Lot Essay
For a very similar drinking horn, dated to the same year as the present object, see the example in the Victoria and Albert Museum (Art in Seventeenth Century Holland, loc. cit.).
Details
A SILVER-MOUNTED CARVED DRINKING HORN
BY JOANNES WINNERBROODT, 1615
Carved in three registers with mythological figures including scenes from the story of Actaeon and Diana, extensively inscribed in Latin and Dutch, signed and dated 'JOANNES WINNERBROODT AO 1615'.
Damages; the mounts probably later.
19 7/8in. (50.5cm.) long
BY JOANNES WINNERBROODT, 1615
Carved in three registers with mythological figures including scenes from the story of Actaeon and Diana, extensively inscribed in Latin and Dutch, signed and dated 'JOANNES WINNERBROODT AO 1615'.
Damages; the mounts probably later.
19 7/8in. (50.5cm.) long
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
London, The National Gallery, Art in Seventeenth Century Holland, 30th September - 12th December 1976, p. 111, no. 146
London, The National Gallery, Art in Seventeenth Century Holland, 30th September - 12th December 1976, p. 111, no. 146