the court of Emperor Maximilian I and after his death in 1576 to Prague. He travelled to France, Netherlands and Germany. He died at Vienna in 1591.
His son Alessandro followed in his father's footsteps, also specializing in mythological and portrait reliefs, and marrying the widow of another court artist, Hans von Aachen.
Thirteen of Abondio's wax portraits survive, usually made on a round black slate base, decorated with tiny pearls and precious stones. He made about sixty portrait medals, with a portrait on the obverse and an allegory on the reverse side, some of them have silver enamelled framing. He also made the dies for the first coinage of Emperor Rudolf II. Initially his style in metal followed that of Leone Leoni, for the facade of whose house in Milan (Casa degli Omenoni) he carved eight large atlantes in stone, but later included many other influences.
Sourcesedit
George Francis Hill: Portrait Medals of Italian Artists of the Renaissance, London 1912, p. 72, 75
Beket Bukovinská-Eliška Fučíková-Ivan P. Muchka: Die Kunst am Hofe Rudols II. Prag 1991, pp. 151, 155–156, 163.
External linksedit
Media related to Antonio Abondio at Wikimedia Commons
Two medals from the Metropolitan
Abondio medal, NGA Washington
European sculpture and metalwork, a collection catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Abondio (see index)
March 07, 2024
antonio, abondio, 1538, 1591, italian, sculptor, best, known, medallist, pioneer, coloured, relief, portrait, miniature, portrait, martino, rota, 1574born, riva, garda, trained, leone, leoni, worked, italy, between, 1552, 1565, thereafter, mainly, worked, habs. Antonio Abondio 1538 1591 was an Italian sculptor best known as a medallist and as the pioneer of the coloured wax relief portrait miniature Portrait of Antonio Abondio by Martino Rota 1574Born in Riva del Garda he was trained by Leone Leoni and worked in Italy between 1552 and 1565 Thereafter he mainly worked for the Habsburgs with a few works made for French and Polish kings He moved to Vienna to the court of Emperor Maximilian I and after his death in 1576 to Prague He travelled to France Netherlands and Germany He died at Vienna in 1591 His son Alessandro followed in his father s footsteps also specializing in mythological and portrait reliefs and marrying the widow of another court artist Hans von Aachen Work edit nbsp Wax miniature of King Henry III of France c 1590Thirteen of Abondio s wax portraits survive usually made on a round black slate base decorated with tiny pearls and precious stones He made about sixty portrait medals with a portrait on the obverse and an allegory on the reverse side some of them have silver enamelled framing He also made the dies for the first coinage of Emperor Rudolf II Initially his style in metal followed that of Leone Leoni for the facade of whose house in Milan Casa degli Omenoni he carved eight large atlantes in stone but later included many other influences Sources editGeorge Francis Hill Portrait Medals of Italian Artists of the Renaissance London 1912 p 72 75 Beket Bukovinska Eliska Fucikova Ivan P Muchka Die Kunst am Hofe Rudols II Prag 1991 pp 151 155 156 163 External links edit nbsp Media related to Antonio Abondio at Wikimedia Commons Two medals from the Metropolitan Abondio medal NGA Washington European sculpture and metalwork a collection catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries fully available online as PDF which contains material on Abondio see index Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Antonio Abondio amp oldid 1154855069, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
