SOLD. Antler Crown Engraving by Sigmund Freudenberger (1745-1801)

Authentic Antique Engraving by Sigmund Freudenberger (1745-1801), Depiction of The Placement of the Crown of Antlers, Print measures 3 x 2,5 inches. Wood gold frame measures 12 x 10.5 inches, with professionally detailed 6 mats and hand applied gold trim.

Private Collection. $345. (Value of frame is $150)

 
 
Biography:
 
Sigmund Freudenberger
Painter/draughtsman; printmaker;
Swiss: Male
Life dates: 1745-1801
Painter, draughtsman, engraver and etcher of Swiss genre.
Born Bern 1745, in Paris 1765-73 (where called Freudeberger rather than Freudenberger); friendly with Wille with whom he made excursions 1766-70. Returned to Bern in 1773; in 1778 given a privilege against copyists.
 
Bibliography
Max Huggler, ‘SF der Berner Kleinmeister’, Bern 1976
Marie-Louise Schaller, ‘Annäherung an die Natur: Schweizer Kleinmeister in Bern 1750-1800’, Bern 1990, pp.267-72 (list of principal prints)
 
Véronique Meyer in Philippe Kaenel & Rolf Reichardt, ‘The European Print and cultural transfer in the 18th and 19th centuries’, Hildesheim 2007, pp.119-44 on F and the Monument de Costume
 
 
Example of similar work: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1925-0114-7
 
 
MORE:
Illustration in the following publication.
 
https://formysir.com/product/bkheptameron02/
 

The Heptameron, of the Tales of Margaret, Queen of Navarre, Margaret of Navarre, illustrated by S Freudenberg & Dunker, “translated into English from the Authentic Text of M. Le Roux De Lincy”, essay by George Saintsbury, M.A. (The Society of English Bibliophilists, London, 1894)
8.5″ X 5.25″, 5 volumes 262pp, 226pp, 216pp, 244p, 264pp, blue linen covered boards with gilt titles, red and gilt decorations on covers, edges deckled.

The Heptameron is a collection of 72 short stories written in French by Marguerite of Navarre (1492-1549), published posthumously in 1558. It has the form of a frame narrative and was inspired by The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio. It was originally intended to contain one hundred stories covering ten days just as The Decameron does, but at Marguerite’s death it was only completed as far as the second story of the eighth day. Many of the stories deal with love, lust, infidelity and other romantic and sexual matters. This 5 volume set is very nice edition containing “the Original Seventy-three Full Page Engravings Designed by S. FREUDENBERG And One Hundred and Fifty Head and Tail Pieces By DUNKER”.

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Available for viewing & purchase at: 

Gallery Elder
121 Richmond Rd.
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada, K1Z 6V9
613-222-9415

 

Gallery Elder is a gallery and boutique space in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada specializing in 17th – 19th century antique furniture, homewares and objects ranging from Europe and Asia, to North America – though the goal is to exist as a gallery space and boutique with aims of contemporizing the antique. 

We believe that patina, and signs of use and wear on the antique items we present add to the character of the pieces themselves – and in turn, we hope that these items can provide a beautiful textural element to your space, unachievable with items born today. 

 

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