Designs for the Lids or Insides of Tobacco Boxes (7)
Rectangular designs for the decoration of a tobacco box. In the center a rectangular compartment is placed which contains a landscape. In the foreground a courting couple is visible while in the background two men are hunting. The scene is surrounded by a decorative frame with strapwork. Below a hare is depicted surounded by leaves. On each side of the frame a candelabra construction has been made out of the strapwork and a monkey is placed on a pedestal in the middle.
Artwork Details
- Title: Designs for the Lids or Insides of Tobacco Boxes (7)
- Artist: Elias Baeck (German, Laybach 1679–1747 Augsburg)
- Artist: Gottfried Pfautz (German, Ulm 1687/88–1760 Augsburg)
- Publisher: Albrecht Schmidt (German, active in Augsburg, 18th century (first half))
- Date: ca. 1710–30
- Medium: etching
- Dimensions: Plate: 3 3/8 x 4 13/16 in. (8.5 x 12.2 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund 1949
- Object Number: 49.20.30(7)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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