A PAIR OF GERMAN SILVER-GILT PLAQUETTES

MARK OF HANS GEORG BAUHOFF, ULM, CIRCA 1660

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A PAIR OF GERMAN SILVER-GILT PLAQUETTES
MARK OF HANS GEORG BAUHOFF, ULM, CIRCA 1660
Each oblong, one chased with the Judgement of Solomon, after the original by Rubens, the other chased with Solomon with the Queen of Sheba, each in ebonised wood frame, each marked near edge
the frames 9 in. x 6 3/4 in. (22.7 cm. x. 17 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 5 July 2000, lot 97.

Lot Essay

Engravings after the Peter Paul Rubens' (1577-1640) The Judgement of Solomon c. 1615-17 were disseminated throughout Europe. For example, an engraving by Schelte Bolswert hung in the Town Hall, Brussels, until it was destroyed during the French bombardment of 1695. Print sources were influential on craftsmen and silversmiths alike. There are examples of needlework, tapestries, furniture and miniatures that relate to Rubens' composition.

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