Biographical dictionary of medallists: coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, &c., ancient and modern, with references to their works B. C. 500-A. D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer ...

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One of these, dated I470, represents Isabella of Portugal, third
consort of Philippe le Bon; another bears a portrait of Philip. These
works are of little artistic merit.
BIBLIOGRAPHIE. - Rondot & De la Tour, op. cit.
A and M (Brit.). I have seen these initials on a medal commemorating the Jubilee of the reign of Queen Victoria, 1887.
AMASTINI, ANGELO (Ital.). Eighteenth century Gem-engraver,
ofFossombrone, worked in Rome in the latter period of the eighteenth
century. I have seen by him a charming cameo in chalcedony, representing Adonis asleep found by Venus, and signed AMAITINI, and
another in onyx, with Venus seizing Cupid (AMASTINI). The latter
is in the British Museum. King speaks of its " Berninesque flightiness "
AMAT, JOSEPH (Span.). Author of Proclamation medals of Don
Carlos IV at Antequera, I789. He was a native of Seville; at the
age of 19, in 1766, he received a prize of the San Fernando Academy.
AMBROGIO DI GIORGIO (Ital.). Gem-engraver of Milan, who with
his brother Stefano di Giorgio and father Giorgio da Milano were
employed by Grand Duke Francesco of Tuscany (1574-87) in
Florence. Cf. Giulianelli, Mem. degli Intagl. mod. in pietre dure, etc.,
Livorno, I753, p. I35.
AMELING or AMELEING (B. D. M., Vol. I, I904, p. 47). By this
Engraver are also two medals of I8oo, commemorating the establishment of the Tribunal of Appeal and Criminal Tribunal; also a
Pattern 5 Franc piece of Charles X I824, and Postal badges of Neuchatel, etc. Two of the latter were published by M. Arnold Robert
of Chaux-de-Fonds; they date from about 1815, and bear his signature.
AMELUNG, vide AMELING slipra.
AMENDA, CHRISTOPH (B. D. M., Vol. I, 1904, p. 48). Goldsmith
and Seal-engraver in Innsbruck; appointed Mint-engraver in Hall
in Tyrol, 30. March 1622, and in office until I635.
AMICI, GIULIANO DE SCIPIONE (B. D. M., Vol. I, I904, p. 48).
Pope Paul II. patronized this Gem-engraver who is known to have
engraved his portrait wearing the tiara ('Item per factura et lavoratura d'una Corniola cum la testa di Papa Paulo cum lo regno in
testa', E. Muntz, Rev. arch., I878, p. 203).
AMMON, SAMUEL (B. D. M., Vol. I, I904, p. 48). By this Engraver
are: Sigismund III., 90 Ducat piece, 162I; - Another, of 60