Silver Cup
by Print Collector
Title
Silver Cup
Artist
Print Collector
Medium
Drawing - Illustration
Description
Silver cup, 1580-1600, (1881). Etching of a cup made as a trial piece of work, or 'masterpiece', that met an agreed standard of workmanship. This example, by Wenzel Jamnitzer of Nuremberg in Germany, has a body in the form of 6 lobes tapering downwards, with repoussé ornament of strapwork, flora, and figures of Diana, Lucretia, and Judith. From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]. Artist John Watkins. (Photo by The Print Collector via Getty Images)
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January 29th, 2021
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