Nuremberg and its art to the end of the 18th century. . rig- 95- Jost Amman: Pewterer, from the Bookof Crafts. WENZEL JAMNITZKR. U7 1^lotners influence. Hisfigures, distinguished forthe picturesque charmwith which the draperiesare treated, are masterlyin their modelling. Hisspecialities, in which noone could equal him andhis brother Albrecht,were charming casts insilver, from nature, ofplants and animals. Thegrand epergne (fig. 96)in the possession ofthe Rothschilds at Paris,supplies the best proofof his ability in thisprovince. The mastermade it for the Councilof Nuremberg, for Pfd.
Nuremberg and its art to the end of the 18th century. . rig- 95- Jost Amman: Pewterer, from the Bookof Crafts. WENZEL JAMNITZKR. U7 1^lotners influence. Hisfigures, distinguished forthe picturesque charmwith which the draperiesare treated, are masterlyin their modelling. Hisspecialities, in which noone could equal him andhis brother Albrecht,were charming casts insilver, from nature, ofplants and animals. Thegrand epergne (fig. 96)in the possession ofthe Rothschilds at Paris,supplies the best proofof his ability in thisprovince. The mastermade it for the Councilof Nuremberg, for Pfd. 10 Heller, in1546. It passed bypurchase from theirpossession, in 1806, intothat of a Nurembergfamily, from whom theRothschilds acquired it,in 1882, at a price ofmore than £ 25, it we find thosefine casts from nature,which are so delicate,fine and thin, that abreath even makes themstir. They spring fromthe rocky mount thatforms the base, and sur-round the lower partand edge of the is supported by a. Fig. 96. Wenzel Jamnitzer: Table the Rothschild Collection, Paris. 138 WENZEL AND CHRISTOPH JAMNITZER.
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