Design Models of an Embossed Helmet Belonging to Emperor Rudolf II of and a Silver and Gold Repousse Bowl
Printed page with two Model Ornaments of historic designs for an embossed burgonet helmet and a repousse bowl. The design for a helmet, in the burgonet style popular during the second half of the 16th century, is heavily ornamented with scrolling leaves, grotesques, small fruits, and nude male figures, which would have been embossed on the handcrafted piece, likely made with steel, and possibly patinated to look like bronze. The inscription on the bottom suggests that this is a 17th-century design, housed at the Österreichischen Museum für Kunst und Industrie, and the design corresponds to a helmet created for Rudolf II Habsburg (1552-1612), king of Hungary and Bohemia, and Holy Roman Emperor, who was one of the greatest patron of the arts and collectors of his time.
The design for a gold and silver repousse bowl, also presents 17th-century design motifs: the body is decorated with interlacing branches with stylized acanthus leaves, and undulating garlands with scrolling branches of small, stylized leaves, and the base contains a seamless pattern of lozenges, each containing a small, black quatrefoil motif. The design shows three handles, each made up of two scrolling, stylized, sea animals, joined by strips of round beads, with stylized acanthus leaves covering their bodies.
The design for a gold and silver repousse bowl, also presents 17th-century design motifs: the body is decorated with interlacing branches with stylized acanthus leaves, and undulating garlands with scrolling branches of small, stylized leaves, and the base contains a seamless pattern of lozenges, each containing a small, black quatrefoil motif. The design shows three handles, each made up of two scrolling, stylized, sea animals, joined by strips of round beads, with stylized acanthus leaves covering their bodies.
Artwork Details
- Title: Design Models of an Embossed Helmet Belonging to Emperor Rudolf II of and a Silver and Gold Repousse Bowl
- Artist and publisher: Johann Christoph Engelhorn (German, 1818–97)
- Patron: Actual helmet made for Emperor Rudolf II (Vienna 1552–1612 Prague)
- Published in: Leipzig
- Date: ca. 1850–1900
- Medium: Chromolithograph
- Dimensions: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 10 3/16 in. (35.2 × 25.8 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Object Number: Ref.Ornament.1
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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