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Drawing
1650 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Page from a volume of paintings and text on vellum


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleUntitled (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Paint on vellum
Brief description
Page from the memorial volume of the Augustinian Monastery of Reichensberg in Bavaria, dated 1650
Physical description
Page from a volume of paintings and text on vellum
Dimensions
  • Volume height: 32.6cm
  • Volume width: 24.3cm
  • Volume depth: 3.8cm
Bibliographic references
  • From Departmental notes The full text of the entry is as follows: "466 MONASTIC MEMORABILIA - A series of 43 remarkable paintings, richly executed in gold and colours on 11 leaves of vellum, the first 2 ((folding) measure respectively 11 1/2in x 22in. and 11 1/2in. x 15 1/2in., the others ordinary folio, little soiled at corners, protectors of thin green silk between the leaves, old morocco [DAPPMR M.D.C.L] in large Roman letters on upper cover, and the 'I.H.S' symbol in centre (worn) 9 guineas. A most singular volume, probably prepared as a memorial gift to some distinguished visitor, or patron. The first picture is of the monastery itself, and the surrounding country. Beneath a finely emblazoned coat of arms: MONASTERIUM REICHERSPRERGENSE CANONICORUM REGULARIUM. S. AUG.Then there is a picture symbolical of its foundation, in which Werner Compte de Plain, his wife and son are represented handling the Church Buildings to two Bishops, in the conventional way. According to inscriptions this occurred in the eleventh century. Two fine Altar-pieces follow this, The Triumph of the Virgin over Sin, and St. Augustine displaying the rules of his Order to the kneeling fraternity. On the next leaf are eight half-length portraits of Popes (1141 -1450) from whom the monastery received special benefits; then six Royal Patrons, succeeded by eight noblemen (two of these being portraits en cheval with all the accoutrements of a tournament) six Archbishops of Salzburg, seven Bishops of Passau, and three Bishops of Bamberg. Each subject is accompanied by an explanatory inscription, and the Portraits are painted beneath arches of purple ground, with ornaments in the tympanum. The execution is of the highest order, and the rich grandeur of the colouring beyond all praise. It was no mean artist who painted so spiritually these mementoes of a glorious past, and only a personage of exalted rank, on an occasion of the highest moment, would be deemed worth of it's final bestowal."
  • From notes pasted in front cover, probably sales catalogue notes for this object from the dealer James Tregaskis, from whom it was purchased. The full text of the entry is as follows: "466 MONASTIC MEMORABILIA - A series of 43 remarkable paintings, richly executed in gold and colours on 11 leaves of vellum, the first 2 ((folding) measure respectively 11 1/2in x 22in. and 11 1/2in. x 15 1/2in., the others ordinary folio, little soiled at corners, protectors of thin green silk between the leaves, old morocco [DAPPMR M.D.C.L] in large Roman letters on upper cover, and the 'I.H.S' symbol in centre (worn) 9 guineas. A most singular volume, probably prepared as a memorial gift to some distinguished visitor, or patron. The first picture is of the monastery itself, and the surrounding country. Beneath a finely emblazoned coat of arms: MONASTERIUM REICHERSPRERGENSE CANONICORUM REGULARIUM. S. AUG.Then there is a picture symbolical of its foundation, in which Werner Compte de Plain, his wife and son are represented handling the Church Buildings to two Bishops, in the conventional way. According to inscriptions this occurred in the eleventh century. Two fine Altar-pieces follow this, The Triumph of the Virgin over Sin, and St. Augustine displaying the rules of his Order to the kneeling fraternity. On the next leaf are eight half-length portraits of Popes (1141 -1450) from whom the monastery received special benefits; then six Royal Patrons, succeeded by eight noblemen (two of these being portraits en cheval with all the accoutrements of a tournament) six Archbishops of Salzburg, seven Bishops of Passau, and three Bishops of Bamberg. Each subject is accompanied by an explanatory inscription, and the Portraits are painted beneath arches of purple ground, with ornaments in the tympanum. The execution is of the highest order, and the rich grandeur of the colouring beyond all praise. It was no mean artist who painted so spiritually these mementoes of a glorious past, and only a personage of exalted rank, on an occasion of the highest moment, would be deemed worth of it's final bestowal."
Collection
Accession number
D.339A-1902

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