Design for a Ceiling Decoration, Plate 4 from 'Unterschiedliche neu inventierte Deken oder Plafond'
Page from an album containing 27 series with a total of 122 ornament prints from the fund of the prominent Augsburg publisher Martin Engelbrecht. The binding describes the content as cartouches (after the first series in the album) but it is much more varied, ranging from rocaille ornament and cartouches to designs for altars and pulpits, as well as allegorical compositions in which rococo ornament is featured, all by well-known Rococo designers working in Augsburg.
Artwork Details
- Title: Design for a Ceiling Decoration, Plate 4 from 'Unterschiedliche neu inventierte Deken oder Plafond'
- Artist and engraver: Jeremias Wachsmuth (German, 1712–1771)
- Publisher: Martin Engelbrecht (German, Augsburg 1684–1756 Augsburg)
- Date: Printed ca. 1750–56
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Overall: 8 7/16 × 13 3/4 in. (21.5 × 35 cm)
- Classifications: Albums, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Purchase, Daniel Ergmann Gift, 2014
- Object Number: 2014.97.10
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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