Designs for Scabbards with Motifs Inspired on the Drawings by Hans Holbein the Younger
Etching with a design for a scabbard with motifs after the drawings of Hans Holbein the Younger, which include male and female figures dressed in Northern Renaissance style, a putto, a dog, and skeletons, over a black ground. The design is presented in two fragments: the upper part over the lower part. The upper part is decorated, where the scabbard would meet the handle of the sword, with a skull motif flanked to the sides by stylized acanthus leaves, which is separated from the design motif with the human figures and skeletons by a tube of a lighter shade of metal. The lower part also contains one of these tubes on each end, and the tip of the scabbard is decorated with a motif formed by two scrolling, stylized acanthus leaves and a stylized fleur-de-lis.
Artwork Details
- Title: Designs for Scabbards with Motifs Inspired on the Drawings by Hans Holbein the Younger
- Printmaker: Christian von Mechel (Swiss, Basel 1737–1817 Berlin)
- Artist: After Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London)
- Published in: Leipzig
- Date: ca. 1757–64
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 5 7/16 × 8 7/16 in. (13.8 × 21.5 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1918
- Object Number: 18.17.2-267
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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