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Draughtsman

ca. 1685 - ca. 1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The games-piece is decorated with emblematic scenes based on designs by Christoph Jakob Leherr (1647-1707), an Augsburg medallist.
Games of skill such as chess and draughts with their chivalric and military associations had deep roots in patrician leisure, and luxury boards and games-pieces became common possessions amongst the elite of Renaissance Europe.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Wood
Brief description
Draughtsman, wood, after designs of Jakob Leherr, Germany (Augsburg), ca. 1685-1700
Physical description
Obverse: Two horses galloping along a race-track. Inscription.
Reverse: A two-wheeled chariot with a palm-branch in the front wheel. Inscription.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'PRAE VENIRE . MELIVS' (obverse)
  • 'SOLI . CONCEDITVR . VNI' (reverse)
Object history
Bought, 8£.
Production
The games-piece is decorated with emblematic scenes based on desgins by Christoph Jakob Leherr (1647-1707), an Augsburg medallist
Subjects depicted
Summary
The games-piece is decorated with emblematic scenes based on designs by Christoph Jakob Leherr (1647-1707), an Augsburg medallist.
Games of skill such as chess and draughts with their chivalric and military associations had deep roots in patrician leisure, and luxury boards and games-pieces became common possessions amongst the elite of Renaissance Europe.
Bibliographic reference
Himmelheber, G. (ed). Spiele, Munich, 1972, p. 82, no 181, fig. 97
Collection
Accession number
M.24-1910

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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