Benedetto Pistrucci
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 169 years ago |
Date of birth | May 29,1783 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Born | Rome |
Italy | |
Date of died | September 16,1855 |
Died | Englefield Green |
United Kingdom | |
Books | The Waterloo Medal: An Address Before the Numismatic & Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia |
Children | Camillo Pistrucci |
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ID | 1207395 |
Benedetto Pistrucci Life story
Benedetto Pistrucci was an Italian gem-engraver, medallist and coin engraver, probably best known for his Saint George and the Dragon design for the British sovereign coin. Pistrucci was commissioned by the British government to create the large Waterloo Medal, a project which took him thirty years to complete.