Suggestion for the Decoration of Lower Right and Top Right of an Altar Frame, Plate 2 from an Untitled Series with Rocailles Ornaments for Altar and Door Frames

Engraver Wolffgang Christoph Mayr Central European

After Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner German

Printed ca. 1750–56

Not on view

Ornament print with suggestions for the decoration of the lower right of a suspended frame of a pier glass or altar, and the top right corner of an altar or door, bound in an album containing 27 series with a total of 122 ornament prints from the fund of the prominent Augsburg publisher Martin Engelbrecht.

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Title: Suggestion for the Decoration of Lower Right and Top Right of an Altar Frame, Plate 2 from an Untitled Series with Rocailles Ornaments for Altar and Door Frames
Engraver: Wolffgang Christoph Mayr (German, active Kassel and Augsburg (?), ca. 1740–1770)
Artist: After Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner (German, Kufstein 1712–1761 Augsburg)
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: 2014.97.32
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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