Tag: German

Fancy eye baths (baignore d’yeux) all in porcelain. Whether they help your eyes more than the plastic CVS kind I don’t know but for sure these are more fun to look at.

Three Sèvres eye baths (bagnoire d’yeux). A bleu céleste example with gilt dentil rim by Buteux; a blue-ground example with gilt white scrollwork and harebells; and a cobalt-blue example painted with a floral garland. Also a Chantilly example in blue and white. Second half of the 18th century. French. Makers marks: two of the Sèvres examples with blue interlaced L’s marks; one with a gilder’s mark for P. T. Buteux; the Chantilly example with a blue hunting horn mark. Image © CHRISTIE’S 2022. Fair use license. via https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/collector-english-european-furniture-ceramics-silver-works-art/three-sevres-porcelain-eye-baths-baignoire-dyeux-chantilly-eye-bath-32/146142?ldp_breadcrumb=back

Porcelain eyebath decorated with delicate and finely painted red roses amongst green and gilt flora with a spread eagle bird in flight at either end. The stem is decorated with gilt leaves and the rim and edges are in gilt. ca. 1880-1899. French. Unsigned. Image © 2022 Phisick. Fair use license. via https://phisick.com/item/19th-c-paris-porcelain-eye-bath/



Eye bath of hard-paste porcelain. Oval cup on funnel foot. Hard-paste eye bath with an oval cup on a funnel foot. Purple ground with two lobed reserves with Höroldt chinoiseries and a gilt lace ornament inside the rim. The interior with a chinoiserie framed by gilt scrolls enclosing lustre panels and laub-und bandelwerk in iron-red and purple. 1730-1735. German. Meissen Porcelain Factory, maker. Maker’s marks: Crossed swords factory mark, in underglaze blue. Image © Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2021. Fair use license. via https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O307059/eye-bath-meissen-porcelain-factory/

Watercolors of interiors in Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, done by the German artist Ferdinand Rothbart. There was a fashion for having watercolorists do portraits of your drawing room, back then. The Russian tsar had a lot of them, too.

Gotha Winterpalais Balkonzimmer 1848. Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (German). In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Balkonzimmer.jpg
A so called “Zimmerbild” (chamber painting) of a bedroom in Coburg, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Germany). ca. 1848. German. Scanned from “Biedermeier. Die Erfindung der Einfachheit”, a catalogue of an exhibition.. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zimmerbild_99.jpg
Gotha Winterpalais Frühstückszimmer (Breakfast room in the Winter Palace, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. 1848. German. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fr%C3%BChst%C3%BCckszimmer.jpg
“Coburg: interior of the Landestheater,” the Queen and her party are seen about to enter the royal box in the recently opened theatre, to attend a performance of Meyerbeer’s “Les Huguenots”. Sace-Coburg and Gotha. ca. 1845. German. © Royal Collection Trust. Fair use license. via https://www.rct.uk/collection/920477/coburg-interior-of-the-theatre

Rothbart did many commissions for Queen Victoria. These could be part of that as she commissioned a set of Prince Albert’s childhood home, or they could have been commissioned by her brother in law. The theatre watercolor was for Queen Victoria. The others don’t say.

Chromolithographs of places in Sri Lanka back when it was called Ceylon as they looked in 1881. Ernst Haeckel, the German zoologist who did all those illustrations of sea urchins. He published them in 1905 in his book “Die Naturwunder der Tropenwelt, Ceylon und Insulinde.”

Die “Roten Lampen” vom Ceylon “Ratu Pana”, Laterit-Felsen bei Bellige. 1905. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 70 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haeckel_01.jpg
“Riesenbambus von Ceylon: Fahrt auf dem Schwarzen Fluß “Kalu Ganga”. 1905. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 70 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haeckel_02.jpg
“Riesen-Myrte von Ceylon – Urwald von Horton-Plains”.1905. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 70 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haeckel_04.jpg

Inkwells and caskets in gold, one made for a Russian tsar and another commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria. Fritz von Miller (1840-1921). he did designing and worked in bronze and gold with a workshop in Munich, Bavaria.

Casket. ca. 1880-85.
Casket. ca. 1880-85. German. Ebony, ivory, silver, gilded metal, lapis lazuli, and amber. Fritz von Miller, designer. Image © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Fair use license. via http://cameo.mfa.org/wiki/File:02.86-SC39657.jpg

Inkstand. 1864.
Inkstand with ornamentation that includes mythical and allegorical figures such as Hercules and the Hydra, Time, and Victory. 1864. Commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as recognition for the royal physician Doctor Ignatz von Zauber in recognition of his twenty-five years of service in the city of Munich’s government. Silver, gilt-bronze, and enamel with rubies, emeralds and diamonds. Designed by Von Miller in partnership with jeweler Adam Hausinger. Photo by John Faier, © The Richard H. Driehaus Museum. Image © The Richard H. Driehaus Museum. Fair use license. via http://driehausmuseum.org/exhibitions/collection-highlights

Presentation casket that may have contained a rare bible, made for Tsar Alexander III.
Presentation casket that may have contained a rare bible, made for Tsar Alexander III. 1883. Made in Munich, Germany. Silver, enamel, hardstone, rock crystal, and gilt-bronze with tooled leather. Inscribed “The Gift of the German State in the year of our Lord, 1883, on the day of the Coronation, Saint Petersburg, the 15th of May.” (English translation). signed at one end “Fritz von Miller München”. Image © Sotheby’s 2019. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/russian-works-of-art-and-silver-n09068/lot.367.html

Portraits of women by German artist Oskar Zwintscher. Living from 1870 to 1916 he studied art in Leipzig and Dresden. Often associated with the Jugendstil movement.

