Lot Essay
Hermann Schwinger turned the scintillating forested landscapes into a feature of the Nuremberg repertory.
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1670-1680, THE ENGRAVING ATTRIBUTED TO HERMANN SCHWINGER
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A Nuremberg-engraved façon de Venise goblet
1670-1680, the engraving attributed to Hermann Schwinger
(Pokal) the generous bowl engraved in Mattschnitt and Tiefschnitt with a continuous idyllic landscape depicting an aristocratic maiden playing at skittles or bowling on an elongated table with a young gentleman, under the inscription Jungfer nehmet hin diesen tsein der beste gewin sol euer sein (maiden take this to you, the best benefit will be yours), the reverse with architectural structures surrounded by lush vegetation, upon a band of dentils, with hollow multi-knopped baluster stem enclosing various mereses, the large conical foot folded
22cm. high
See illustration on p.14
1670-1680, the engraving attributed to Hermann Schwinger
(Pokal) the generous bowl engraved in Mattschnitt and Tiefschnitt with a continuous idyllic landscape depicting an aristocratic maiden playing at skittles or bowling on an elongated table with a young gentleman, under the inscription Jungfer nehmet hin diesen tsein der beste gewin sol euer sein (maiden take this to you, the best benefit will be yours), the reverse with architectural structures surrounded by lush vegetation, upon a band of dentils, with hollow multi-knopped baluster stem enclosing various mereses, the large conical foot folded
22cm. high
See illustration on p.14
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