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Print, Two Designs for Ewer-shaped Ornaments, Album of Ornament
This is a Print. It was designed by Franz Xaver Habermann and etched by Johann Georg Hertel and published by Johann Georg Hertel and engraved by Johann Georg Hertel. It is dated ca. 1750 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching, engraving on white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This print illustrates the fantastical ornamentation characteristic of German rococo. During the last quarter of the eighteenth century, designers competed to invent ornaments of bizarre imagination. By printing their designs for decorative arts, an artist could advertise their creativity and attract commissions from clients. The portability of pattern books helped spread the French rococo style internationally. Designs were widely copied and sold among craftsmen working in precious metals. The sculptor and printmaker Franz Xaver Haberman worked in Augsburg, the most important German market for gold and silver. He turned to publishing his designs when commissions for wood sculptural decorations became scarce. Between 500 and 600 of his ornament designs were printed by the Augsburg publishers Johann Georg Hertel and Martin Engelbrecht. Habermann displays his training as a sculptor in this sheet of printed designs for ewer-shaped ornaments, incorporating cartouches, shell motifs, acanthus leaves and C-scrolls. Two auricular fragments could be applied as designs for wall decorations or furniture embellishments. These flamboyant forms would have enabled a silversmith or wood carver to demonstrate his talent for replicating rococo ornament.
This object was
donated by
Advisory Council.
It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- Drawing, Design for a Decorative Ewer
- pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1911-28-49
- Print, Rocaille (rococo design), in Nouveaux morceaux pour des paravents (New...
- etching, engraving on white paper.
- Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1931-94-11
- Bonbonnière (England)
- raised and chased gold, carved gray agate, enameling on gold.
- Gift of the Panwy Foundation, from the collection of Maria Wyman.
- 1994-129-3
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- engraving on white laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-317-27
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- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. A. Murray Young.
- 1946-37-1
- Keyhole Escutcheon (France)
- gilt bronze.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1909-25-28
Its dimensions are
Platemark: 30.6 x 20.8 cm (12 1/16 x 8 3/16 in.) Sheet: 40.7 x 23.3 cm (16 x 9 3/16 in.)
It is inscribed
Printed in black ink, on plate, lower left: F.X. Haberman, inv. et del.; lower center: No. 143.; lower right: Joh. Georg Hertel, exc. Aug. Vind. 4; lower left (vertical): 28.
Cite this object as
Print, Two Designs for Ewer-shaped Ornaments, Album of Ornament; Designed by Franz Xaver Habermann (German, b. Poland, 1721–1796); Engraved by Johann Georg Hertel (German, ca. 1700–1776); Germany; etching, engraving on white laid paper; Platemark: 30.6 x 20.8 cm (12 1/16 x 8 3/16 in.) Sheet: 40.7 x 23.3 cm (16 x 9 3/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-317-28
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibitions Hewitt Sisters Collect and Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008.
