Sailing ships by a fortress Master VBL, second quarter 17th C. - image-1

Lot 15 Dα

Sailing ships by a fortress Master VBL, second quarter 17th C.

Auction 1237 - overview Cologne
16.11.2023, 10:00 - Stained Glass from four Centuries
Estimate: 2.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 2.394 € (incl. premium)
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Sailing ships by a fortress
Master VBL, second quarter 17th C.

Etched gold leaf against black ground. Monogrammed VBL lower centre. Ebonised walnut frame, H 16.5, W 21.3 cm.

The identity of the artist working under the monogram VBL is currently not known. The majority of the around 90 panels attributed to him are located in Italy, but his workshop is thought to have been in the German-speaking region of Switzerland. This assumption is based on the existence of two cabinet panels with German inscriptions that are signed by the artist and were created for the mayor of Freiburg in Western Switzerland in 1625.

Literature

Illus. in Federer, Gold leaf, paint & glass, London 2012, illus. 3.7.
Illus. in Steiner, Goldglanz und Silberpracht – Hinterglasmalerei aus vier Jahrhunderten, Berlin-Munich 2015, no. 2.
For this monogram see Ryser, Verzauberte Bilder. Die Kunst der Malerei hinter Glas, Munich 1991, illus. 122 ff., illus. 134 and p. 322.

Exhibitions

2015 Schaezlerpalais der Kunstsammlungen und Museen Augsburg.