Ulrich von Frundsberg
Gamespiece
ca. 1530-1558 (made)
ca. 1530-1558 (made)
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This is a gamespiece is showing the bust of Ulrich von Frundsberg facing right.
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 possesions 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 possesions amongst the elite of Renaissance Europe.
Object details
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| Title | Ulrich von Frundsberg (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Turned pearwood, painted black, and coloured gesso |
| Brief description | Gamespiece, pearwood and gesso, Ulrich von Frundsberg, gamespiece, by an unknown Master (Augsburg), Germany ca. 1530-1558 |
| Physical description | Piece shows but to right. Inscription around the border. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'HVLDERICHVS.DE.FRVNTSPRG' (Obverse, around the border; painting) |
| Credit line | Salting Bequest |
| Object history | Provenance: Spitzer Collection. Frédéric Spitzer (b. 1815; d. 1890) was born in Vienna, and settled in Paris in 1852. He amassed a large collection of works of art, which were housed in l'hotel de la rue Villejust, known as the Musée Spitzer. The collection was auctioned in Paris in 1893. Provenance: Salting Bequest. George Salting (b. 1836; d. 1909), an Australian who settled in England, bequeathed a large collection of works decorative art to the Museum in 1909. Formerly Spitzer collection, then Salting collection. Bequeathed to the V&A by Salting. |
| Production | By an Unknown Master (Augsburg) |
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| Summary | This is a gamespiece is showing the bust of Ulrich von Frundsberg facing right. 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 possesions amongst the elite of Renaissance Europe. |
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| Accession number | A.514-1910 |
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| Record created | March 4, 2004 |
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