Barockglas

  • Title Beaker with two scenes of a riding school
  • Date Warmbrunn, Silesia, c.1730-40
  • Dimensions Height 15.5 cm
  • Literature Gustav E. Pazaurek, Die Gläsersammlung des Nordböhmischen Gewerbemuseums in Reichenberg, 1902, p. 12, fig. 9, ill. plate 11 c. identical form with similar depiction Robert Schmidt, Die Gläser der Sammlung Mühsam, 1914, No. 136, sketch of a glass with same depiction Klesse/Mayr, Veredeltes Glas No. 109 and p. 77
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A characteristic feature of this style of engraving is the drawing of the horse's body with dense, fine lines to indicate horsehair. We can observe it as well in the animal hair, for example, in the small stag on the goblet with Atlanta and Hippomenes in the Ernesto Wolf collection, No. 109.