Original designs for modern goldsmith's work, chiefly in the style of the Renaissance
- Object:
Design
- Place of origin:
Aix (made)
- Date:
1909 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Vasters, Reinhold of Aachen (made)
- Credit Line:
Presented by L. M. Lowenstein, Esq.
- Museum number:
E.2585-1919
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level D, case KK, shelf 1
Physical description
Pencil pen and ink designs for modern goldsmith's work in chiefly the Renaissance style: cups, crucifixes, ecclesiastical ornaments, flagons, dishes etc. Also drawings based on goldsmiths' work of the Renaissance, particularly jewelled pendants, gold and enamelled mountings and ormanent.
Place of Origin
Aix (made)
Date
1909 (made)
Artist/maker
Vasters, Reinhold of Aachen (made)
Descriptive line
Drawings by R. Vasters: Original designs for modern Goldsmiths' work, chiefly in the style of the Renaissance. 1 of 1079 drawings and 1 print.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Yvonne Hackenbroch, 'Reinhold Vasters, Goldsmith', Metropolitan Museum of Art Journal, vol 19/20, 1986 (New York)
Miriam Krautwurst, ‘Reinhold Vasters – ein niederrheinischer Goldschmied des 19. Jahrhunderts in der Tradition alter Meister. Sein Zeichnungskonvolut im Victoria & Albert Museum, London’ (Dissertation, University of Trier, 2003)
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
Production Note
Design for goldsmith's work (not as listed in classification); EDWARDS, Mary Stella. Llyn Idwal
Materials
Paper; Pen; Ink; Water-colour
Techniques
Drawing
Subjects depicted
Mounting; Ornament; Crucifix; Flagon; Pendant; Goldsmith; Cup; Dishes
Categories
Metalwork; Drawings; Prints; Designs
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
