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Original designs for modern goldsmith's work, chiefly in the style of the Renaissance

Design
1909 (made)
Artist/Maker
Vasters, Reinhold of Aachen (made)
Place of origin
Aix (made)

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.

Object details

Categories
Metalwork
Drawings
Prints
Designs
Object type
Design
TitleOriginal designs for modern goldsmith's work, chiefly in the style of the Renaissance (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil, pen and ink, and watercolour
Paper
Pen
Ink
Water-Colour
Drawing
Brief description
Drawings by R. Vasters: Original designs for modern Goldsmiths' work, chiefly in the style of the Renaissance. 1 of 1079 drawings and 1 print.
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.
DimensionsVarious sizes.
Style
Renaissance
Credit line
Presented by L. M. Lowenstein, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Goldsmith
Cup
Crucifix
Ornament
Flagon
Dishes
Pendant
Mounting
Associations
Schmidt, T.
Schneider, H.
Bibliographic references
  • 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
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3404-1919

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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