Draughtsman
ca. 1685 - ca. 1700 (made)
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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.
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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| Materials and techniques | Wood |
| Brief description | Draughtsman, wood, young Bacchus and drunken man, after designs of Jakob Leherr, Germany (Augsburg), ca. 1685-1700 |
| Physical description | Obverse: Young Bacchus sits astride a barrel, a goblet in one hand, and a statuette of Minerva in the other. Inscription. Reverse: A naked man falling, holding a jug spilling its wine in his left hand and an arrow in his right. Inscription. |
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| 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 |
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| 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. 79, no 172, fig. 95 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.27-1910 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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