Mirror portrait. 1914.
Mirror portrait. 1914. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Zwintscher-Mirror.jpg

Bildnis mit narzissen. 1907.
Bildnis mit narzissen. 1907. Image © 2019 MutualArt Services, Inc. Fair use license. via https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/BILDNIS-MIT-NARZISSEN/DF308A7656FDD644

"Sehnsucht." 1895.
“Sehnsucht.” 1895. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via http://chasinglife.be/sehnsucht/

Landscapes with the promise of an endless summer. German. Heinrich Reinhard Kröh, artist (1841-1941).

"Angelnder Knabe am Bachufer." 1860.
“Angelnder Knabe am Bachufer.” 1860. Oil on canvas. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via http://www.artnet.com/artists/heinrich-reinhard-kr%C3%B6h/angelnder-knabe-am-bachufer-XN9Y9Io20fa-AUqpm2GLnQ2

Bergstraße-Lichtspiele. Undated.
Bergstraße-Lichtspiele. Undated. Oil on canvas. Image © echo-online.de. Fair use license. via https://www.echo-online.de/freizeit/kunst-und-kultur/ausstellungen/suedhessen/hofmaler-mit-heimatsinn_16028892#

Untitled and undated work but signed H R Kröh.
Untitled and undated work but signed H R Kröh. Attributed to Heinrich Reinhard Kröh. Image © 2008-2019 Bukowski Auktioner AB, Stockholm. Fair use license. via https://www.bukowskis.com/en/lots/828427-heinrich-reinhard-kroh-attributed-to-oil-on-canvas-signed-h-r-kroh

Brass teapots by German metalworker/designer Hans Przyrembel (1900-1945). Bauhaus School.

Teapot and cover. 1930's.
Teapot and cover. 1930’s. Brass. Design attributed to Przyrembel and probably made by him. Image © Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. Fair use license. via https://collections.rom.on.ca/objects/282809/teapot–cover?ctx=147e623c-f203-43d7-b064-85a2ffb42a3f&idx=24

Teapot. Undated.
Teapot. Undated. Brass. Image © 1999 – 2019 Skinner, Inc. Fair use license. via https://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/2257/lots/253

Teapot. ca. 1930.
Teapot. ca. 1930.Brass with tin-plated ridge and faux leather wrapped handle. Teekanne Hayno Focken and Hans Przyrembel, makers. Image © Very Important Lot. Fair use license. via https://veryimportantlot.com/en/lot/view/teekanne-hayno-focken-und-hans-przyrembel-132675

Jugendstil chapter headings from “Innendekoration: mein Heim, mein Stolz ; die gesamte Wohnungskunst in Bild und Wort: 18,” published in 1907. From Darmstadt, too.

January, 1907 issue.
January, 1907 issue. Image © 2010 Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg. Fair use license. via https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/innendekoration1907/0015/image

Image 9.
Image 9. Image © 2010 Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg. Fair use license. via https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/innendekoration1907/0009/image

Image 51.
Image 51. Image © 2010 Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg. Fair use license. via https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/innendekoration1907/0051/image

Black and white line illustrations of Jugendstil aspirational decor too. So more coming in another post.

Gardens to dream in by German painter Heinrich Vogeler. Living from 1872 to 1942, he was associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting.

"Garden in Spring." 1912.
“Garden in Spring.” 1912. In the public domain because the artist died over 70 years ago. via https://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/detail.php?ID=156619

"Spring." 1913.
“Spring.” 1913. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/detail.php?ID=59293

"Summer Evening." 1905.
“Summer Evening.” 1905. In the public domain because the artist died over 70 years ago. via https://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/detail.php?ID=59291

"Summer Garden." 1913.
“Summer Garden.” 1913. In the public domain because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/detail.php?ID=156622

This is the second post in the blog of Heinrich Vogeler’s work, the other not being of gardens. It was a while back so check it out again if you like.

Jugendstil paintings of women by German painter Heinrich Vogeler. Living from 1872 to 1942. Associated with the Düsseldorf school.

"The Expectation (Dreams II)." 1912.
“The Expectation (Dreams II).” 1912. Collection of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heinrich_Vogeler_Die_Erwartung_(Tr%C3%A4ume_II)_1912.jpg

"Melusine" triptych. ca. 1910.
“Melusine” triptych. ca. 1910. Collection of the Worpswede Museen, In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924. via http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/full.php?ID=94251

"Verkündigung an Maria." 1901.
“Verkündigung an Maria.” 1901. Private collection. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heinrich_Vogeler_Verk%C3%BCndigung_1901.jpg